About practices
What a practice is
Section titled “What a practice is”A practice is an area of law your firm sells — Corporate, Litigation, Employment. It is one half of how KLERQ classifies work; the other half is industries, which describe the client’s sector rather than the legal service.
The distinction matters because directories use both. A single matter is typically tagged Corporate Law for the work and Energy for the client, and directories ask you to submit along one axis or the other.
Why the practice list matters
Section titled “Why the practice list matters”Practices are not just labels. They determine:
- What you can submit. Directory submissions are made per practice. A practice that does not exist cannot be submitted for.
- Who gets suggested. Specialists are tagged with practices, and that tagging is what lets KLERQ propose the right people for a submission or pitch.
- How work is found. Matters, presentations and publications are all filtered by practice.
- What clients read. Practice descriptions appear on presentations.
Getting the structure right early is worth the effort, because retagging work after the fact is slow and usually incomplete.
How practices connect to the rest of KLERQ
Section titled “How practices connect to the rest of KLERQ”| Connected to | How |
|---|---|
| Specialists | Each specialist lists the practices they work in — required |
| Matters | Tagged via work highlights, not directly on the matter |
| Submissions | A submission is made for one practice |
| Presentations | Chapters can be scoped to a practice |
| Publications | Tagged so thought leadership can be found by practice |