Phi Alpha Delta FAU'S PRE- LAW FRATERNITY
6th GENERAL MEETING FALL 2018
Fields of Law pt. 1 P. A. D. Philos Adelphos Dikaios Phi Alpha Delta
“Love of Humanity and Justice for All” ~Quote of the Week~
"If you are resolutely determined to make a lawyer of yourself, the thing is more than half done already." - Abraham Lincoln Announcements
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Membership Dues Mandatory for new members - November 12th Officer Positions All members welcome - Chapter dues must be paid Email Sent Guests Allowed Hosting Interviews Attire Admiralty (Maritime) Law U.S. Bankruptcy law Business (Corporate) law Civil Rights Law Criminal Law Entertainment Law Environmental Law Family Law Health Law FIELDS OF Immigration Law Intellectual Property Law International Law - LAW - Labor (Employment) Law Military Law Personal Injury Law Real Estate Law Tax Law Admiralty (Maritime) Law
Regulates economic transactions & property disputes involving: Maritime litigation marine trade, sailors, navigation, or land-based activity that is maritime in nature.
Examples: Cargo interests | vessel owners and operators | stevedores and marine terminals | offshore industries.
Not the Law of the Sea - LotS: rights to navigation, minerals, or coastal waters jurisdiction. Admiralty Law Cont.
THE MARITIME LAW ASSOCIATION of the UNITED STATES: MLA U.S. Bankruptcy Law
Bankruptcy - legal procedure initiated by an individual or a business that cannot pay their debts and seeks to Falls under Federal law have the debts discharged or reorganized by the courts. - States may pass laws governing issues that federal law doesn't address.
U.S. Bankruptcy Code (Under United States Code).
Bankruptcy Claim → U.S. Bankruptcy Court Business (Corporate) Law
“Commercial law / Mercantile Law” Duties of corporate lawyers:
mergers, acquisitions, internal Dealings between people and commercial matters. reorganization, or disputes between corporations and individuals concerning Two distinct areas: liability, patents, and compliance with state and federal law, as well as international - Regulation of commercial entities through laws accords. of partnership, company, and agency. - Regulation of the commercial transactions Business formation | Employment through the laws of contract. considerations | Sales of consumer goods | Contract drafting and negotiations | Taxes Civil Rights Law
Rights for individuals to receive equal treatment and prohibits discrimination in a number of settings
- includes discrimination in education, employment, housing, lending, voting, and more.
Cases include discrimination and unfair practices that infringe on rights and liberties. Criminal Law
Criminal Law → behaviors that are sanctioned under criminal code and defined as illegal.
Punishing criminal offenders include retribution, deterring certain behaviors, preventing additional offenses and rehabilitation of offenders. Entertainment Law
Relates to Intellectual Property Law, but is more specifically centered on rights and royalties issues to media in the arts, music, television, cinema, or athletics.
- No body of case law per se constitutes "entertainment law”.
Sports lawyers - ex: - Compliance with regulations for professional or amateur athletics - May represent an athlete for a contractual transaction
Information technology and social media - ever expanding Environmental Law
Laws addressing the effects of human activity on the natural environment.
Concerns a multitude of statutes, treaties, regulations, and conventions based in state, federal, or transnational law Family Law
Family law - focuses on legal relations between individuals in the context of the family.
Main aspects of family lawyers' practice: Child abuse, legitimacy, civil unions, domestic partnerships, and marriages.
- Ex: Child welfare, adoption, to divorce. Health Law
Legislation related to health care. Represent patients, clinics, insurance companies, or individual health practitioners.
Also can work at academic institutions and biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.
The federal gov. employs attorneys: to oversee the crafting, implementation, and enforcement of policies. International Law
Private and Public sectors
In the private sector: Finance and trade divisions of multinational corporations.
- Good to know business essentials, corporate law or intellectual property law
In the public Cases that involve dealings between sovereign nations.
- comparative law or public international law. Intellectual Property Law
Focuses on protecting the rights of inventors, authors, and businesses to their tangible and intangible creations, inventions and symbols.
Legal professionals in this field are often experts in a particular domain,
- Ex: science, the arts, or an industry. Any Questions?