<p>Disclaimer: I am only a young, ignorant kid, who is speaking not from experience but from knowledge obtained through osmosis, (internet, friends, and this website)…</p>
<p>The beauty of law is that there are soo many areas of specialties… The basic three are Criminal, Civil, and Corporate. After that it gets more complicated, because much of the law overlaps. </p>
<p>To “Thinkingoutloud”… a “Corporate” lawyer DOES NOT mean one which works for a corporation, in that he is an employee of that corporation… what you described is an “in-house counsel” (i THINK its called that, but I KNOW its not what you described)… Most corporate lawyers work for large law firms which have clients; these clients are normally corporations.</p>
<p>Corporate law deals with many many many things, but some of them are Mergers and Acquisitions, Antitrust, Tax, Intellectual Property, Contract and Commercial Disputes, Real Estate, and Corporate Litigation. Generally, within the “corporate law” community, the areas are splintered further with “Corporate-corporate” law and “Corporate-litigation” law… as you can see, it gets very complicated…</p>
<p>As said, there are tens to hundreds of areas of “corporate law,” so the best way to learn more about them is to visit the websites of some large, major law firms, and browse their “Our Practices” pages. I found the following particularly helpful:</p>
<p>These are large corporate law firms, and their practice areas, all within the broad title of “Corporate” law… (again, you will see some overlap with civil and criminal):</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.kirkland.com/practiceAreas/search.aspx[/url]”>http://www.kirkland.com/practiceAreas/search.aspx</a>
<a href=“http://www.cravath.com/Cravath.html[/url]”>http://www.cravath.com/Cravath.html</a>
<a href=“http://www.wlrk.com/OurPractice.cfm[/url]”>http://www.wlrk.com/OurPractice.cfm</a>
<a href=“http://www.skadden.com/Index.cfm?contentID=4[/url]”>http://www.skadden.com/Index.cfm?contentID=4</a></p>