For those of you trying to set up your law office, one of the most important considerations is the appearance of the office. Potential clients and clients can get an impression of your law office just based on what they quickly see. Many law firms and lawyers will carefully consider the appearance of their personal offices and the conference room with great detail. After all, this is where a lawyer will spend the bulk of their time and perform most of their legal work. Most lawyers want to feel comfortable and want to make the space their own. Degrees are hung and the office is generally configured with great pride.

Versus your personal office, what thought have you put into the appearance of your conference room? Unless you are bringing potential clients and clients into your personal office, the conference room is generally much more important. Next to the waiting room, it might be the most important in your law office.  Be sure not to overlook it.

Additionally, unless you keep your personal office immaculate, you probably don’t want to be bringing clients in there anyway. If you have files or loose paper lying around, or any other type of disorganization, your personal office is probably the last place you want to bring clients and potential clients because any sign of disorganization can make clients feel less than confident in your services.

So, in looking at your conference room, how does it appear? Do you have a nice conference table? Is it comfortable? Is it professional looking? What do you have hanging on the walls? Did you put your conference room someplace where there are windows? Did you put it in one of the nicest rooms in your law office?

At the end of the day, if the conference room is where you intend to generate new business and impress your existing clientele, you ought to put a lot of thought into your conference room to ensure that it conveys what you wish to convey about your law firm. There may be no more of an important room in your law firm office than the conference room.

If you have any thoughts, feel free to share them below.