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In finding an accredited online law degree program that is worth the money for you, the primary consideration you should make is whether you want to officially be allowed to practice law or are simply interested in acquiring legal knowledge.

If your goal is to be legally able to practice law in a given state, then you must consider whether you would be willing to relocate to California for a period of time. In order to practice law in any state, it is necessary to take the given state’s bar examination, pass a character and fitness evaluation, and pass an examination over legal ethics.

Hector Milla Editor of the “Best Online Degrees Programs” website — http://www.BestOnlineDegreeProgramsUSA.com — pointed out;

“…Currently, California is the only state that allows individuals who have not attended accredited law schools to sit for the state bar exam, and there are no online law degree programs that are accredited by the American Bar Association (“ABA”) for these purposes. Thus, in order to practice law after completion of an online law degree program, one must be located in California to take the bar examination. After having practiced law in California for several years, it would then be possible to take the bar in another state, so the relocation need not be permanent…”

Although no online schools are accredited by the ABA, the State Bar Examiners in California has a smaller Committee of Bar Examiners who evaluate the online schools. Online law students will be permitted to sit for the bar in California if they have completed and received at least eight hundred sixty four hours of preparation each year from an online school that is registered with the Committee.

However, it is important to note that in registering these schools, the Committee is not attesting to the quality of the schools. Thus, in evaluating the schools for their worth, it would be valuable to look at whether the school teaches subjects that will be tested on the California Bar, including the most commonly tested subjects of Constitutional Law, Contracts, Property, Torts, Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Wills, and Business Associations.

“…In addition, a major component of legal work involves writing, the style of which differs from standard writing. Thus, in evaluating a program, it is essential that the online program give frequent tutorials, assignments, and, most importantly, feedback, involving the process of legal research and legal writing. This will ensure that your degree is worth the money you pay for it…” added H. Milla.

Further information about how to get a detailed credit report including scores and as often as you want by visiting; http://www.BestOnlineDegreeProgramsUSA.com

For many of the major circumstances of life, you will need the help of a competent lawyer.  However, it can be challenging to find a lawyer for your particular situation in your geographical locale.  An attorney search can be time consuming, but one quick and easy way to obtain a useful list of firms and names is to conduct an attorney search by using an online attorney directory.

How Lawyers Work

Attorneys are licensed to practice law in each specific state.  Lawyers have many responsibilities when it comes to the particular branch of law that they practice.  Attorneys have to be able to understand their client’s case so well that they can argue it in front of a judge or jury.  These types of lawyers are called trial lawyers, who try cases in court.  In order to be prepared for court, lawyers must do extensive research into the laws pertaining to the case, as well as put in writing all of the issues surrounding the specific case for their documents called briefs.  A case might be a criminal case where criminal charges have been filed against a suspect and is tried at court in front of a jury.

Working With Your Lawyer

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, your lawyer will get to know you and learn what the facts are about in your case.  Your lawyer will also want to find out from you what you wish to accomplish in court, and he or she will then take some time to explain to you what can actually be accomplished in the legal setting.  You will need to find an attorney with excellent listening skills, and this is why using  an attorney search website that offers a lawyer referral is so helpful.  When past clients give feedback on their experience with a particular lawyer, you can rest assured that your lawyer comes recommended, and you can avoid lawyers that do not receive good recommendations as well.  Law firms will not necessarily offer new clients this type of information, but it is vital to know if you are selecting a lawyer.

Barrister or Solicitor? 

Sometimes you will need a lawyer to help you with a legal matter outside of the realm of those typically held in a courtroom. (In the U.K., such a lawyer is known as a solicitor, whereas courtroom attorneys are called barristers.) Lawyers can help you register your patent or trademark, or they can negotiate and write up business contracts.  If you are ready to buy a home or business, an attorney can prepare all of the necessary paperwork for you.  Attorneys also are well-versed in preparing wills and trusts.  An online attorney directory can provide you with a list of law firms and offer a lawyer directory to make the process of finding a great lawyer in the particular area you need much easier for you.

How important is your firm’s client base? If this question seems like a no-brainer, it’s because it is. Fostering a steadily growing client base is a vital ingredient for any successful law firm. Growth equals profits. Yet despite this, legal marketing is often perceived within the industry as the proverbial ugly step child.

The reasons are obvious. Marketing takes lawyers out of their comfort zone. Good lawyers do not necessarily make good marketers. And time spent on a marketing campaign that bombs is time wasted! Imagine how much case work could have been completed in that time…

While these issues may be valid, the fact is that your firm isn’t going to grow on its own. So you can either accept legal marketing as a necessary evil, or watch your profits flatline.

For those brave enough to embrace it, welcome aboard. Marketing your firm won’t be easy, but it’s also not as difficult as you might think. Many of the road blocks inherent to legal marketing are being broken down, particularly with technological advancements in the online arena.

So open your mind as we explore the road blocks most firms encounter, and discuss the new technologies that are helping to break them down.

Road block 1 – Resource limitations

Lawyers work hard! A work conditions report conducted in 2003 found that your typical lawyer works around 48 hours a week. To compound this fact, almost 90% of Australian law firms employ less than 5 lawyers. The end result…? Resource shortage and time depravation!

Many firms would argue that they just don’t have the time, nor the manpower to implement effective marketing activities. Yes… common business development tactics such as attending & contributing to seminars, brochure development and mail out campaigns are resource heavy. But you have options. It’s time to take your thinking beyond the ‘old school’.

Solution

Modern marketing techniques can be light on both your time and resources. In fact, a number of online opportunities allow you to adopt a ‘set & forget’ approach to marketing.

Search engine optimisation (SEO) is an example. SEO is the practice of improving your web sites ranking within the search engine results in order to drive more traffic to your firm’s site. The effect of good SEO is dramatic. Data released by AOL revealed that the site attaining top spot in the search results draws almost half of the traffic for that search term. Second spot draws less than 15%!

A number of factors affect your sites ability to rank well within the search engines, including:

1. The quality of your content

2. The number of external sites that link to you

3. Your page titles

4. The age of your site

5. The frequency of content updates

6. The cleanliness of web site design and coding… and more

In fact, Google claims to use up to 200 different factors to measure a sites quality. Consequently, SEO isn’t a task you can take on yourself. You’ll need the help of a specialist, of which there are plenty! A Google search on SEO will reveal a wide range of agencies and consultants providing the expertise you need.

The real beauty of SEO is that once your site is optimised for the search engines, you can essentially sit back and watch the traffic come to you. And while semi regular site tweaks may be necessary (the search engines constantly update their site ranking factors to avoid abuse), the majority of the hard work will be done at the outset. And best of all… the traffic you receive via the search engines comes free of charge!!

To extend your marketing reach beyond the search engines and into the web stratosphere you could try Google Adsense or affiliate marketing (with providers like Commission Junction). Both allow you to hook into established web networks and place ads for your firm on thousands of web pages, while dealing with just the one provider. This form of advertising will give your firm good exposure, but the traffic is a little less qualified than from search engine marketing (as they are not specifically looking for legal aid).

Online directories are another alternative for low maintenance marketing. Whether it’s generic directories, or specialist legal directories such as Lawyer Centric, directory marketing can ensure a steady flow of client leads. For what it’s worth, specialised legal directories tend to be cheaper and are more likely to draw truly qualified client leads (as they target a very specific audience).

Road block 2 – Lack of marketing expertise

Lawyers are trained & hired to practice the law. You probably spent 4+ years studying it at university. But what your law degree didn’t teach you was how to market you firm and build your client base. And if you’re anything like your American counterparts (God forbid!) you’re not happy about it.

A recent survey by Buy Laws found that 91% of American lawyers are unhappy with the lack of marketing training at law schools. The study also found that 37% of respondents only just manage to generate enough business to stay alive, and 41% either don’t get good marketing results or don’t bother at all due to lack of knowledge.

Solution

While it is true that you probably haven’t received the training needed to be considered a marketing guru, it doesn’t mean good help isn’t out there. And better yet, it’s free! If you’re truly interested in improving your marketing skills there are a plethora of marketing sites that offer free expert advice in the form of articles & regular newsletters. The following sites are some of the best marketing resources providing free expert commentary:

General Marketing

1. Marketing Profs

2. Marketing Today

Online Marketing

1. Marketing Sherpa

2. Clickz

If you’re genuine about enhancing your marketing skills, the information is out there. All you need to do is go and get it.

Road block 3 – Networking is hard!

Building relationships and a solid network of professional acquaintances is critical to your ability to increase your client base. After all, it’s not what you know, but who you know right? That’s probably why you go to all those industry conferences & luncheons. But do you really get full value from those conferences? How many meaningful new business relationships do you take away from each one?

Many people believe that when it comes to ‘working the room’ you’ve either got the gift or you don’t. But what if you don’t? How can you add value to your firm and build meaningful business relationships?

Solution

You’ve probably heard of MySpace and Facebook before. They’re social networks that give people an online platform to connect with their current friends and meet new people. But have you heard of LinkedIn? It follows a similar premise, except that it is targeted towards business professionals.

At the most basic level you can use the service to store your personal business connections. But the real value comes in the networking capabilities. Members can extend their personal network by accessing second degree connections (the network pool of each of their personal contacts) and third degree connections (the network pool of each second degree connection).

The existence of a mutual contact essentially gives you a virtual ‘foot in the door’. And furthermore, it can be done on your own time. For those without the ‘gift of the gab’, this may be your ideal networking solution.

Road block 4 – Limitations of traditional marketing techniques

Marketing a law firm presents unique challenges. Legal choices are heavily considered decisions. New clients want detailed information in order to achieve a level of confidence that your firm has the necessary expertise to manage their case effectively. Questions from new clients will typically include:

1. What areas of law does your firm specialise in?

2. What experience do you have managing similar cases?

3. Who are your current clients and what would they say about your firm?

In order to address these questions, you need the opportunity to speak to clients in a detailed & specific manner. But how can that be achieved? Unless you have the budget to develop a comprehensive firm brochure, or buy a full page print ad, your marketing messages are likely to lack the detail to convert prospects into clients. Standard print ads, directory ads, radio ads, online banner ads (and others) all place restrictions on your ability to communicate with clients in any manner of detail.

Solution

Your web site need not be your only rich source of information. You have options. More and more online platforms are emerging that provide you with the opportunity to publish detailed information. Blogs are perhaps the most common. Blogs are free to set up from providers like Blogger and provide a basic web site framework for you to work with. The key advantage of blogs is that they allow content to be updated quickly and easily (unlike web sites which require technical expertise to update).

While most blogs are non commercial in nature, many ‘bloggers’ have realised that they can use the medium to position themselves as experts in a particular industry. The field of law is no exception. Blogs are a natural communication tool for law firms as they allow easy publication of articles, case studies and commentary of legal issues. A small number of Australian lawyers and law firms have embraced blogs, yet the potential remains largely untapped in the legal industry.

Online directories present another marketing opportunity for savvy law firms. And no we’re not talking about the Yellow Pages. The ‘one size fits all’ model applied by multi-industry directories typically limits the type & quantity of content advertisers can publish. We are in fact talking about niche directories that are tailor made for a specific industry.

Lawyer Centric is an example. It is a directory designed by lawyers specifically for the legal industry, and offers a number of promotional services for firms, including:

1. An advertisement in the legal directory.

2. The ability to receive client emails directly to a nominated email address.

3. The ability to create a customised web page to promote your firm’s practice areas, technical knowledge, articles & client testimonials.

4. Unlimited access to publish articles to a legal article database.

5. Unlimited access to post vacancies on the legal job boards.

Members are able to choose between free & paid membership.

Road block 5 – Cost

In all honesty, our last road block is probably the first that sprung to your mind. Money! Traditional forms of advertising/marketing are far from cheap. Whether it’s newspaper, radio, Yellow Pages or online ads, the cumulative cost of advertising can be in the thousands each year (if not tens of thousands). That’s a lot of money!

Naturally, you want the best return on investment for your firm. And that’s probably the best part about each solution we’ve proposed so far. They’re all cheap! Let’s revisit each solution one last time to review what implementation will cost you:

1. SEO consultancy can be pricey, but is an excellent long term marketing investment. Remember, after the initial cost of optimising your site all traffic you receive is free. Google Adsense & affiliate marketing operate on a pay per click basis. You’ll only pay each time someone clicks through to your web site. Most clicks will cost you less than a dollar!

2. Each marketing newsletter is delivered to you free of charge. You just need to find the time to read them.

3. LinkedIn is a free networking service.

4. Blogs are free to set up and maintain. Of course, your cost is the time it takes to generate regular content. But if you are already writing articles and case analyses…

5. Lawyer Centric offers both free & paid membership. The cost of a paid membership is just $250 annually.

And now, it is over to you. The seeds have been sown. The question is whether you choose to embrace them or not.

Newer technology means that legal marketing no longer needs to be the ugly step child of the legal industry. In fact, with a little research and some smart implementation, you could create a Cinderella story of your very own.

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When jumping into online law firm marketing, certain things must be considered. Both larger and smaller businesses must find a way to effectively advertise every person in the business. Each attorney plays an important role, and therefore must be shown in the advertisement. This is not possible with every service, so companies need to be certain that they are getting what they need before they sign up for a service. They have the best chance of finding affordable advertising online, but they still need to be careful.

If a business understands traditional advertising, they will not necessarily understand online advertising. While the two serve the same purpose of getting clients to the business, they do not operate in the same way. That is why it is important to truly understand what goes into online advertising.

In order to create the best law firm marketing and to get every attorney involved, a site must be able to handle a lot of content. Some sites will only allow for a page or two of content to be loaded before the price goes up. For businesses that have a lot of attorneys, that can become incredibly costly. Therefore, businesses need to make sure that as much content as they want to load can be loaded for one set price.

In order to be successful with law firm marketing, the company must also make sure that the website is easy to use. A company does not want to have to explain to thirty different attorneys how to go about loading their information. Instead, the site should be so easy that it explains itself. There are a wide variety of sites out there, and not all of them are user friendly, so attorneys need to be careful.

Law firm marketing needs to also be something that is not time consuming. In the end, it is the attorney’s job to represent his clients. Therefore, he needs to find an advertising system that does not take too much of his time and energy. Time consuming advertising can end up costing him in the end. If multiple attorneys have to update a site daily, that will hurt the company instead of help it.

Lastly, companies need to make sure they are picking an effective company that is going to give them visibility. If they pick a company that does not show up in search engines, they are not helping themselves gain more clients. It is important to do research in order to find a company that is able to give them the exposure they want with online advertising. Advertising online can be very lucrative, if the business is able to gain the right amount of exposure.

Lawyer Web Templates is a company that offers templates for attorneys at affordable prices. Users can load as much content as they want. Each attorney can have his own page as well. The site is incredibly easy to use and the company hosts it for the users so it does take up a lot of time. When a business uses the company to advertise, clients find them. For more information or to get started today, visit them online at www.lawyerwebtemplates.com.

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Over the past few years the number of online degree programs has expanded exponentially and many people have taken the online Bachelor Degree and MBA programs that are available.  More recently, a number of online Law Degree programs have also sprouted up leading many people to wonder…is it really possible to obtain your law degree online?  More importantly, are these Juris Doctor degees worth anything and can you really practice law with them? 

The Straight Scoop About Online Law School

Several online universities such as the University of Phoenix, Concord/Kaplan Law School and Devry offer distance learning Law Degrees.  These programs are comparable in cost to other online doctorate level degrees with fees ranging from $30-90,000 depending on the program.  Typically students may take them either part or full-time with the full Juris Doctor degree being completed in 3-5 years.

Classes for most of these programs are offered online with reading and other materials bought by the students.  Some offer in-person classes as optional additions.  Professors interact with students online and assignments are usually submitted via email.  The courses required for online Juris Doctor programs are typical of full-time programs and include such subjects as Civil Procedure, Contract Law, Criminal Law, Property and Torts among others.  Upper level classes include such subjects as Constitutional Law, Evidence, Family Law, Trusts and Estates, as well as other mandatory as well as recommended coursework. 

The programs typically require the student to take the LSAT and to submit transcripts from undergraduate programs as well as write essays to gain acceptance.  Overall the admissions criteria and standards are lower than major name Law Schools with students obtaining admission that might not qualify if applying to a nationally recognized bricks and mortar school. 

Someone that is interested in studying law and going through all the major JD required courses can obtain a solid law school education by doing a degree online.  The ability to make your own schedule, the flexibility of spreading the degree over time and the reduced cost when compared to bricks and mortar programs makes it an attractive alternative if you are simply seeking the Juris Doctor for your own benefit and for the educational experience it offers.

The Big Problem With Online Law School

There is however, a very important and fundamental downside to pursuing your Juris Doctor online.  As of now, 49 states require a person to obtain their JD Degree from an accredited institution by the American Bar Association (ABA).  Without this accreditation you cannot sit for their bar exam and become a practicing attorney in their state. 

The exception to this is the state of California which allows certain distance learning Juris Doctor students to sit for the bar exam if they’ve fulfilled certain requirements but only from certain specific Online Law Degree programs.  To learn what programs these are, and to find out how it might be possible to transfer a California Law License to other states please visit www.TopTenLawSchools.com

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Earning a law degree online is an important step to starting a career in the law industry. This also provides a great opportunity for existing legal professionals to sharpen their skills and bolster their credentials to stay ahead in this vibrant and cutting-edge industry.

A law degree typically takes 3-4 years to complete and the amount of time spent studying will depend on the level of qualification and area of specialization desired. Most pre-law students complete a 4-year (Bachelor) degree program in areas such as Accounting, Criminal Justice, Political Science and International Relations. During this level of study, students will receive the relevant training needed to assist an attorney with criminal and civil cases during the preparation phase such as interviewing clients, conducting research and drafting legal documents.

Students also have the opportunity to select and focus on areas of specialization specific to their career objectives. Some of the online courses covered during a law degree program include criminal law, legal research and writing, constitutional law and civil procedures.

Upon completion, students can go on to earn a Jurist Doctor (JD) degree. They will also be eligible to sit for a written bar exam in the state in which they plan to begin their career.

Advantages of an Online Law Degree

There are several distinct advantages to getting an online law degree. The evolution of the internet is eclipsing the traditional classroom-based law schools for the more modern and sophisticated Internet-based systems that make up an online learning environment. Some of the advantages of pursuing an online law degree include:

Flexibility and Convenience: Students have the ability to earn their law degree online while working and maintaining their personal obligations. This convenience allows them to earn their degree from any convenient location and schedule their classes to fit their busy schedule.

Accessible Information: In the past, students had to endure long lectures while struggling to keep up with the professor to take notes and trying not to miss something important at the same time. While in an online learning environment, students receive lectures via streaming video and have 24-hr access to streaming videos, downloadable PDF and power point slides to replay as much as they want until they have mastered the material.

Interaction with Technology: Law students can interact with fellow peers and professors via online chartrooms, bulletin boards and emails. This allows them to discuss the law and current case studies.

Disadvantages of an Online Law Degree

Some of these disadvantages to getting an online law degree include:

Hardware Intensive: Students will need specific equipment such as a computer and internet to access coursework material.

Accreditation: Some online schools offering a law degree may have a low accreditation status.

Schedule: Synchronous classes require you to attend classes online on the professor’s schedule and that may prove inconvenient. Some online schools also require you to participate in online discussions such as forums and chat sessions and may be inconvenient if this does not fit your own schedule.

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