2025 USLAW NETWORK Foundation Law School Scholarship recipients announced
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Core Beliefs
USLAW NETWORK’s core beliefs center around exceptional client service in everything we do, strong working relationships across the NETWORK and collegiality among our membership that extends broadly to our client audience. Our core beliefs help set the path forward for our organization. Read on to learn how they contribute to our NETWORK’s growth, help us support the legal needs of our client community wherever they may arise, and what sets us apart from the rest of the pack. This strong and principled foundation propels business forward.
Member-Led and Driven: We are a member-led and driven organization of independent law firms with the capability and desire to respond quickly, efficiently, and effectively to the full range of potential client legal needs, both nationally and internationally.
Client Service Focused: Our members are dedicated to delivering highly effective and responsive client service. We prioritize our clients’ success by reducing and mitigating their operational risks. Our clients’ success will create greater opportunities and rewards for our members and clients.
Active Participation: We believe that the more we assist our fellow members in expanding and enhancing their businesses, the more we will gain in return.
Collegiality: The hallmark of our members’ interactions with one another and our client guests is collegiality. USLAW member attorneys respect our clients’ comfort and their existing relationships with other members. We strive to create an atmosphere of mutual trust.
Relationships: With members and their clients, USLAW is dedicated to building, maintaining, nurturing, and growing relationships. We prioritize understanding each other’s businesses and personal interests. We believe that long-standing relationships with clients and members yield the best outcomes – personally, professionally, and financially.
Responsiveness: We expect our members to be highly responsive to requests for assistance from fellow members, clients, and the organization. A key component of delivering excellent client service is responsive and effective communication.
Professional Service: We believe that our fellow members are our best and most valuable clients and should be treated accordingly. In turn, our members should also appreciate the opportunities to address client needs that arise from the introduction of a fellow member. We should be honest with one another when the client’s best interests are served by providing a good referral to a more suitable solution.
Accountability: We hold one another accountable to the values and expectations that accompany the opportunities to deliver excellent client services through our membership in USLAW. We are committed to investing appropriate resources in USLAW so that we can maximize the opportunities for our firms and clients.
Profitability: USLAW offers our members access to numerous client service opportunities and best business practices, enabling them to significantly increase their revenues and reduce firm operating expenses.
Geography: Geography is a significant issue and concern for our members and clients, as well as a critical asset and strength of USLAW. Regarding our members, many of our member firms are growing and we must respect one another to maintain an organization whose relationships are built on trust and collegiality. Our clients expect us to provide legal services that support the legal and business processes, and communities of the jurisdictions where we represent our members. We choose to explore the additional opportunities presented to USLAW through new client relationships or areas of practice that may conflict with our historical focus on geographic restriction, recognizing that the legal profession and the business of law firms are rapidly evolving. We must be prudent in encouraging and fostering enhanced client service opportunities and flexibility where possible while balancing member concerns and simultaneously improving local communication where firms may have overlapping geographic offices.