Comments on: Good courses for family law? http://www.familylawmadeeasy.com/blog/good-courses-for-family-law/ Thu, 17 May 2012 16:25:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: n_ricki http://www.familylawmadeeasy.com/blog/good-courses-for-family-law/comment-page-1/#comment-2486 n_ricki Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:00:34 +0000 http://www.familylawmadeeasy.com/blog/good-courses-for-family-law/#comment-2486 Follow your law school's degree plan. Follow your law school’s degree plan.

]]> By: Matt http://www.familylawmadeeasy.com/blog/good-courses-for-family-law/comment-page-1/#comment-2485 Matt Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:13:46 +0000 http://www.familylawmadeeasy.com/blog/good-courses-for-family-law/#comment-2485 This is an interesting question and a little hard to answer well. There are no courses you "need" to take in college for law school generally, and certainly none you need to take with respect to family law in particular. There will be classes in law school that are highly relevant. However, you might look for sociology, anthropology, psychology, or even economics courses that help you to appreciate the challenges you'll face in family law. I'm thinking of such issues as the psychology of the nuclear family, child development, the economics of divorce, and the like. Family law is actually pretty varied stuff, and there are a number of things here that might interest you. Again, nothing required or even recommended, but you can be creative in your course choices and look for things that will inform the sort of work you hope to do in family law. Best of luck to you! This is an interesting question and a little hard to answer well. There are no courses you “need” to take in college for law school generally, and certainly none you need to take with respect to family law in particular.

There will be classes in law school that are highly relevant. However, you might look for sociology, anthropology, psychology, or even economics courses that help you to appreciate the challenges you’ll face in family law. I’m thinking of such issues as the psychology of the nuclear family, child development, the economics of divorce, and the like.

Family law is actually pretty varied stuff, and there are a number of things here that might interest you. Again, nothing required or even recommended, but you can be creative in your course choices and look for things that will inform the sort of work you hope to do in family law.

Best of luck to you!

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