I love law but don't want to be a "lawyer." What kind of career is for me?

Hi guys. I come to you very humbly

I am currently attending law school (in the Netherlands, though this question doesn't specifically regard the Netherlands). However, I don't want to work in contentious law. I like research, policy, contracts, transactions, compliance, etc. and don't really care for the aspect of there always being a "winner" and a "loser."

I really have no intentions of working in court if I can help it, and was wondering if there are any job profiles that would be a great fit for me? I don't necessarily have to work only in the Netherlands. Ideally, I'd love to do something like document review but on a permanent basis or possibly work within compliance or competition law. Basically... I love anything that doesn't involve going to trial. In addition, I am also intrigued by IP law.

I have dual US-Italian citizenship and can speak Italian, French, Spanish, Dutch and English fluently, so I'm ready (and willing!) to work anywhere within the EU, if it helps you to narrow down a job title you think I'd be interested in learning more about. Thanks so much.

sounds like your meant to study criminal law and work for the mafia as a Consigliere.

multiple languages spoken. like law but don't like going to trial. live in the netherlands... drug trafficking capital of europe.

Um. No. Work for the mafia?!

That's highly ignorant of you to say that. Would you say that to someone who isn't Italian?

Loving law and not wanting to be in the courtroom is a bit like an economist not wanting to work in a bank or a business exec not wanting to be in the boardroom.

Well, that's a load of *******s.

In my opinion.

Well, that's a load of *******s.

In my opinion.

Solicitors don't see the court room..... and if they do it's like reaally minimal. I know police officers with law degrees, bankers and even some teachers with law degrees lol. You don't have to be a barrister you can be a solicitor and write up documents such as mortgages and deeds of sales and never see a court room. Law is a versatile degree option in my opinion

In Europe there is no distinction.

1. England is part of Europe is it not
2. In my country there is no distinction as well i just used lawyer and solicitor cuz i was thinking that yea..England lol oops. But i interned at a law firm and one of the partners did not go to court period. She handled mortgages, wills and stuff and the other one went to court and did criminal litigation and mediation. Distinction or not you don't have to it depends on what you apply for

Yeah fair point I can see how that works. As any student of jurisprudence will know, England isn't in Europe when it comes to law though as we have a common law based adversarial system which afaik is at the root of the reason we have specialist barristers.

My point is, that being interested in law and wanting to avoid the courtroom is a bit backwards and although possible I wouldn't want to go avoiding it any chance, it just doesn't make sense.

The surgeon's table, the bank, the boardroom and the courtroom is where the action is and where the innovation happens, so just telling her to not go avoiding, that's all and be more proactive in acknowledging the important things happening in the courtrooms.

I'm due to start a training contract in a month's time and am pretty uninterested in the courtroom. I want to do transactional work. If the OP had said she hated the idea of client meetings, I might be able to see your point.

Your surgeon example is roughly equivalent, in the sense that many doctors have no intention of becoming surgeons. They might want to go into ophthalmology, psychiatry, paediatrics, gynaecology, anaesthetics or radiology, for example.

That said, innovation on the surgeon's table is a good basis for a medical negligence claim.