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    July-August 2018

    Volume 42 Issue 6  

    Trade, Sports & Professional Associations

    The lawyer search tool that never sleeps: Bar associations use technology to meet consumer needs

    by Robert J. Derocher

    In order to meet consumers where they are—and yes, possibly to compete with Avvo and others like it—many bar associations have been developing new models for online lawyer search. Learn how some are uniting technology and service to help both legal consumers and members.

    Features

    Bar Leadership

    White Collar Crime

    Fraud and the culture of the bar association: A Bar Leader Q&A

    by Marilyn Cavicchia

    Did you know that the average organization loses 5 percent to fraud each year? Or that external audits catch only 3 percent of all occupational fraud? Those are just two of the many sobering stats shared by nonprofit lawyer Gene Takagi at the 2018 ABA Bar Leadership Institute. Bar Leader asked Takagi to elaborate a bit—and also to fill us in on how association culture can either encourage or discourage fraud.

    Bar Foundations