You find colleagues who
know about the practice area.
Do you want to
know about the practice area?
Not exact matches
Because so much is
known about delay discounting in other
areas, we can capitalize on that knowledge and use it to help us translate our findings into best
practices.»
In my own
practice, I only pay a higher MER for a manager who has proven to beat the index over the long - term or who has experience or exposure to an
area of the global market I
know little or nothing
about.
Because veterinarians
know which parasites are common in the
area in which they
practice, owners should talk to their pet's doctor
about what product or products will be best for their pets.
She is excited
about practicing in the Galena
area and getting to
know the clients and their pets.
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!).
Through glass works designed and fabricated in Murano and the Seattle
area, as well as in paintings, sculpture, prints, and video, Wilson challenges assumptions
about history, culture, and display
practices, offering alternative interpretations and encouraging viewers to reconsider how they think and what they
know.
I therefore
know something
about the
area of contemporary artistic
practice which I regard as one of the liveliest, most vigorous and most creative sectors of the contemporary arts anywhere.»
At a minimum I'd recommend mentioning that you are a lawyer, what your
practice areas are, and any other information that might encourage relevant people to choose to follow your account even if they
know little or nothing else
about you.
If their mentor is also their supervising attorney,
knowing that they will be evaluated by the same person, proteges may be apprehensive to speak candidly to their supervising attorney
about issues affecting their working relationship, their desire to obtain work assignments in different
practice areas, etc..
Those initial conversations I was being told I was nuts by people who
knew more than I did
about my
practice area, who've been at it a lot longer, and who I viewed with great respect.
When a lawyer / client complains that drafting interrogatories is tedious and boring, or
about the unique stresses of certain
practice areas, as a lawyer, I
know precisely what they are talking
about.
That is the process of turning a stranger into someone who has a sense that you
know what you are talking
about in your
practice area, you are a nice person, and you have some authority.
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.
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.
Postali.com is officially launched, which brings a new level of transparency to lawyers
about what is possible in the
areas where they
practice, as well as
knowing what to expect for costs and level of success for their marketing investment.
It's because they aren't immersed enough in a particular
practice area (or court location) to
know about trends in the law, the views of judges on certain types of approaches, whether their client's situation is emblematic of a problem that is becoming systemic, and so on.
The more you
know about where your work comes from, which are your profitable
practice areas (don't forget that profitable means revenue minus the expenses of serving the client), which
areas could spawn profitable niches, and generally, what the firm's strengths are, the better guidance you can give your agency.
As a result, the people who follow me
know that I'm an attorney and to
know about the
areas of law I
practice.
The case study was obviously created by someone who does not
know enough
about wills law, but then it is easy to denigrate or even jettison a
practice area one
knows little
about, does not
practice in, derives no income from, and never receives the appreciative feedback from the individual, as opposed to corporate, clients who have been so well served at modest cost by the lawyers in that «expendable»
area.
Well -
known firms are actively using Twitter to update followers
about their firm, the law affecting their
practice areas, and sharing articles and blog posts of interest.
However, I admit that I don't
know a thing
about criminal defense or family law or probate or lots of other
areas of
practice that involve courtrooms and judges.
It is essential that you reach out and get to
know the collaborative attorneys and financial professionals in your
area and learn
about their
practices.
You
know you are interested in a certain
practice area, but do not
know how to go
about finding prospective employers in your preferred location.
I then talk
about how almost every lawyer I
know just fell into / morphed into their
practice area after many years as lawyers.
I did some research online
about practice areas, spoke to an established lawyer I
knew in Biglaw, and discovered a type of transactional
practice called project finance, where you work on financial transactions that fund development projects all over the world.
We're probably going to say, you don't have to like social media, you don't even have to use social media, but in certain
areas of
practice, if you don't
know anything
about social media you can't do your job.
«A lawyer that's three years out of law school can now
know more
about a judge, opposing counsel or party than a lawyer who's been
practicing in the
area for 25 years,» Byrd said.