I’m a second year insurance defense attorney. I enjoy my job but I am really interested in adoption and fertility law. What is the best way to go about learning more about these areas? Perhaps in the future, I’d like to take on a case or two while still working my insurance job. Does anyone have experience with working in one area full time but personally taking on cases in another specialty?

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Start getting involved with businesses who do this - see if you can get on their board of directors. Do research on a hot topic in this area and publish an article. Find a local bar association committee that handles or discusses these issues (county bar association family law committee?). Network now, so if an opportunity presents itself later, you are on their radar. Find people who do what you want to do and request a zoom coffee date to seek their advice on what they would recommend for you to make the change. Set a five year plan that includes steps for how you will make the transition. Stay in litigation long enough to build your skills, and be ready to transfer those skills when an opportunity arises. Good luck, and dream big!

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Thank you. This is solid advice!

Oohhh I don’t have any advice here but this would be such an interesting area of law to practice in!

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C1 - I didn’t deal with other attorneys. Just researched mostly. I went through a fertility clinic and didn’t need any representation.

I know there are some family law attorneys who handle these cases!

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Are you at a law firm? I work for a big law firm but have an interest in foster care and have always worked on at least one foster care/adoption case a year my entire career pro bono. I have been practicing over a decade. I found the bar association to be a huge help for this. A few things I’ve learned 1) it’s really impossible to practice family law without a mentor- you absolutely will need one, along with purchasing form books and treatises about this area of law 2) some attorney will become flat out hostile at the idea of an attorney taking one of these cases pro bono, the community is small and pretty insular- and in one case in particular the other attorneys ganged up on me and filed bogus motions asking the judge to sanction me. I really had to work hard with my mentor and researching to make sure I was confident that these motions were bogus (they were) and that caused a lot of stress. 3) These issues are very personal and can be time consuming so tough to do as volunteer work. But if you really are passionate about it, go for it!

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Thanks for this!

I started my own firm to pursue adoption and surrogacy law. It takes a lot of self motivation, as it is a very niche field, and most people do not want to help you. Some people do, but you have to reach out to a lot of people. I was lucky enough to find a mentor. You also have to join whatever state or local attorney group focuses on adoption and surrogacy. They will have CLEs that are pertinent to you, and you will be able to build up your network and make yourself known within the field. Also, if you are interested in private infant adoptions, you will need to spend a lot of money on advertising.

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I have a background in commercial litigation and appeals. I have handled contested adoptions and dependency appeals for other attorneys. I prefer to do appellate work rather than litigation.

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