Choosing a career is a huge decision in anyone' life. Not only can it determine what college you plan to attend, it can determine the whole path your life is on. You should be passionate about your chosen career and love what you do, because most likely, you will spend a lot of your adult life doing it. Just like with other careers, if you intend to practice law, you should not only be passionate about the law n general, but you should choose an area of law you would like to specialize in and concentrate your education and early career there.

There are countless areas of law that you could pursue. You may consider practicing family law; this would require you to handle divorce cases and custody battles. There is also accident and injury law. In this case you would handle cases like personal injury claims and wrongful death suits. You can also practice criminal lawsuit. With criminal law you can specialize in various areas.

You can become a defense attorney and defend criminals on either a state or federal level, you can become a prosecutor and convict felons for their crimes or you can choose to defend businesses in criminal law. There are also lawyers that specialize in business and real estate. With the many aspects of the law, you may find it difficult to choose which area you prefer and often your specialty will come to you naturally as you practice different areas.

No matter what type of law you choose to focus on, you can anticipate a lot of schooling. In addition to regular college, you will be required to go to law school and pass a bar exam. A lot of law students also participate in internships so that they can learn how lawyers work on a day to day basis. This not only gives them experience working in a law office, but often gives them court room experience as well. If an internship is successful it can subsequently lead to future job offers and enable the new lawyer to make connections that they otherwise wouldn' be able to make on their own.