How to become a real estate lawyer? -

I m a senior studying sociology and I will take a year off to apply for law school. Job descriptions always require at least 3-5 years experience in real estate transaction. How amp; where should I start to fulfil the requirement of Real Estate Lawyer job description?

don t even look at those job descriptions you re seeing. those are for lateral attorneys looking to move from firm to firm. it s a whole different ballgame when you re coming out of law school. assuming you re attending a decent law school, you ll have firms looking to recruit you. when you interview, express an interest in real estate law and hope that they ll put you in the real estate section should you get a summer clerkship/full time position. if your school doesn t have a big on-campus interviewing program, send out resumes to all firms in your desired market that have large real estate groups. express your interest in the cover letter. beyond that, however, if you want to go to law school you should not even be thinking about what type of attorney you wish to be. it is almost certainly bound to change once you enter law school and begin taking all the different types of classes. since law school is a general education, you ll be exposed to all different types of law. hope this helps! feel free to email if you have questions.