March-April 2016

Leadership Development

Leadership: Focus less on return on investment, more on return on relationships

by Patrick Tandy

Perhaps now more than ever, staff and elected bar leaders need to focus on relationships—and self-reflection—to get the job done. That was the message in a plenary and follow-up at the 2016 NABE Midyear Meeting in San Diego. The Maryland State Bar Association’s Patrick Tandy recaps both sessions here, and shares a tool that many attendees found helpful in understanding themselves and others.

Professional Development

Of riverboats and uncharted seas: Professor William Henderson on the present and future of the profession

by Patrick Tandy

When it comes to understanding changes in the law profession and what bar associations should do about them, Professor William Henderson never fails to make interesting comparisons that cause attendees to see things in a new light. That was the case at the 2016 NABE Midyear Meeting, too. How are lawyers like riverboat pilots—and are there rocky waters ahead?

Leadership Development

In case you missed it: A Twitter recap of Midyear 2016

by Marilyn Cavicchia

Did you have to sit this one out—or miss a few programs you wanted to attend? If you wish you could be a fly on the wall at the 2016 Midyear Meeting of NABE, NCBP, and NCBF, here’s your chance! Throughout the meeting, Twitter was buzzing as attendees shared their new ideas and fresh insights. We’ve collected some of that dialogue here, so you can catch up and join the conversation.

Trade, Sports & Professional Associations

Thank you to 2016 ABA Bar Leadership Institute sponsors

In the next issue of Bar Leader, we’ll cover some of the highlights from the 2016 ABA Bar Leadership Institute. But we couldn’t wait to extend a special thank-you from the ABA Division for Bar Services and ABA Standing Committee on Bar Activities and services to all the sponsors who make BLI happen. If you’re reading this at BLI, make sure to stop by and thank them yourself!

Practice Technology

New York State Bar Association pulls content, vendors, and resources into new ‘hub’

by Dan Kittay

If you saw an informal show-and-tell at Midyear or also read Bar Leader Weekly (which you should), you may have heard about a new app called LawHUB, created by the New York State Bar Association. How does it help members by gathering the information and resources that are most relevant to them, what are the bar’s future plans, and how did the idea arise in the first place? (Hint: You never know when inspiration will strike during one of those meeting sponsor breaks.)