Originally Posted by Unregistered

People don't want to do fam/crim for a reason - which is that it's hard to jump and generally pays less. High net worth divorces won't come to you - and the type of criminals you typically defend generally aren't rich.

Depending on your grades and work experience (at least 2.1), you can try to lateral into AGC crim department, or Minlaw (family) type roles.

Otherwise, you will end up stuck in gen lit. It's not going to be so easy to move around as a gen lit (from what I assume is a small fam law firm). If you're serious, just reach out to any fam law practitioners, I find they are typically nice enough to respond.