Got the corporate soul?

Deciding a area of law you want to specialise in, is..well...hard. I thought as I have sometime till I begin my law degree I would go researching the different areas of law.

I don't know if it affects anyone else, but I find the call of high bonuses and wages a real calling in certain areas of law. People seem to repeat that they are moving into corporate law, it seems to be the area that most people feel the need to move into. I expect its because of the money, but I have a friend of a friend who works for Nabarro Nathanson (now called Nabarros) and she works in corporate law and finds that she spends some evenings sleeping in her office due to the work load. But this is usually only during large deals.

The idea of this, puts me a little more off corporate law but I think when I see the pay packet that would soften the pain. I am all for working long hours and I am a bit of an insomniac, living on 5hrs sleep most days.I then looked a little at IP law (Intellectual Property) and entertainment law. My girlfriend immediately warned me off entertainment law, claiming that anything to do with the entertainment world, is shallow and false. So that put that idea on the back burner, don't want to annoy her! So I am currently dipping my toes into the world of intellectual property, corporate and having a look at family law....you can see I am really not sure what to go for.

I am hoping that when I begin my degree I will have a more rounded idea of what different areas of law work would involve. What would be nice is a website describing in detail the typical day in the life of different lawyers in different areas of law, that way you can get an informed look at what you might be getting yourself into. Guess thats what work experience placements are for though.

Maybe I am getting ahead of myself too much....I should try walking before running.

(Upon reading this over again, I realise how terribly written it is, but it was 7:50am and I was at work half asleep, so show pity)