Another lawyer $ question

[Deleted]

How much are you given per year for business development? My boss wants me to come up with a budget proposal for his review.

[Deleted]

$0?

They'll reimburse 2 bar association memberships, and I suppose would reimburse drinks and such at the networking events I go to (though I never submit those receipts). And if I came up with a great association that I wanted to join or conference that I wanted to attend, I could convince my boss to pay for it. But I've never had a budget of any sort for that.

[Susie]

I don't have a budget, if I want to attend something I propose it and they yay or nay it. If it's local it's almost always a yay. They also pay for 2 bar association memberships/year.

[kadams767]

No budget. I generally submit receipts for everything and I have never been denied. They include 2 bar association memberships as standard, but they have reimbursed me for a third that I joined as well.

[kadams767]

No budget. I generally submit receipts for everything and I have never been denied. They include 2 bar association memberships as standard, but they have reimbursed me for a third that I joined as well.

[Deleted]

I never had a budget before either, but the partner is asking for one. His is $10,000. I assume mine will be substantially less.

[midwest07]

I would just start with a list of how you might spend the money, add some padding, and come up with a number. For example, enough to pay for industry/chamber of commerce-type memberships (not bar memberships, which you already have, but new things), $$ for at least X number of lunches/dinners out per month, maybe enough to attend a conference that would be important in your industry, add some extra = $Y.

Since your boss is at $10k, I am thinking around $2500 for you.