What Family Lawyers Do
Family lawyers:
- Help clients create new family relationships, alter existing ones, define financial relationships and ensure safety
- Represent individuals and occasionally the state when it intervenes in family relationships
- Navigate statutes and case law, as well as complex family dynamics
- Practice in small or solo firms, most commonly; large firms serving high income individuals, civil legal aid organizations serving low-income clients, government agencies administering child support or dependency law;
or on-line fixed fee legal services providers, such as LegalZoom.com and Maryland Family Lawyer.Com
Related Pathways: Estate Planning & Elder Law, Tax
Who Might Enjoy This Specialty?
You might enjoy practicing family law if you:
- Enjoy connecting with people, especially if you are good with difficult people or situations
- Listen and counsel clients skillfully
- Negotiate creatively and effectively
- Keep the lines clear between your personal life and professional life – this area of law can be emotionally taxing