ALA News

April/May 2008
Volume 27, Issue 2

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Table of Contents

Feature Articles

COVER STORY
Maximize Your Membership: 10 Hidden Benefits of ALA
Your ALA membership comes with many outstanding benefits, and we’ve picked 10 hidden gems to share with you.

Call for Nominations
ALA seeks nominees for vital volunteer leadership positions, including President-Elect, Directors, and Regional Officers.

Far From Ordinary: ALA’s Extraordinary Law Firm Conference Delivers Results
Read all about what made ALA’s Extraordinary Law Firm Conference, well, extraordinary.
BY AMY DVORAK

Value in Partnership
ALA’s Value in Partnership (VIP) Program provides tremendous benefits from world-class organizations for you and your law office. In this fifth part of an ongoing series, learn more about offerings from one of your Association’s VIP Program participants, ABA Retirement Funds.

Columns and Departments

At Your Service
A Year in the Life
BY PATRICIA L. “PATTI” GROFF, CLM, ALA PRESIDENT

Executive Directions
An Important Amendment to ALA’s Bylaws
BY JOHN J. MICHALIK, ALA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Newswire
Important updates from your professional Association
Brought to you by Omega Legal

Regional News
Featured: Updates from ALA Chapters in Regions 2 and 6

Welcome To ALA
ALA welcomes members who joined the Association in January and February 2008.
Brought to you by SPECTRUM Human Resource Systems Corporation

Member Profile
Leading the Way
FEATURED MEMBER: BRONWYN POTT
Chief Executive Officer – Swaab Attorneys
Sydney, Australia

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