The Specialized Lawyer

Link: Execupundit.com: Going Beyond Our Specialty. This excellent post by Michael Wade, at Execupundit, got me thinking about law practice and the trend to specialization. Like Doctors, the more complex the law becomes, the more we seem locked into small areas of practice. Solo law practice tends to work against this trend; the solo lawyer has to be part lawyer, part janitor, part manager, part accountant, part dishwasher, and many other things. We pride ourselves on being renaissance men and women; however, we still tend to gravitate towards specific areas of law. I really like the Heinlein quote in the piece, except for the ending. I really don't want to "die gallantly". I expect that I will be dragged from law practice, kicking and screaming. So, go ahead, stretch yourself. Try something new; you might like it.