She doesn't mention the subject of that particular trial, but the previous example makes the stakes of her work clear: overturning wrongful murder convictions to get innocent people out of jail. Missing a birthday seems a worthy tradeoff.
It seemed rather strongly arguable that 1) she takes cases she is passionate about 2) she seems to deal with cases where the state was abusive.
I get that sometimes we all have to roll out of bed early to serve a client's interest, but I also think it was clearer with the generation of lawyers that started in the 60s and 70s that in the mine run of administrative and scheduling issues, jamming attorneys like this does not generate a substantive advantage and, as one local luminary would have said, 'generates heat, not light.'