Environmental compliance standards and, in general, any sort of regulatory compliance regime is gold to be familiar with, and will continue to be gold in the future.
Re medical negligence - all you'd need is "medical PIAB" to get in the way of things. Human rights and the interaction local government (e.g. housing law etc) would be something which should be on the "up" - but only up to such point as local government upgrades its own standards etc. Brian On Jun 24, 8:36 pm, Schnork <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm not sure if anyone will be able to help with my rather vague > question, but please have a look and give me any advice or thoughts > you have! > > I have completed my FE1's and a PG Dip in Law, but due to ill health, > am unable to search for a traineeship with a solicitor at present (not > that there are any traineeships out there at the moment!) > > In the meantime, I am thinking of undertaking an M.A. by research, so > that I will have done something productive during my convalescence. > As the legal field has seen major changes with the decline of the > property market, I would like to research an important emerging area > of law, so as to hopefully make my CV stand out and offer something > different. I would really appreciate some of your opinions as to the > best areas of law to be focusing on to give myself a head start once > I'm back on my feet and job-hunting. I have been considering the > following; > > -Medical law; I have an interest in medical negligence and think that > knowledge of the area will be increasingly important in coming years. > -Criminal justice; especially looking at areas of reform and socio- > economic issues surrounding the criminal justice system. I am mostly > considering this area as I loved criminal law at college and it > represents a solid area for employment > -Intellectual Property > -Employment > -Family > -Human Rights; I have thought about focusing on the latter 4 areas > purely because they seem interesting areas to study and either appear > to be emerging areas, or are particularly important in practice at > present. > > I should perhaps mention that I don't really see myself working at a > large corporate firm but would rather have the opportunity to work on > many different areas of law in a small/medium sized firm. I mention > this because even though I am very interested in medical law issues, I > feel that this area of law would arise more often in large corporate > firms. The same could probably be said for intellectual property. > > Another area that has occurred to me is that of alternative dispute > resolutions such as mediation, as moves have been made over the last > few years to make legal redress more accessible and affordable. > > I would really appreciate any comments or input as to the best areas > to be studying at the moment, in light of the changes the profession > is undergoing at present! > > Many thanks, > Regards, > Mar. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FE-1 Study Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.ie/group/FE-1-Study-Group?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
