Prospective lawyers are most interested in pursuing careers in City-style law, figures from legal careers website All About Law seen exclusively by the Gazette have suggested.

An analysis of the advice pages viewed by the 10,000 students registered on the site indicates a preference for corporate and commercial work.

Some 1,335 site users accessed pages on the site relating to careers in commercial law, and 1,250 viewed pages on corporate law jobs, compared with just 349 for personal injury law.

Human rights law (1,093 users), criminal law (1,078), and private client charity law (1,054) were the next most popular fields.

Pages offering advice in family law attracted 979 users, while employment law pages were viewed by 942 students.

The next most popular areas were: technology media telecommunications law (878 users); banking finance capital markets law (844); litigation dispute resolution law (807); sports media law (755); intellectual property law (687); alternative dispute resolution (560); environmental law (524); property real estate law (522); and public administrative law (522) made up the remaining fields listed on the website.

The areas of law which provoked the least interest were: travel law (312 users); personal injury law; shipping law (386); tax law (440) and construction building law (453).

Around 10,000 users are registered on the site. Users can select more than one field of interest.