Four types of attorney you might end up assisting

Working as a legal assistant gives you access to a huge range of potential workplaces and the ability to work on cases all across the legal spectrum. So, if you’re curious about what types of legal cases you could be focused on while working as a legal assistant, here are four of the more common examples.

A Criminal Defense Attorney

Normally the first thing to spring to mind when people think ‘lawyer’ criminal defense attorneys specialize in the defense of individuals and companies charged with criminal activity. 

There are generally two types of criminal defense attorneys. The first is privately retained and may be part of a private legal firm. 

The other is employed by various jurisdictions with criminal courts to represent those without the fund to access private legal counsel and are generally referred to as public defenders. 

A Constitutional Law Attorney

While many countries across the world have a constitution as the basis for their laws, few have one as unchanged as that of the United States. 

This means that, when the United States Constitution, which largely outlines the power of the United States government, needs to be consulted, there tends to be some interpretation required.

Constitutional Law Attorneys essentially attempt to interpret and apply the Constitution, which was originally drafted in 1787, to modern-day cases on civil rights and public policy.

An Intellectual Property Attorney

The need for intellectual property lawyers has risen in recent years because of the rising scale of social media. The field itself covers claims to intangible creations of the human intellect, with the most common being copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets.

Copyright cases are the most common, which is why many large media corporations retain in-house intellectual property lawyers.

A Contract Attorney

Since a contract attorney’s field of expertise extends to any agreement between two parties, they are always in high demand.