Hi all... Can you please give your opinion on the most sought after and useful subjects for LL.M. if one wants to practice law, i.e., Litigation (Court work).

Pls reply people.. Thanks!!

Dear Tagotra,
This is a difficult issue to answer comprehensively. Overall it is true that there is more work in commercial law than in other fields of law. Also it depends on the state of the economy, at the moment specialising in international litigation and insolvency law might be a good idea.

Constant and broad areas of legal work which are always in demand are tax and banking. My field competition law generates is growing from a handful of lawyers in the 1970s across Europe to today where there are probably a couple of thousand competition lawyers today.

I would recommend focussing on the areas of growth in commercial law.

Clearly if you are just interested in an area that has little job application at all that is fine-it can be an intellectually rewarding experience, but it is important to not delude yourself that there are lots of jobs in exotic non-commercial areas of law. It can be a difficult and grinding experience to find employment outside the field of commercial law. Its not to say its impossible but it is significantly more difficult.

ALAN RILEY

Professor Alan Riley
Director LLM Programme
City Law School
City University, London.
Electronic Mail: alan.riley.1@city.ac.uk

That was really enlightening. Thank you so much sir!!
Regards.