State Sponsored Legal Certification Organizations

Boards of Legal Specialization (the first of which was created in 1983 – in North Carolina), serve to establish programs by which qualified lawyers can become certified as specialists in a particular area of the law. This designation can help you identify lawyers who have demonstrated special knowledge, skill, and proficiency in a specific field – family law, for example.

State sanctioned certification programs currently exist in only 17 US states. And only 9 of those states offer a specialization program in the area of family law. Below is a list of each Legal Specialization programs in the United States, and a link to each program’s website. The American Bar Association also has a list of private and state-sponsored certification plans – both state and national – in all areas of law.

Also See:

• Local Certified Family Law Specialists

State Legal Specialization and Family Law Specialization Websites:

[State Name] – [Legal Specialization Site] – [Family Law Specialists (if Available)]

• Alabama – None – None
• Alaska – None – None
• Arizona – Legal Specialization – Family Law Specialists
• Arkansas – None – None
• California – Legal Specialization – Family Law Specialists
• Colorado – None – None
• Connecticut – Legal Specialization – None
• Delaware – None – None
• Florida – Legal Specialization – None
• Georgia – None – None
• Hawali – None – None
• Idaho – None – None
• Illinois – None – None
• Indiana – None – None
• Iowa – None – None
• Kansas – None – None
• Kentucky – None – None
• Lousiana – Legal Specialization – Family Law Specialists
• Maine – None – None
• Maryland – None – None
• Massachusetts – Legal Specialization – None
• Michigan – None – None
• Minnesota – Legal Specialization – None
• Mississippi – None – None
• Missouri – None – None
• Montana – None – None
• Nebraska – None – None
• Nevada – Legal Specialization – None
• New Hampshire – None – None
• New Jersey – Legal Specialization – None
• New Mexico – Legal Speicalization – Family Law Specialists
• New York – Legal Specialization – None
• North Carolina – Legal Specialization – Family Law Specialists
• North Dakota – None – None
• Ohio – Legal Specialization – Family Law Specialists
• Oklahoma – None – None
• Oregon – None – None
• Pennsylvania – None – None
• Rhode Island – None – None
• South Carolina – Legal Specialization – Family Law Specialists
• South Dakota – None – None
• Tennessee – Legal Specialization – Family Law Specialists
• Texas – Legal Specialization – Family Law Specialists
• Utah – None – None
• Vermont – None – None
• Virginia – None – None
• Washington – None – None
• Washington D.C. – None – None
• West Virginia – None – None
• Wisconsin – Legal Specialization – None
• Wyoming – None – None