Starting Out In Family Law

• Published date: 21 March 2022
• Law Firm: Family Law Group
• Author: Family Law Group

I have been a paralegal at Family Law Group for eight months. Prior to joining, I studied Law with American Law (LLB) (Hons) at the University of Nottingham. My course was four years long and for my third year, I was selected to study at the University of Texas at Austin with five other students. We arrived in August 2018 and spent ten months in Texas before coming back to the UK in June 2019.

My time abroad involved many challenges and experiences. I lived in a completely different society and culture. They say "everything is bigger in Texas" and from the food and buildings to the personalities of everyone I met, this proved true every day. It was a wonderful experience embracing new places we explored, new music, new ways of cooking and getting around town (E-scooters were a thing in America long before they became popular in the UK!).

As an international law student, my time in...