I had a friend that recently graduated from law school and he asked me what would be the best type of domain name for him to get. A name with the city he works in our just use some variation of his own name or something else. I thought it was an interesting question because there are so many options and the legal field is fairly unique - any ideas?

If he is an independent lawyer most of their work is local they should try to get a name with the city in it i.e. citycriminalattorney. That way people typing it in will be directed to his site.

I'd be loathe to tie myself down to a specific region. Whilst it might work initially, what if he eventually becomes regional or national? Worth thinking about.

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I think it is all about how he wants to position himself. Trying to be all things to all people would not be a good approach as specially as an independent. He should develop a couple of pointer site urls to postion himself as an expert in a couple of areas - if he does this a local url may work.

I agree with Eagle I would go with a more generic name, you can always position the content on the site to be very specific but if you have a name that is too specific it will pidgeon hole your law practice