ALA News

August/September 2007
Volume 26, Issue 4

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Table of Contents

Feature Articles

COVER STORY
Going Green
ALA member John S. Kirk, CLM, strives to make his firm more energy efficient and Earth-friendly by participating in the ABA-EPA Law Office Climate Challenge.
BY AMY DVORAK

Value in Partnership
ALA’s Value In Partnership (VIP)^SM Program provides tremendous benefits from world-class organizations for you and your law office. In this first part of an ongoing series, learn more about offerings from one of your Association’s VIP Program participants, the United Parcel Service (UPS).

Learning, ALA Style
ALA stages another successful Chapter Leadership Institute at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

Columns and Departments

At Your Service
Paint Your Own Picture
BY PATRICIA L. “PATTI” GROFF, CLM, ALA PRESIDENT

Executive Directions
Three Stories
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 4 and 5

Welcome To ALA
ALA welcomes members who joined the Association in May and June 2007.

Member Profile
Unique Challenges in Nigeria
FEATURED MEMBER: AKPEWE WILLIAM-JUMBO
Practice Administrator – Solola & Akpana
(Barristers & Solicitors)
Port Harcourt, Nigeria

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