2017 KBA Survey - Non Private Practitioners

Welcome

Dear Colleague:

YOUR participation in the 2017 Economics of Law Practice Study is very important, and we greatly appreciate your assistance. YOUR information matters and will make a HUGE contribution.

Regardless of your membership status in the KBA, we address critical needs and concerns of both PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS and NON-PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS.

This questionnaire is designed for non-private practitioners only and takes only 15 minutes to complete. If you are a private practitioner, please Click Here to receive the appropriate questionnaire.

You may leave the survey and return later to complete it as long as you use the same computer. Your anonymity and confidentiality is assured. Don't forget to enter our drawing for a $250 Amazon Gift Card.

We look forward providing a full report of findings this summer (downloadable at no charge to you) though the Kansas Bar Association.

Thank you.

Steve Six, President
Kansas Bar Association

NEED HELP?

You may contact the survey administrator, Dr. Lawrence Stiffman, at 734-417-5151 (Eastern time zone) in Ann Arbor, Michigan or email him at aslinfo@aol.com.

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* 1. Please indicate where you maintain your principal office:

Other location (please specify):

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* 2. Please indicate your:

Age

Year first admitted to any bar

Years in practice

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* 3. Please indicate if you are:

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* 4. If you practice part-time, please indicate the primary reason:

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* 5. Please indicate your current primary occupation/ work classification.

Other (please specify):

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* 6. How many PERSONS are active in the immediate office in which you work (not the whole agency or corporation)?

Attorneys (Enter 1 if you are only attorney at the organization.)

Full time equivalent secretaries (A half time secretary is .5 FTE.)

Full time equivalent legal assistant (A half time legal assistant is .5 FTE.)

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* 7. Please click on the field of law/practice area representing your primary source of income. (You can type in additional areas not listed.)

	Practice Area
Field of law	Field of law Practice Area menu

Other areas of law (please specify) :

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* 8. In your current position, about how many hours
PER WEEK do you engage in the following:

Legal work

Office administration

TOTAL HOURS WORKED in the average workweek

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* 9. About how many HOURS/YEAR do you engage in:

Pro Bono work

CLE

Other community service

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* 10. Please indicate your current and previous involvement in the following activities:

	Yes, currently	Yes, previously	No
Membership in your local chamber of commerce	Membership in your local chamber of commerce Yes, currently	Membership in your local chamber of commerce Yes, previously	Membership in your local chamber of commerce No
Board member of any non-profit corporation	Board member of any non-profit corporation Yes, currently	Board member of any non-profit corporation Yes, previously	Board member of any non-profit corporation No
Board member of any for-profit corporation	Board member of any for-profit corporation Yes, currently	Board member of any for-profit corporation Yes, previously	Board member of any for-profit corporation No
Serving as an elected public official	Serving as an elected public official Yes, currently	Serving as an elected public official Yes, previously	Serving as an elected public official No
Servicing as an appointed public official	Servicing as an appointed public official Yes, currently	Servicing as an appointed public official Yes, previously	Servicing as an appointed public official No
Active in local and state general bar association	Active in local and state general bar association Yes, currently	Active in local and state general bar association Yes, previously	Active in local and state general bar association No
Active in local or state specialty bar association	Active in local or state specialty bar association Yes, currently	Active in local or state specialty bar association Yes, previously	Active in local or state specialty bar association No
Active in state,local, or national professional organizations	Active in state,local, or national professional organizations Yes, currently	Active in state,local, or national professional organizations Yes, previously	Active in state,local, or national professional organizations No

Other (please specify)

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* 11. Please indicate your 2016 taxable income derived from legal work. If you worked for only a portion of 2016, please annualize the figure (e.g. If you worked 6 months and earned $45,000, enter $90,000.)

If applicable, indicate the AVERAGE CURRENT (SPRING 2017) wage (excluding any year-end cash bonus) for ASSOCIATES, PARALEGALS/LEGAL ASSISTANTS and SECRETARIES by years of experience: (Please omit $.)

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* 12. Associates

Entry level

3 Years/junior level

5 Years/junior or senior level

10+ Years/senior level

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* 13. Paralegals/Legal Assistants

No Experience

3 Years

5 Years

10+ Years

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* 14. Secretaries

No Experience

3 Years

5 Years

10+ Years

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* 15. Please indicate how often paralegals /legal assistants perform the following:

	Routinely	Sometimes	Rarely or Never
General office/clerical work	General office/clerical work Routinely	General office/clerical work Sometimes	General office/clerical work Rarely or Never
Drafting of pleadings	Drafting of pleadings Routinely	Drafting of pleadings Sometimes	Drafting of pleadings Rarely or Never
Legal research	Legal research Routinely	Legal research Sometimes	Legal research Rarely or Never
Drafting of correspondence	Drafting of correspondence Routinely	Drafting of correspondence Sometimes	Drafting of correspondence Rarely or Never
Interviewing witnesses and clients	Interviewing witnesses and clients Routinely	Interviewing witnesses and clients Sometimes	Interviewing witnesses and clients Rarely or Never
Draftng of discovery requests and responses	Draftng of discovery requests and responses Routinely	Draftng of discovery requests and responses Sometimes	Draftng of discovery requests and responses Rarely or Never
Trial preparation and attendance	Trial preparation and attendance Routinely	Trial preparation and attendance Sometimes	Trial preparation and attendance Rarely or Never
Analysis and summarization of documents and factual situations (i.e., medical records, employment records, depositions)	Analysis and summarization of documents and factual situations (i.e., medical records, employment records, depositions) Routinely	Analysis and summarization of documents and factual situations (i.e., medical records, employment records, depositions) Sometimes	Analysis and summarization of documents and factual situations (i.e., medical records, employment records, depositions) Rarely or Never

Other (please specify)

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* 16. Is there a pay differential among legal assistants/paralegals with two years and four years of training compared with high school graduates only?

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* 17. Please indicate the school you attended as a law student:

Other School (please specify):

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* 18. If you borrowed money to attend school:

Please approximate your total cumulative LAW SCHOOL related debt:

What is your current monthly payment toward this debt?

Please approximate your total cumulative undergraduate or other grad work (NOT LAW SCHOOL) debt:

What is your current monthly payment toward this debt?

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* 19. About how many more years of payment do you have?

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* 20. If applicable, are you on deferral in paying off your educational debt?

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* 21. What are your sources for on-line legal research?

	Primarily	Sometimes	Never Used
Casemaker	Casemaker Primarily	Casemaker Sometimes	Casemaker Never Used
Fastcase	Fastcase Primarily	Fastcase Sometimes	Fastcase Never Used
LexisNexis	LexisNexis Primarily	LexisNexis Sometimes	LexisNexis Never Used
Lois Law	Lois Law Primarily	Lois Law Sometimes	Lois Law Never Used
Justia	Justia Primarily	Justia Sometimes	Justia Never Used
Find Law	Find Law Primarily	Find Law Sometimes	Find Law Never Used
Westlaw	Westlaw Primarily	Westlaw Sometimes	Westlaw Never Used

Other (please specify):

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* 22. Please indicate your usage of the following:

	Currently in use	Under consideration	Formerly used but dropped	Never used
iPhone/tablet	iPhone/tablet Currently in use	iPhone/tablet Under consideration	iPhone/tablet Formerly used but dropped	iPhone/tablet Never used
Droid phone/tablet	Droid phone/tablet Currently in use	Droid phone/tablet Under consideration	Droid phone/tablet Formerly used but dropped	Droid phone/tablet Never used
Blackberry phone/tablet	Blackberry phone/tablet Currently in use	Blackberry phone/tablet Under consideration	Blackberry phone/tablet Formerly used but dropped	Blackberry phone/tablet Never used
Windows phone,tablet	Windows phone,tablet Currently in use	Windows phone,tablet Under consideration	Windows phone,tablet Formerly used but dropped	Windows phone,tablet Never used
Mac computer	Mac computer Currently in use	Mac computer Under consideration	Mac computer Formerly used but dropped	Mac computer Never used
PC	PC Currently in use	PC Under consideration	PC Formerly used but dropped	PC Never used
Trial presentation software	Trial presentation software Currently in use	Trial presentation software Under consideration	Trial presentation software Formerly used but dropped	Trial presentation software Never used
Skip tracing software	Skip tracing software Currently in use	Skip tracing software Under consideration	Skip tracing software Formerly used but dropped	Skip tracing software Never used
Accounting software	Accounting software Currently in use	Accounting software Under consideration	Accounting software Formerly used but dropped	Accounting software Never used
Time & billing software	Time & billing software Currently in use	Time & billing software Under consideration	Time & billing software Formerly used but dropped	Time & billing software Never used
On line CLE	On line CLE Currently in use	On line CLE Under consideration	On line CLE Formerly used but dropped	On line CLE Never used
Remote desktop software	Remote desktop software Currently in use	Remote desktop software Under consideration	Remote desktop software Formerly used but dropped	Remote desktop software Never used
Document assembly/ automation software	Document assembly/ automation software Currently in use	Document assembly/ automation software Under consideration	Document assembly/ automation software Formerly used but dropped	Document assembly/ automation software Never used
Electronic calendaring	Electronic calendaring Currently in use	Electronic calendaring Under consideration	Electronic calendaring Formerly used but dropped	Electronic calendaring Never used
Voice recognition software	Voice recognition software Currently in use	Voice recognition software Under consideration	Voice recognition software Formerly used but dropped	Voice recognition software Never used
Scanner	Scanner Currently in use	Scanner Under consideration	Scanner Formerly used but dropped	Scanner Never used
eDiscovery software	eDiscovery software Currently in use	eDiscovery software Under consideration	eDiscovery software Formerly used but dropped	eDiscovery software Never used
MS Word	MS Word Currently in use	MS Word Under consideration	MS Word Formerly used but dropped	MS Word Never used
WordPerfect	WordPerfect Currently in use	WordPerfect Under consideration	WordPerfect Formerly used but dropped	WordPerfect Never used

YOUR PERCEPTIONS ON THE KANSAS ECONOMY

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* 23. Please indicate how you feel about YOUR personal work load:

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* 24. Please indicate how you feel about the number of attorneys in the community in the areas in which you practice:

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* 25. Compared to prior years, current economic circumstances surrounding YOUR legal work are:

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* 26. What do you think the circumstances will be in 2018?

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* 27. How much satisfaction do you get from practicing law?

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* 28. I see the future of law practice in my organization as:

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* 29. How likely is it that you will switch practice areas in the next two years?

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* 30. Please indicate the degree to which the following creates job stress:

	Very Much	Somewhat	Very Little	Not Applicable
Insufficient current income	Insufficient current income Very Much	Insufficient current income Somewhat	Insufficient current income Very Little	Insufficient current income Not Applicable
Competition in your legal market	Competition in your legal market Very Much	Competition in your legal market Somewhat	Competition in your legal market Very Little	Competition in your legal market Not Applicable
Cost of health insurance	Cost of health insurance Very Much	Cost of health insurance Somewhat	Cost of health insurance Very Little	Cost of health insurance Not Applicable
Insufficient level of health insurance benefits	Insufficient level of health insurance benefits Very Much	Insufficient level of health insurance benefits Somewhat	Insufficient level of health insurance benefits Very Little	Insufficient level of health insurance benefits Not Applicable
Insufficient level of retirement benefits	Insufficient level of retirement benefits Very Much	Insufficient level of retirement benefits Somewhat	Insufficient level of retirement benefits Very Little	Insufficient level of retirement benefits Not Applicable
eFiling time and effort	eFiling time and effort Very Much	eFiling time and effort Somewhat	eFiling time and effort Very Little	eFiling time and effort Not Applicable
Time and effort managing workload	Time and effort managing workload Very Much	Time and effort managing workload Somewhat	Time and effort managing workload Very Little	Time and effort managing workload Not Applicable
Time and effort managing employees	Time and effort managing employees Very Much	Time and effort managing employees Somewhat	Time and effort managing employees Very Little	Time and effort managing employees Not Applicable
Techonological requirements and know how	Techonological requirements and know how Very Much	Techonological requirements and know how Somewhat	Techonological requirements and know how Very Little	Techonological requirements and know how Not Applicable
Office/bureau politics	Office/bureau politics Very Much	Office/bureau politics Somewhat	Office/bureau politics Very Little	Office/bureau politics Not Applicable
General political environment	General political environment Very Much	General political environment Somewhat	General political environment Very Little	General political environment Not Applicable
General judicial environment	General judicial environment Very Much	General judicial environment Somewhat	General judicial environment Very Little	General judicial environment Not Applicable
Unauthorized practice of law	Unauthorized practice of law Very Much	Unauthorized practice of law Somewhat	Unauthorized practice of law Very Little	Unauthorized practice of law Not Applicable
Dealing with difficult clients	Dealing with difficult clients Very Much	Dealing with difficult clients Somewhat	Dealing with difficult clients Very Little	Dealing with difficult clients Not Applicable
Dealing with government agencies	Dealing with government agencies Very Much	Dealing with government agencies Somewhat	Dealing with government agencies Very Little	Dealing with government agencies Not Applicable
Professionalism	Professionalism Very Much	Professionalism Somewhat	Professionalism Very Little	Professionalism Not Applicable
Various diversity-related stressors	Various diversity-related stressors Very Much	Various diversity-related stressors Somewhat	Various diversity-related stressors Very Little	Various diversity-related stressors Not Applicable

Your comments:

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* 31. Are you a member of the Kansas Bar Association?

Comment:

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* 32. If you are a KBA member, does your organization pay your dues?

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* 33. We welcome your feedback. Please use this space for any comments, issues or concerns you may have.

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* 1. Please indicate where you maintain your principal office:

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* 2. Please indicate your:

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* 3. Please indicate if you are:

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* 4. If you practice part-time, please indicate the primary reason:

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* 5. Please indicate your current primary occupation/ work classification.

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* 6. How many PERSONS are active in the immediate office in which you work (not the whole agency or corporation)?

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* 7. Please click on the field of law/practice area representing your primary source of income. (You can type in additional areas not listed.)

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* 8. In your current position, about how many hours PER WEEK do you engage in the following:

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* 9. About how many HOURS/YEAR do you engage in:

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* 10. Please indicate your current and previous involvement in the following activities:

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* 11. Please indicate your 2016 taxable income derived from legal work. If you worked for only a portion of 2016, please annualize the figure (e.g. If you worked 6 months and earned $45,000, enter $90,000.)

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* 12. Associates

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* 13. Paralegals/Legal Assistants

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* 14. Secretaries

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* 15. Please indicate how often paralegals /legal assistants perform the following:

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* 16. Is there a pay differential among legal assistants/paralegals with two years and four years of training compared with high school graduates only?

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* 17. Please indicate the school you attended as a law student:

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* 18. If you borrowed money to attend school:

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* 19. About how many more years of payment do you have?

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* 20. If applicable, are you on deferral in paying off your educational debt?

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* 21. What are your sources for on-line legal research?

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* 22. Please indicate your usage of the following:

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* 23. Please indicate how you feel about YOUR personal work load:

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* 24. Please indicate how you feel about the number of attorneys in the community in the areas in which you practice:

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* 25. Compared to prior years, current economic circumstances surrounding YOUR legal work are:

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* 26. What do you think the circumstances will be in 2018?

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* 27. How much satisfaction do you get from practicing law?

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* 28. I see the future of law practice in my organization as:

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* 29. How likely is it that you will switch practice areas in the next two years?

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* 30. Please indicate the degree to which the following creates job stress:

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* 31. Are you a member of the Kansas Bar Association?

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* 32. If you are a KBA member, does your organization pay your dues?

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* 33. We welcome your feedback. Please use this space for any comments, issues or concerns you may have.

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* 8. In your current position, about how many hours
PER WEEK do you engage in the following: