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Professor Margaret Ryznar discussed the trend toward niche men’s firms that specialize in family law for a story that was published October 15 in “The Guardian.”

The story discusses men’s experiences with child custody, visitation, and support payments, and the men’s rights movement. Professor Ryznar said in the story that she believed niche men’s firms are largely a marketing ploy to “drum up business.” She also discussed that working women still do most of the domestic work, which has a negative impact on their salaries. “Courts take into account and compensate [mothers] for the fact that [they] took hits to their career to take care of kids,” Professor Ryznar said in the story. “These men’s divorce firms perpetuate the stereotype of a woman who’s just after her husband’s money. That is not true in many real cases.”

Professor Ryznar is an associate professor of law, Dean’s Fellow, and Grimes Fellow. She teaches family law; international and comparative family law; juvenile law; income taxation of individuals, fiduciaries and business associations; and trusts and estates. In addition to contributing to the Huffington Post, she edits the Family Law Prof Blog.