Client newsletters available to help lawyers reach their clients

Regular communication from your law office to current and prospective clients is a proven method of enhancing client relations, stimulating referrals, and creating name recognition for your practice. And establishing yourself as a source of reliable information will likely make you be seen as a trusted source when it comes to a client's legal needs. But how do you find the time to develop such communications while still managing the every day demands of your practice?

You don't have to.

The American Bar Association Division for Public Education publishes a newsletter, YourLaw, with your clients in mind. Each issue includes information about legal issues that may affect your clients directly. Topics covered include real property, business, estate planning, consumer issues, taxation, personal injury and family law.

In addition to educating your clients about these issues, YourLaw helps them recognize when it's time to turn to you for professional legal help.

Various other ABA member groups also publish their own client-oriented newsletters and magazines. For example, the Section of Family Law's series of publications include one issue of Family Advocate titled “My Parents Are Getting Divorced: A Handbook by and for Kids,” that helps you help your clients with such topics as “Spending Time with Each Parent,” “Kids Want Parents to Know” and “How to Talk with Your Lawyer,” as well as a series of Client Manuals.

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