Thanks for your input Brian, I really appreciate it! Lots to consider, but your advice is a great help.
Regards, Marianne. On Jun 25, 8:39 am, brian <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
