1. Set the geographic boundary before writing questions
Dundee is a village municipality in Monroe County, Michigan. The 2020–2024 ACS five-year population estimate for Dundee village is 5,744, with a margin of error of 17. That is a description of the municipality, not evidence of search demand, case volume, language preference, staffing requirements or revenue opportunity. Your intake should therefore distinguish a visitor’s location from the firm’s service territory. A question can ask where the matter occurred or where the visitor is located, while the firm decides whether Dundee, another part of Monroe County or another Michigan location is within scope.
Recommended approach
Bring a written service-area rule to the review. Decide whether location is an eligibility question, a routing field, an escalation trigger or simply information for the first conversation. Do not use the Dundee population figure to set conversion targets or assume that every local visitor has a legal need.
