Your starting XI to Practicing law Words by: nicolas rich
GK - wills and estate law
LB - Environmental Law
Your safety net. The thing you can always look behind you and say, “Yeah this will keep me employed.” Don’t get me wrong, it’s not glamorous, high paying or high flying. But it keeps the unemployment away. Don’t worry about having this as a fall back. People always die.
Not your typical defence, tucked on the outside and favouring the progressive ideologies of preservation. Sure you may not be redefining politicians duty’s of care to the environment every day, but making sure that council creek doesn’t go 2mm over is just as important.
cb -criminal law
cb -international law
Prosecution is so public, go for the heart of defence and really give yourself a challenge. Everyone deserves the right to a free trial and rebutting that little burden of proof the prosecution has to prove will truly make a difference for each and every one of your clients.
Try to think bigger.. what’s a criminal charge unless in the International Court of Justice concerning transnational defences of major war criminals. Dealing with wide-scale wars will surely itch the craving of making a difference. Good luck in this position. You’ll need to play overseas and have a STEEP learning curve in The Hague
RB - intellectual property law
cm - contracts law
Who protects the rights of the private individual? Or the corporation? Or the Nth group that wants to protect that one good idea they had that one time? While your client swears that their jingle is an original instant classic, the sped up tune to Blurred Lines just reminds you of your frequent speeding up of lectures.
At the heart of midfield, hidden away from the goal scoring or goal saving is the land of equity. You just have to TRUST that this will give you emotional and professional fulfilment but you will always be wanting something more. It is your DUTY to pass the law on to the more glamorous and adversarial positions
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