ALA Updates
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ALA Updates
What’s In It For YOU?
Agenda
• The Business of Law• ALA’s Strategic Vision• How will ALA change to meet the needs of its
members?• How will the new Strategic Plan impact you?• Questions
The New Landscape of the Business of Law
• Great Recession – not so great for law firms:– Unprecedented layoffs
– Salary decreases
– Hiring freezes
– Unemployment among law school graduates
• Seismic shifts likely to have permanent impacts
Legal Trends
• $650B industry by 2015• 76% of all private practice lawyers employed by firms
with ≤ 20 lawyers• Unprecedented leverage and margin pressures• Demand for new partnership models• Increased client demands• Commoditization of law vs increasing complexity• Legal marketing expertise lacking• Inadequate professional development, work-life balance
and other workplace challenges
ALA Vision
ALA is the undisputed leader for the business of law, focused on the delivery of cutting-edge
management and leadership products and services to the global legal community.
We identify and provide solutions to the most critical strategic and operational challenges our members and customers face today, while we
prepare them for the opportunities and challenges of tomorrow.
2016 Goals
1)Smart, Sustainable Growth
2)Highly Satisfied Customers
3) Innovative Product Design and Delivery
4)Highly Engaged Talent
#1: Smart, Sustainable Growth
#2: Highly Satisfied Customers
#4: Highly Engaged Talent
New Realities for Associations
• Time• Value Expectations• Consolidation and
Specialization• Generational Differences• Competition• Technology
Strategies for Ensuring Relevance
• Build on Strength• Concentrate Resources• Integrate Programs and
Services• Align People and
Processes for Efficiency• Abandon Services and
Activities When Necessary
What about you….?
• How will ALA change to meet the needs of its members?– Recognition of member needs
• How will the new Strategic Plan impact you?– Incorporation of all aspects in the business of law– Expanded Knowledge, Resources & Networking– Volunteer Opportunities
PDAC
• Professional Development
Advisory Committee
Fall 2014Business of Law Conferences
• September 4-6– Hilton Portland and Executive Towers, Portland, OR
• September 11-13– Palmer House, Chicago, IL
• October 6-8– Renaissance Worthington, Fort Worth, TX
• October 27-29– Sheraton, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Specialty Conferences
Essential Competencies for Legal Administrators
September 8-10 Palmer House, Chicago, IL
Intellectual Property Conference for Legal Professionals
September 18-19 Westin City Center, Washington, DC
Large Firm Principal Administrators Retreat
September 18-20 Waldorf-Astoria, Orlando, FL
NEW! Human Resource Management Conference for Legal Professionals
November 3-5 Paris Las Vegas Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
IDEA Awards
Innovation
Development
Engagement
Advancement
Volunteer Opportunities
• Committees:– Certification
– Diversity
– Business Partner Relations
– IDEA Awards
– International Relations
– PDAC
Volunteer Opportunities
• Conferences– Annual
– Fall/Business of Law
– Human Resource
– Law Firm Financial
– Large Firm Administrator
– Intellectual Property
Volunteer Opportunities – Leadership
• Association Nominating Committee• Regional Nominating Committee• Regional Management Teams (Representatives)• Board of Directors• Foundation Board
Questions?
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