What Does It Take To Be A Family Law Attorney?
Sunday, February 28th, 2010 at
9:10 am
i am in college now working towards my bachelors in interdisciplinary studies..when i graduate i figure okay i have to get into law school…witht prescription drugs without hat said what do i do after that?
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What it requires is a strong stomach! For the rest of your life, day in and day out, you will see the fall out of bad marriages. You’ll hear about lying, cheating, wounded children and much more! People who were once in love tearing each other apart. I always wonder how these people can go home and be happy.
That said, during law school or even before, seek internships or other positions in family law offices. Once you get out of law school, you can start as an assistant to an established lawyer.
During law school, you should seek summer internships in firms that have family law practices (including legal aid offices and other public law organizations). The first half to 2/3 of your law curriculum is set–all take the same classes. In the last half, you can take family-law oriented courses and you would also do clinical work such as client intake and brief preparation. After graduation, you would take the bar in a state, and then start working in a firm or legal aid office. After a few years, you could go out on your own.
Interdisciplinary studies is a good place to start for family law. The trend is toward working with multi-disciplinary teams and collaborating toward resolution. Even litigation requires you to know about a wide range of issues: bankruptcy, consumer credit, mental health, psychological issues, dynamics of conflict, victimology, real estate, financial management and accounting, counseling…all of these are involved in family law. I’ve become a short-term expert in schizophrenia and anorexia, issues in custody cases and foreclosure in others. To avoid being chewed up by family law, you need to know a lot about your own self care. Starting a regime for staying really grounded in your own values is important, especially before you go to law school.