Best Regards and Good Luck!

John C. Venezia, CLU, ChFC, CITRMS

when you are a recognised lawyer in your country/state and you wish to travel you will have to take a bar exam before being able to practice, family law involves court work.
right after law school you might find a firm which will take you up and pay you not a lot, some firms don’t even pay before you get a warrant, which varies from 6 months to 3 years which you need.
but if you do decent work they will pay you.
you can start making money when you are a lawyer with a warrant, which will not happen as soon as you’re out of law school.

as regards to salary depends on your location, if you become a top divorce lawyer you can make millions…

Family law attorneys only need a law degree, which is a Juris Doctor. You need a bachelors degree to get into law school, so it generally will take seven years total: 4 for the bachelor’s, 3 for law school.

After you graduate, you take the bar exam. When you pass, you become licensed as an attorney. Then you can go to work.

You can go to work for yourself, or join a firm. Fresh out of school, don’t expect to make a lot of money. Family law can pay well, but generally people getting divorced are pretty much broke. Statistics state that a large percentage of people who get divorced then go bankrupt shortly thereafter. In today’s economy, the housing market crash has caused most of my divorce clients to be under water – and even if they aren’t, they still don’t have any money just sitting around to throw at me. Most of them are like doing pro bono (unpaid) work.

If you get lucky, you might go to work for a high end firm in a big city that specializes in rich people’s divorces – some firms in Chicago charge $50,000 just to walk in the door and talk to someone. But there are only so many CEO’s of major corporations and professional athletes who can afford this. Most divorces are a losing proposition.

The Voluntary Legal Services Program of Northern California provides legal services to eligible low income clients who live in the counties of Sacramento, Yolo, San Joaquin, El Dorado and Placer.

VLSP’s legal services range from referrals to volunteer attorneys for direct representation to assistance of self-represented parties at our legal clinics. VLSP serves clients at three main locations in Sacramento County.

The Voluntary Legal Services Program of Northern California provides services to clients who need help with family law problems. They can provide assistance with such matters as divorce, establishing paternity, setting child and spousal support, custody and visitation.

VLSP does not take cases seeking the return of a client’s child who is in the custody of Child Protective Services (CPS). In addition, VLSP is unable to provide help with the collection of child or spousal support.

Because of the overwhelming client demand for services in this area, VLSP must occasionally close its intake to family law cases. If that is the case, we will leave a message on our client intake telephone line: (916) 551-2102.

VLSP does not currently have a clinic to help clients with family law matters; rather, refers these cases to volunteer attorneys as our resources allow.

Eligible clients who need help with a family law problem should call (916) 551-2102.

Good luck.

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