1. Set the geographic boundary before you design the intake
Wharton is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey. A law firm may serve people in the borough, elsewhere in Morris County, or across a broader New Jersey territory, but those are different geographic choices. The Census population estimate describes the municipality; it does not establish how many people seek legal help online or how many prospective clients a website receives. Video Intake should therefore reflect the firm’s actual service area rather than treating Wharton’s population as a forecast. Decide whether location is an eligibility question, a routing question, or simply information collected for the initial review.
Recommended approach
During consultation, identify the locations your firm accepts, the locations it does not accept, and the point at which a location answer should trigger review rather than automatic exclusion. If your practice serves more than Wharton, write the intake around the full service territory and use municipality and county information only where it changes ownership or next steps.
