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to me the most rewarding aspect
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of practicing family law is being able
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to advocate for families and for
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children
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whether that’s advocating for parental
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rights through an appellate case
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or advocating for children and parents
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in a cps case
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or representing children or parents who
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are victims
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of domestic violence being able to
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advocate
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for people who do not have the ability
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to advocate for themselves
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and using that advocacy to keep them
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safe or benefit their lives in some way
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is the most rewarding aspect to me
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about practicing family law
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so i am still a little bit of a law nerd
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even when i’m not practicing
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and so i spend some of my time
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as an adjunct professor at the
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university of north texas
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dallas college of law as you know
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teaching
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and giving back to the community and
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then i also
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um am a moot court coach for the law
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school
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in addition to that i like to travel i
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have two dogs
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rory and arlo and i love spending time
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with them and they keep me very active
Dallas, TX family law attorney Shmyla Alam talks about the most rewarding aspect of her practice as well as what she does outside of the office.