Table 1
Areas of Law: Means and Ranks
    Legend   Attorney   Business    
      Area of Law   Mean Rank   Mean Rank    
    A Agency   3.30 10   4.00 2    
    B Anti-Trust   1.85 29   2.37 29    
    C Banking Law   2.93 15   3.08 16    
    D Bankruptcy   3.00 14   2.85 20    
    E Business Organizations   4.01 2   3.49 10    
    F Commercial Paper   3.70 6   2.84 21    
    G Commercial Sales   3.76 5   3.39 14    
    H Constitutional Law   1.90 27   2.46 28    
    I Consumer Credit Laws   3.58 8   3.64 8    
    J Contract Law   4.20 1   3.48 12    
    K Copyright Law   1.89 28   2.52 27    
    L Criminal Law   2.11 25   2.55 26    
    M Debtor/Creditor   3.87 4   3.83 5    
    N Employment Law   3.88 3   4.06 1    
    O Environmental Law   2.62 18   3.45 13    
    P Estate Planning   2.49 19   2.87 19    
    Q Family Law   2.02 26   2.66 24    
    R Franchise Law   2.46 21   2.98 18    
    S Immigration Law   1.64 32   2.25 32    
    T Insurance Law   3.11 13   3.49 11    
    U Internat'l Business Law   1.81 30   2.25 31    
    V Labor (Union) Law   2.47 20   2.72 22    
    W Patent Law   1.80 31   2.35 30    
    X Personal Injury Law   2.45 22   3.62 9    
    Y Product Liability Law   2.93 16   3.72 7    
    Z Real Property Law   3.28 11   3.22 15    
    a Retirement/Pension Law   2.87 17   3.07 17    
    b Securities Law   2.38 23   2.64 25    
    c Tax Law   3.66 7   3.90 4    
    d Trademark/Tradename Law   2.26 24   2.66 23    
    e Unemployment Compensation   3.19 12   3.72 6    
    f Workers' Compensation   3.39 9   3.94 3    
                             
            Average 2.84     3.13      
                             
    *Scale                      
      5 =
Very Extensively		 4 =
Extensively		 3 =
Moderately		 2 =
Minimally		 1 =
None		    
                             
   

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Table 2
    Areas of Law: Highest Ranked    
    Rank Business Responses Attorney Responses    
    1 Employment Law Contract Law    
    2 Agency Business Organizations    
    3 Workers' Compensation Employment Law    
    4 Tax Law Debtor/Creditor    
    5 Debtor/Creditor Commercial Sales    
    6 Unemployment Compensation Commercial Paper    
    7 Product Liability Law Tax Law    
    8 Consumer Credit Laws Consumer Credit Laws    
    9 Personal Injury Law Workers' Compensation    
    10 Business Organizations Agency    
             
    Areas of Law: Lowest Ranked    
    Rank Business Responses Attorney Responses    
    23 Trademark/Tradename Law Securities Law    
    24 Family Law Trademark/Tradename Law    
    25 Securities Law Criminal Law    
    26 Criminal Law Family Law    
    27 Copyright Law Constitutional Law    
    28 Constitutional Law Copyright Law    
    29 Anti-Trust Anti-Trust    
    30 Patent Law Internat'l Business Law    
    31 Internat'l Business Law Patent Law    
    32 Immigration Law Immigration Law    
                             
 

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Table 3
Topics of Law: Means and Ranks
    Legend   Attorney   Business    
      Area of Law   Mean Rank   Mean Rank    
    A Accounts Receivable   3.92 2   4.40 1    
    B Advertising   3.28 26   3.71 14    
    C Alternative Dispute Resolution 2.76 40   2.86 44    
    D Bonds   2.16 46   2.49 46    
    E Bulk Sales   2.63 44   2.99 38    
    F Collections   3.84 5   4.02 5    
    G Corporations   3.53 18   3.52 21    
    H Court Systems   2.70 42   3.06 36    
    I Director/Officer Liability   3.31 23   3.36 26    
    J Employee Rights   3.65 12   3.85 11    
    K Employee Agreements   3.67 10   3.68 15    
    L Ethics   3.88 3   3.98 6    
    M Export Regulations   1.82 48   2.15 48    
    N Federal Regulatory Agencies   2.59 45   2.98 40    
    O Financing/Loan Agreements   3.73 8   3.90 8    
    P Hiring and Firing   3.88 4   4.21 3    
    Q Import Regulations   1.84 47   2.20 47    
    R Income Taxes   3.81 6   4.11 4    
    S Independent Contractors   3.31 24   3.50 24    
    T Lawsuit Procedures   2.75 41   3.31 28    
    U Leases   3.56 15   3.53 19    
    V :Licensing   3.03 31   3.46 25    
    W Limited Liability Companies   2.99 34   3.18 30    
    X Limited Partnerships   3.04 30   3.04 37    
    Y Minimizing Personal Liability   3.59 13   3.74 13    
    Z Mortgages   3.49 20   3.60 17    
    a Negotiable Instruments   3.47 21   3.12 32    
    b OSHA   2.85 38   3.60 18    
    c Partnership Agreements   3.43 22   3.51 23    
    d Partnerships   3.54 17   3.51 22    
    e Purchase Agreements   3.56 16   3.66 16    
    f Purchase/Sale of Business   3.70 9   3.86 10    
    g Recordkeeping Obligations   4.01 1   4.32 2    
    h Retirement/Pension Plans   2.89 37   3.16 31    
    i Sales Agreements   3.67 11   3.89 9    
    j Sales Taxes   3.57 14   3.52 20    
    k Security Interests   3.52 19   2.91 42    
    l Selecting/Working w/Attorney 3.22 27   3.10 34    
    m Shareholder Agreements   3.00 33   2.86 43    
    n Small Claims Court   3.02 32   3.29 29    
    o Social Security Taxes   3.30 25   3.76 12    
    p Sole Proprietorship   3.78 7   3.92 7    
    q State Regulatory Agencies   2.95 35   3.34 27    
    r Stocks   2.69 43   2.69 45    
    s Termination of Businesses   3.13 29   2.98 39    
    t Warranties   3.17 28   3.11 33    
    u Wills   2.78 39   2.96 41    
    v Zoning/Land Use   2.92 36   3.08 35    
                             
            Average 3.23     3.40      
                             
    *Scale                      
      5 =
Very Extensively		 4 =
Extensively		 3 =
Moderately		 2 =
Minimally		 1 =
None		    
                             
   

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Table 4
    Topics of Law: Highest Ranked    
    Rank Business Responses Attorney Responses    
    1 Accounts Receivable Recordkeeping Obligations    
    2 Recordkeeping Obligations Accounts Receivable    
    3 Hiring and Firing Hiring and Firing    
    4 Income Taxes Ethics    
    5 Collections Collections    
    6 Ethics Income Taxes    
    7 Sole Proprietorship Sole Proprietorship    
    8 Financing/Loan Agreements Financing/Loan Agreements    
    9 Sales Agreements Purchase/Sale of Business    
    10 Purchase/Sale of Business Sales Agreements    
             
    Areas of Law: Lowest Ranked    
    Rank Business Responses Attorney Responses    
    39 Termination of Businesses Wills    
    40 Federal Regulatory Agencies Alternative Dispute Resolution    
    41 Wills Lawsuit Procedures    
    42 Security Interests Court Systems    
    43 Shareholder Agreements Stocks    
    44 Alternative Dispute Resolution Bulk Sales    
    45 Stocks Federal Regulatory Agencies    
    46 Bonds Bonds    
    47 Import Regulations Import Regulations    
    48 Export Regulations Export Regulations    
                             
 

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