In nearly every learned profession, whether it’s medicine, law, or engineering, there is a wide body of underlying research that represents the foundation of professional practice.
Although each practitioner may take a unique approach in the way that they apply this research in their day-to-day work, there is a common body of knowledge that links every upstanding professional in that industry together.
Think of a legal library at any major law firm, where a lawyer has access to hundreds of years of legislative history on legal statutes and case law. Attorneys regularly refer to scholarly publications to stay informed about legal issues and to draw upon the research of subject matter experts.
This information is used on a daily basis in order to make informed recommendations to clients that are based on current law and historic precedent.