The practice of family law is about people.
People who have loved each other and may still love each other.
People who have been loving and kind to each other.
People who have been horrifically cruel and violent.
Family and home have provided a safe, comforting space for some.
For many others, their homes have been filled with fear, anxiety, stress, and harm.
Some fell out of love, some were never in love, some loved others, and some were betrayed by love.
After a breakup, the law will address only a portion of the journey ahead for the people we work with, but this portion can have a profound impact.
My legal education taught me very little about how to work with the people that would become my clients, and nothing about trauma, power and privilege – these are some of the failures of legal education.
Family law education fails to teach about being brokenhearted and the impact of this devastation on our clients. It impacts people physically, mentally, and emotionally – people are changed in all ways from this breaking.
Look beyond the legal texts and make these your new legal resources for family law.
