Family lawyers spend a considerable amount of time with their clients in their offices, in court, and in arbitration and administrative proceedings. Those in the private sector often work more than 40 hours a week. They meet with clients and work on cases at night and weekends, and they may receive calls from clients after typical business hours.
This specialty can be extremely rewarding (for example, when a lawyer helps a young couple adopt a baby or assists an elderly client with estate planning) but also extremely stressful and depressing (when, for example, a lawyer learns the heartbreaking details of a child abuse case or must mediate an extremely contentious divorce). Despite the frequent challenges of working in this specialty, many family lawyers enjoy the close interaction with clients and the opportunity to help people improve their lives.
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