Triage

One of the behind the scenes things that lawyers spend a fair amount of time doing is triage evaluation of potential clients.

Few people other than lawyers in private practice have such a keen appreciation for the myriad situations that may involve legal issues to some extent, but for which they are not cost effective solutions, or even for which they are not effective solutions at all.

Private attorneys are excellent solutions to some kinds of problems (e.g. unpaid debts owed by solvent debtors), and are horrible solutions to many other kinds of problems.