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I am putting my letters of recommendation together, and have one from a respected lawyer who has been a close family friend of mine for many years. For my 2nd one there are several ways I can go. I was wondering what other people think is a good source to get a letter from aside from someone in the field, which i am sure looks good, but is a bit obvious. Having the safe one in, I'd like to take a "safe" risk with the other.

You NEED an academic letter. So, at the very least, use the best letter from a prof you can get--preferably a prof that knows you well. It does not need to be law related at all; someone who can speak to your intellectual, writing, and/or speaking abilities in an academic context is best. They want to know you'll be a benefit to the classroom.

Really both of your letters should be from professors. If you've been out of school for a long time, then a boss is acceptable. It probably won't hurt you to have a family friend but it might. And it certainly won't help. Some schools (Cornell for example) are very strict about having academic LORs.

Schools want academic LOR's that testify to your ability to make it in law school. It's hard, and a ton of work.

A family lawyer friend is, at best, a 3rd or 4th back-up LOR.

Average is 2 LOR's and both should be academic, unless you've been out of school a while, then ideally one from a professor and one from a boss.