Useful Statistics

• Bar Membership Growth Rates Data from the 2011 State and Local Bar Membership, Administration and Finance Survey
  
• Bar Association Market Share & Retention Rates
  Data from the 2011 State and Local Bar Membership, Administration and Finance Survey
• Lawyer population statistics from the American Bar Association's Market Research Department
• Membership management software used by bar associations Data from the 2011 State and Local Bar Membership, Administration and Finance Survey
  

Membership Administration

Dues

• Average dues and dues ranges Data from the 2011 State and Local Bar Membership, Administration, and Finance Survey
  
• ABA Division for Bar Services: 2011 State and Local Bar Membership, Administration, and Finance Survey (Follow link to purchase full report.)
• Dues Do's and Don'ts: How to Conduct and Implement a Successful Dues Analysis and Restructuring Association Forum of Chicago presentation

Databases

• Membership Software Used by State and Local Bar Associations Data from the 2011 State and Local Bar Membership, Administration, and Finance Survey
  
• A Few Good Association Management Systems Idealware: July 2011

Membership Strategic Plans & Policies

• 2002-2011 Membership Operations by Diane Feirman Book available for purchase at the ASAE website.
• North Carolina Bar Association Strategic Plan
• SmithBucklin “Membership Management Standard Practices”

Creating Membership Value

•  2011 NABE Annual Meeting: Feeling the Love: Practical and Cost-Effective Tips on How to Enhance Value for Your Members
• There's Power in Numbers" Two handouts from this 2004 NABE Midyear Meeting presentation:
  Using Benefits to Drive Recruitment and Retention of Members
  Pennsylvania Bar Association: Recruitment Efforts
• Connection and meaning: Tapping into what members really want Bar Leader: September-October 2009 
  

Young Lawyers

• ABA Young Lawyers Division
• William E. Smith Institute for Association Research:  “How to Energize and Focus on Younger Members”
• " Mentoring helps new and experienced lawyers make the connection" Bar Leader: July-August 2006
• “Ask, Listen, Connect: Bar Leaders report how they’re reaching young lawyers" Bar Leader: Fall 2011
  

Senior Lawyers

• "The new senior lawyer: Is your bar ready?" Bar Leader: May-June 2007