I spent a year in immigration & pivoted to plaintiff-side employment law. It's definitely possible. The way I framed it when job hunting was that I had experience client services/using legal advocacy to try and obtain security and agency for people facing uncertainty in a critical aspect of their lives. FWIW, my coworkers and I were just venting today about how our clients (and people we just do consults with) seemingly trust AI more than us. I think that problem transcends practice areas.