September-October 2020

Professional Development

Focus on membership: Recruitment, retention, and engagement in the time of COVID-19

By Marilyn Cavicchia

Innovative sponsorship packages, new payment options, appealing member benefits, and a rousing call to action. These are just a few ways some bars are communicating their value to their members and others supporters, even now—or especially now.

Leadership Development

Despite pandemic, bar celebrations and events roll on

As life within the bar goes on, despite COVID-19, many organizations have now marked officer transitions, awards, and other special occasions during this time when few of us can gather in person. We recently spoke with a few bar event planners about how they managed their virtual celebrations—and anything they want to change, learn, or do again next time.

Professional Development

Mastering the Zoom apology

By Bruce Hennes & Nora Jacobs

If there's ever a time when you most need to look and sound sincere, it's when you have to apologize—on video. Let's hope you or your leaders never have to deliver an apology via Zoom. But in case you do, here are some tips from crisis communications experts Bruce Hennes and Nora Jacobs of Hennes Communications.

New Attorneys

States mull diploma privilege as option for pandemic-affected bar exams

By Dan Kittay

As many states continue to grapple with bar exams that are rescheduled, moved online, or shifted in other ways by COVID-19, what many bar applicants most want is diploma privilege instead. Here's a look at some recent news and insights regarding this emergency measure.