{"content":[{"text":"2","bbox":{"left":0.264739,"top":0.043815,"width":0.008921999999999985,"height":0.018393}},{"text":"Drake Journal of Agricultural Law","bbox":{"left":0.433219,"top":0.045221,"width":0.25105299999999997,"height":0.016835000000000003}},{"text":"[Vol. 4","bbox":{"left":0.831928,"top":0.043815,"width":0.05046099999999998,"height":0.018393}},{"text":"legal profession than for any other profession. Agricultural attorneys may have more \n to gain from exchanges of ideas, more to gain from the results of such joint efforts, \n and less turf to protect.","bbox":{"left":0.264739,"top":0.089269,"width":0.617604,"height":0.050842999999999985}},{"text":"II. COMPLIMENTARY RELATIONSHIP OF LAW WITH EVERY DISCIPLINE","bbox":{"left":0.319248,"top":0.154143,"width":0.508661,"height":0.018392999999999993}},{"text":"The relationship between law and all other agricultural disciplines should be \n thought of as complimentary. The competitive and adversarial relationships may \n evolve when positions are established without benefiting from networking—without a \n forum for arriving at a common understanding. These thoughts are not to say that \n litigation can be erased as true differences occur, but often better legal services can be \n delivered if agricultural attorneys extend their efforts for networking even beyond \n their comfort level. \n Why might someone avoid participating in a forum for understanding, a forum \n for developing an idea? Is it because of the time and energy it takes; is it more \n exciting and self rewarding to promote one’s individual position; is it because \n networking is not profitable; or is it because professional jealousies create barriers? \n The theme is that when confronting an issue, when developing a position, when \n writing a contract, when writing a statute, when preparing to teach, the thoughts of \n others should be sought more aggressively than is done. Sometimes, this approach \n takes more foresight and planning. Sometimes, a person needs to expose a lack of \n understanding before finding the common ground. Possibly, the conflict that results \n in litigation occurs because not enough time was spent in development efforts. Time, \n energy, and dollar savings as a result of not networking in development of a work \n product sometimes cost time, energy, dollars, and even friendships in the process of \n conflict resolution. \n The agricultural legal profession has the opportunity to make contact, explore, \n and network with every career path in the agricultural community. The breadth of \n interests within the profession of agricultural law are immense. To catch a glimpse of \n that breadth take a few moments to review the array of topics within Agricultural Law \n Update, the monthly publication of the American Agricultural Law Association, the \n agendas of the annual symposiums presented by the American Agricultural Law \n Association, or the topics within the Drake Journal of Agricultural Law and other \n agricultural law journals. Is our profession going far enough to create the forum for \n discussion among those agriculturists who have an interest in a topic? Agricultural \n attorneys should serve as the catalyst for the exploration of topics between disciplines.","bbox":{"left":0.264739,"top":0.186567,"width":0.61798,"height":0.48860799999999993}},{"text":"III. SEEKING WAYS TO NETWORK","bbox":{"left":0.45067,"top":0.689206,"width":0.2457729999999999,"height":0.018392999999999993}},{"text":"How can the suggested networking be accomplished? Webster’s generally \n defines networking as 1) the developing of contacts or exchanging of information with \n others in an informal network, and 2) a group, system, etc., of interconnected or","bbox":{"left":0.264739,"top":0.72163,"width":0.6182890000000001,"height":0.05081800000000003}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}