It's a great technique that works in
just about every practice area.
Not exact matches
Petition and answer should not, of course, be regarded as the sole content of Christian prayer, but in the popular mind this has often been the case, and it is
just at this point that secularization has greatly undermined the
practice of prayer, and has made the Christian much more cautious
about the forms of his petitions and the
areas in which they may be regarded as legitimate.
I used to think that I was
just starved for sex (I've always been extremely high, and foolishly thought I could bring my husband «up» to my level) but recently in counseling some of my clients (I'm an attorney, and
practice divorce — though it's not my preferred
area for obvious reasons) it occurred to me that it's not
about the sex, it's the intimacy that I crave.
«I worked with teachers in one term and we looked
just at numeracy — didn't want to see any of their other planning documents for other subject
areas, didn't want to worry too much
about their
practices in those other
areas.
Another big take away from the course was the idea that maker - centered learning is
about more than
just a designated space or fancy equipment — and that the
practices associated with the Agency by Design framework for maker - centered learning can be applied across content
areas.
Just can't wait now for this vaccine to hit my
area, so that it's one more thing a handful of vets in my
practice can shake their heads at me
about (the rest know better, and realize that my dogs are healthy and that's what counts!).
Using the JurisPage blogging platform to blog
about topics relevant to your
practice areas can attract a ton of potential clients and make the phone start ringing far beyond
just referrals.
And so, I think the way that we go
about it is if we want to have really good search results related to specific
practice area or specific topic, then we
just really try to put out a lot of content related to that.
Even if you're
just a straight out litigator, or a healthcare attorney, knowing that information
about your firm generally, and then
just a little bit
about the other
practice areas you serve is always great because you always want to be cross selling not
just yourself, but the capabilities of your firm.
What if you get that case that walks in the door that you didn't anticipate, and you were
just talking
about the dollar value, but what if it's in a
practice area that you didn't check off on that application?
Sam Glover: I don't know much
about immigration, so maybe I'm
just making stuff up here, but it seems to me that like bankruptcy or maybe work comp, immigration law is very process - driven and maybe lends itself a little bit more than some
areas of
practice to the kind of automation and systemization and checklist manifesto - ing that you're doing.
But really it's all
about trying to figure out specifically what segment in the market that you want to target, and that's not
just by
practice area.
If it is
just a general blog
about your
area of
practice, deliver some new information that people can't get anywhere else.
On a tangent
about continuing competence, not
just entry - level, what
about requiring lawyers in active
practice to write and pass a version of the multiple - choice bar admission tests online at least every year or two (and if particular subject
area failed, restricted from
practicing in that
area?).
Finally,
just as Obama has moved quickly to name a transition team, law firms thinking
about entering these
practice areas should hit the ground running now so that they're prepared to assist clients once the new administration takes office.
I then talk
about how almost every lawyer I know
just fell into / morphed into their
practice area after many years as lawyers.
With over 450 attorneys covering more than 40
practice areas, Dickinson Wright has the experience and expertise to assist with
just about any legal matter or dispute.
If you write and blog
about the law in your
practice area — you will start to learn it much faster than if you
just attend a CLE every once in a while.
As to your question @Will Barnard,
just about anyone who can testify with more knowledge than the general public as to industry standards and what is generally accepted
practice that the court accepts may be viewed by the court as having expert testimony in a specific
area.