Practitioners of Family Law wear several hats and provide advice in many areas, serving as attorneys, counselors, mediators, therapists, accountants, and teachers.

ACFLS seeks to promote the specialty of Family Law by increasing the public’s knowledge of the importance of this work. ACFLS devotes much of its resources to enhancing the knowledge base of newly certified family law specialists. The organization does this by providing high-quality/cutting-edge educational presentations.

A Family Law attorney who becomes a Certified Family Law Specialist has normally put in years of actual experience as a practitioner and has also passed an exam that tests the ability to think, assess the facts and apply the law.

ACFLS encourages those practitioners who can appreciate the various benefits of specialization to study and take the exam, as well as complete the sometimes lengthy peer review process—all required for admission to the Family Law specialty.

The public benefits by having an attorney who is a CFLS and has the requisite background of experience.