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Not exact matches
In other words, the traditional
law firm operating under the traditional
law firm business model is an inhospitable place for many, many lawyers — a place where their success
depends not upon their skills as a lawyer but upon their abilities in areas in which they have no training, interest or aptitude, as well as upon their gender and the color of their skin; a place that requires them to sacrifice their personal lives; a place where they do not feel valued or fulfilled in their work; a place and where opportunities are denied to them and only a very
small number can reach positions of success.
While television ads guarantee eyeballs and can be segmented based on audience demographics, the main problems are 1) it is exceedingly difficult to track the effectiveness of television ad campaigns, and most relatively effective methods require
small law firms to spend even more money, and 2)
depending on your area of practice, television ads can work nightmares for reputation management.
However, it's important to note that actual lawyer salaries vary massively
depending on a number of factors: the area of
law they work in (for example, corporate lawyers are known to earn a little more than criminal), where in the world you work and the type of
law firm you work in — whether it be a bigger, City
firm or a
smaller, local
firm.