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8 Solo [i] (2000-2001)

handle is hein.journals/sololoi8 and id is 1 raw text is: Prepackae Divers-ity hog LegsServiee lans Byf. Anthony Clark When I opened up my solo shop, per the dictates of guru-author Jay Foonberg. I told all of rny fiiends to send me clients for my family law practice. Life being what it is in these United States, one ethnic group predominates among my friends, and those who reten-ed me their fiends sent me primarily members of the same substratum. After six months, I found that 75 percent of my clients had my accent. Not that there's ETUREtin *es Diversity Fellows James M. Durant H1, Richard M. Macias, and Judy e Section's 2000-01 diversity fellows. The fel- is funded as part of the Setion's ongoing pro- ethnic diversity and leadership within its ranks. t will be named to Section committees, national pro other leadership initiatives. ty in our membership brings a variety of unique and valu'd kills and perspectives to our Section, said Wynn A. Gunde Section chair. We will continue to work to involve la of all races, ethic backgrounds and genders, to foster the spirit of inclusiveness in all of the Section's activities. The Secd adopted plans to increase diversity in CLE pro els, as well as appoint liaisons to minority bar In addition, the Section hopes to create a Lwyers o cus Group to provide opportunities for networking and professional development. Sexual Orientation? Not an Issue Matters of Faith Government Practice and Diversity Mentors Within the Bar ADA Book anything wrong with such a situation, but, ais Foonberg might say, I was missing marketing opportmnities. Six months later my client base resembled a bomber crew from those World War II movies-every constituen- cy had a representative. I had, after a year, augmented my marketing by associating with several prepaid legal services plans. The ancillary benefit of prepaid plan coop- eration is diversification of a firm's client base, a factor I should have recognized because I had been pontificat- ing about prepaid legal ser- vices for more than a decade before I opened mny own law finn. My work moved sequentially fi'om administra- tor to trade group consultant to licensing consultant to (continued inside) GENEAL RACICESOL AN SAILL IRMSECION NIEICA 13A ASOCITIO

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