<p>When do you select a field of law (e.g. patent, business, etc.)?</p>
<p>And does constitutional law provide enough cases to handle? Or is keeping with business law a better idea and having constitutional law a hobby?</p>
<p>Most of the time you select an area of law either while taking courses in law school or afterwards, while working as an attorney. In the latter case, sometimes you “fall into” the area of law because at your law office someone is needed to handle that type of case; other times you intentionally select the field.</p>
<p>For patent law one needs a scientific or engineering undergraduate or graduate degree; for other fields no specific degree is needed.</p>
<p>DadofSam is completely on the mark. I know a lot of law students who have no idea which type of law they want to practice.</p>
<p>Patent absolutely requires a science/engineering background (of a very specific type - see USPTO requirements). For some other types of law, certain backgrounds can be helpful, but are by no means required. Those backgrounds can probably also be obtained after graduation from undergrad. For example, someone in corporate law might be helped by having an MBA - and there are a lot of JD/MBA programmes out there. There are joint JD/MD programmes (fewer of those!) for people who want medicine and law training. If you want to be an immigration lawyer, foreign languages are a huge plus. Again, all of this training (except for the patent requirements) can be obtained after undergrad, so there is no real reason to use undergrad to get a background for law school. Law school has no prerequisites, and a lot of very successful attorneys went into law school with no idea of what type of law they wanted to do and no specialized background.</p>
<p>Thanks so much; I’m going to be a frosh at Cal this year and I exploring law for professional school since I love it so much.</p>
<p>“There are joint JD/MD programmes (fewer of those!) for people who want medicine and law training.”</p>
<p>Ariesathena, as the good 2elle that you have become, do you mind to elaborate as to which kind of opportunities exist for people who pursue this type of program…</p>
<p>What’s a good basis for this? Thanks</p>
<p>V/r,</p>
<p>WF</p>
<p>I know (personally) about two people with those degrees, and both are in medicine, practicing as physicians.</p>
<p>Seton Hall does the JD/MD thing, so you might want to check out their website:
<a href=“http://law.shu.edu/administration/registrar_bursar/joint_degree_programs/joint_degree_programs.htm[/url]”>http://law.shu.edu/administration/registrar_bursar/joint_degree_programs/joint_degree_programs.htm</a></p>
<p>I imagine that it would be great for health law - or, if you want to be a doctor, to get the law degree as well (only an extra two years). HMOs and litigation really dominate modern medicine.</p>
<p>You can get a JD/MD at Yale . I imagine it’s pretty hard to get into the program and hence it’s pretty rare.</p>
<p><a href=“http://facts.med.yale.edu/education.html[/url]”>http://facts.med.yale.edu/education.html</a></p>
<p>Searching around, I found this guy who has actually completed the program and is a litigator.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.wiggin.com/attorneys/bio.asp?ID=B022442044[/url]”>http://www.wiggin.com/attorneys/bio.asp?ID=B022442044</a></p>
<p>To digress a bit, I also found the following guy who has a JD, an MD, and an MBA all from Harvard (yeah, that’s right, ALL from Harvard), in addition to a bachelor’s degree from Stanford, and a master’s degree from Cambridge. Some people are just TOO well educated.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nitromed.com/bloch.asp[/url]”>http://www.nitromed.com/bloch.asp</a></p>
<p>LOL, Sakky. You are great!!!:D</p>
<p>You know, I really wonder if that guy, Mr.MD/JD/MBA/MPhil was just the son of millionares, or, if he actually swam in debt for a while. I also wonder how much he’s making with Nitromed. Scholarships and Fellowships…for 5 degrees…hmmm…don’t think so.</p>
<p>And of course, ariesathena, you are great too!
-I got Tufts thus far but, the LS anonimity factor is killing me. Here are my assumptions: Duke, UVA, UNC,W&L, and W&M. lol. Cold?</p>
<p>Penn also had an MD/JD Program…it is not an actual program that you apply to…for many schools, including Penn and I believe Yale, you have to apply separately to the Medical and Law Schools.</p>
<p>PM or email me if you figure it out.</p>
<p>you are no help, lol ;)</p>
<p>No, I’m not. Should I go into the CIA?</p>
<p>You are missing a few possibilities… did you try lsac.org and do a search?</p>
<p>CIA, huh? Well, you are in the area…you might as well stop by the farm sometime, I guess.</p>