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ALA Updates

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:

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ALA Updates

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  1. ALA Updates What’s In It For YOU?

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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.

  6. 2016 Goals • Smart, Sustainable Growth • Highly Satisfied Customers • Innovative Product Design and Delivery • Highly Engaged Talent

  7. #1: Smart, Sustainable Growth

  8. #2: Highly Satisfied Customers

  9. #3: Innovative Product Design/Delivery

  10. #4: Highly Engaged Talent

  11. New Realities for Associations • Time • Value Expectations • Consolidation and Specialization • Generational Differences • Competition • Technology

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. PDAC • Professional Development Advisory Committee

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. IDEA Awards Innovation Development Engagement Advancement

  18. Volunteer Opportunities • Committees: • Certification • Diversity • Business Partner Relations • IDEA Awards • International Relations • PDAC

  19. Volunteer Opportunities • Conferences • Annual • Fall/Business of Law • Human Resource • Law Firm Financial • Large Firm Administrator • Intellectual Property

  20. Volunteer Opportunities – Leadership • Association Nominating Committee • Regional Nominating Committee • Regional Management Teams (Representatives) • Board of Directors • Foundation Board

  21. Questions?

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