There are a number of ways and the best way for you will depend on who you are, your relationships and your practice areas.Referrals are the single best way to get clients. Repeat business is also a great way to get them. Some areas lend themselves more to these areas though, and of course, if you are just getting started, it is almost impossible.The first thing any new lawyer should do, if he has no connections, is join and get involved with various bar associations and committees. You want to get your name out there, form relationships and give people a chance to get to know you. This will, hopefully, lead to relationships through which you refer clients back and forth to your various areas and your appropriate level(s) of expertise. CLE speaking opportunities are excellent, but hard to get for new lawyers.Offering to give talks at various local organizations is also a great way to get your name out to the public. Church groups, local business organizations, relevant professional and social groups, and so on.Now, let's talk marketing. Offline marketing is not dead, but it is often not where you will find your ROI. These days, your best bang for the buck is online. In order to have a good online experience you need.1. A professional looking and ethically written website which is well-built for conversion.2. Solid content on that website which helps with organic SEO (search engine optimization)3. A Facebook page, assuming you are doing consumer areas of practice. Consumer areas = personal injury, family law and so on. I.e. your end user is a member of the public as opposed to business law.4. Now you advertise on Facebook and with Google AdWords to push traffic to your website. You make sure to write and point those advertisements such that you get the best return on your investment. Which, of course, is the trick. You can hire someone or you can experiment until you figure it out.5. You can consider using Avvo and answering questions there as well. But I find that to have mixed results, depending on your practice area. Avvo recently started a service where someone can hire you for a 15-minute consultation at a low cost. That may lead to clients. I am not sure how it is working out. Some bars have found ethical issues with the Avvo service though, so be careful.6. If you do criminal law, a lot of courts have options to sign up on a list to get clients.7. A lot of traffic lawyers will get copies of people charged with various driving violations and write letters to those folks. This can be used in some other areas as well.8. Collecting email addresses appropriately from your other efforts and using e-newsletters is another common way of reaching out to potential clients.9. Sign up for various free and pay listings online so that people can find you. This helps with local SEO but also helps generally when you put listings on law finder type websites.*It is critical that you gain a basic understanding of SEO. Even if you plan to hire someone, there are a lot of rip off artists out there preying on lawyers and law firms (as well as other businesses). Donu2019t respond to people offering to help you who use a gmail or other free account. I recommend you take a look at the Moz. (moz.com) it has great tools to help beginners understand what SEO means. Make sure you learn about local SEO, which matters a great deal for most law firms.*