Benefits of Membership
Networking
Promotes the exchange of ideas regarding administration and management problems unique to legal organizations. Our members have diversified legal expertise in many areas of law firm administration.
Survey
An annual law office employee benefits/salary survey is performed and is available to the general public for a fee. The information is a valuable tool for making many personnel decisions. The survey is free of charge to chapter member participants.
Managing Partners Annual Luncheon
Promotes our profession by educating the managing partners as to the value and availability of administrators. The luncheon is an opportunity to acknowledge the support of our law firms and to advance the goals of the ALA.
Education
Develops and promotes educational experiences with timely topics of special interest to legal administrators. Monthly luncheon programs and special seminars are conducted on financial management, human resources, information systems and technology, marketing and leadership development. A biannual vendor seminar focuses on equipment and services available to the legal community.
Monthly Luncheons
Our luncheons feature educational and informative topics presented by speakers. Our educational topics are based on five categories. Luncheons are held every month beginning at noon.
Pictorial Directory of Members
Provides pertinent information on all chapter members and facilitates communications between law firms.
Leadership Development
Enhances the leadership skills of members by involvement on chapter committees and service as elected officers at the local, regional and national level.
Community Service
The Jacksonville Chapter provides annual community service to Hubbard House during October and December. Community service is performed by the Chapter each quarter to help support various agencies.
Promotes networking nationally and internationally. Offers educational conferences both nationally and regionally, telephone seminars, a bimonthly magazine on legal management, a directory of its 9,400+ members and a job bank. For more information on joining the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) and its benefits, contact ALA at www.alanet.org/join.