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Criminal defense law

Criminal law careers will break down into criminal prosecution or criminal defense work where you would be the defense attorney seeking to defend the legal rights of your client who is being prosecuted for a criminal offense. See also careers in law.

Civil law

While civil law is a huge categorisation including business and commercial law, property, wills and probate, litigation, environmental, employment, divorce/custody, family law, personal injuries, contract, real estate, immigration, constitutional, refugee law and many other areas.

Commercial law

Commercial law, whilst falling under the civil law category, also offers a huge range of legal careers in such areas as intellectual property, bankruptcy, insolvency, corporate restructuring/takeovers, partnership, small and large business, consumer law and many others.

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