Cba's Latest Survey on Image

• Publication year: 1997
• Pages: 34
• Citation: Vol. 26 No. 3 Pg. 34

26 Colo.Law. 34 Colorado Lawyer 1997.

1997, March, Pg. 34. CBA's Latest Survey on Image

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Vol. 26, No. 3, Pg. 34

The Colorado Lawyer
March 1997
Vol. 26, No. 3 [Page 34]

Features

CBA's Latest Survey on Image
by Diane Hartman

At the recent Colorado Bar Association Board of Governors meeting, the image of attorneys was one topic of discussion You'll remember "image" is one of the top three concerns of Colorado lawyers, according to our recent member poll.1 Susan Fisher and Bob Hill have been heading the bar's current effort to see what we should do in that area. Susan gave a short talk at the meeting, explaining that we've decided not to form a committee because we believe "image" is an individual problem and that every lawyer in the state has to take responsibility for improving both the image and the delivery of legal services to the public

Bob, Susan, and Diane will be asking for invitations to visit committees, sections, and local bars to talk about image - both the problems indicated by various surveys and various possible solutions (some from last summer's Board of Governor's meeting). We hope everyone will take a piece of the problem and work on some changes

The Latest Survey

The Denver and Colorado Bar Associations did a survey ten years ago, which gave us valuable information. We decided to do a less comprehensive survey, in the Denver metro area, to get updated information.

Four hundred people were interviewed by phone during December. Here are the four questions asked, with the results.

Have you ever hired a lawyer or been involved with the legal system?

Result: 253, yes; 147, no.

Would you rehire that lawyer?

Result: Of the 253 who had been involved in the legal system, 185 said they would rehire their lawyer; 68 said they would not.

When you hear the word "lawyer," what are the first words you think of to describe him or her?

Result: As you can imagine, the responses were varied. The answers seemed to fall into four categories: positive, negative, "money," and "I don't know." We got 140 positive answers, and they sounded like this:

someone to help you, protection, security, fine people professional, smart, competent, thank goodness we have them, honest, helpful, he's a friend, he's my brother-in-law, considerate, my daughter is a lawyer, help the less fortunate, aggressive and well-read,...