<p>I've always wanted to work for the government.</p>
<p>You know, inside a federal house, anything to that extent.</p>
<p>WHAT type of law must I study, then?</p>
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<p>If you go to law school, almost all of your first-year classes will be in required subjects. After that, my advice is to take whatever courses you find interesting. (You'll have a better sense of what interests you after you have completed the first year.)</p>
<p>By the end of my first year, I was pretty sure that I didn't want to practice law at all. I selected my courses over the next two years with no thought of preparing myself for practicing in a specific area, since I didn't intend to practice.</p>
<p>Looking back after 20 years, I wouldn't change a thing. The nature of my practice has changed pretty radically over time, and the hodge-podge of courses I took have served me about as well as anything else I might have taken.</p>
<p>Besides, the real work of developing in-depth practical knowledge of an area of practices comes after law school, generally. The principle advantage of taking a number of courses in a particular area is to establish to a potential employer that you have an interest in that area. Plus, you're more likely to do well in subjects you find interesting; employers who hire people right after law school tend to be very interested in law school grades.</p>