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Family

Dec. 22, 2010

Change – But Is It Good for the Family Law Bar?

The new legislation affecting family law practices will benefit private dispute resolution, while leaving public courts upended. By Alexandra Leichter.


By Alexandra Leichter


Lawyers are notorious for being creatures of habit, and family law attorneys have perfected that art. Suggest a procedural change to them, and the handwringing, tsk-tsk-ing, and series of seminars created to inform of the slightest change proliferates the various bar organizations' family-law listservs ad nauseum. There is, of course, good reason for this, as the job of family law attorneys is already overwhelmed by the requiremen...

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