November-December 2021

Leadership Development

Law Day and so much more: Resources your bar can use for public education and civic engagement

By Frank Valadez

Looking to offer public outreach and civic education? Law Day is a great starting point—and there’s so much more you can do, any time. Frank Valadez, director of the ABA Division for Public Education, shares some top resources for you to borrow.

Leadership Development

What’s new? Recent chief staff executives reflect on the past year, what's ahead in 2022

By Marilyn Cavicchia

Gratitude. Pride. Excitement for the coming year. That's what Bar Leader heard when we asked some relatively new chief staff executives about their first year or so on the job and what they anticipate in 2022. Read this for an energy boost!

Leadership Development

Leadership Chat: A time of transition, transformation at the State Bar of Michigan

In this edition of Leadership Chat, we talk with Dana Warnez and Janet Welch from the State Bar of Michigan. How are they helping lawyers through a period of change, even while preparing for Welch's retirement in December 2021?

Leadership Development

Steady guidance in changing times: Practice management advisors help lawyers move forward

By Marilyn Cavicchia

In a time of almost unfathomable change, many lawyers have received help from a familiar, trusted source: practice management advisors through the bar and related organizations. Here, a few PMAs share what they’re seeing.

Leadership Development

2021 State and Local Bar Benchmarks Survey: A preliminary COVID-19 snapshot

The ABA Division for Bar Services State and Local Bar Benchmarks Survey is always eagerly anticipated. The 2021 report will be available soon; in the meantime, here’s a first look at responses to some of the questions about the impact of COVID-19.