Spring 2012

Business & Corporate

CSR for bars: Doing well by doing good

This article is a follow-up to an NCBP/NABE/NCBF panel discussion of this topic at the 2011 ABA Annual Meeting in Toronto.

Practice Technology

Bars increase their app-titude

by Dan Kittay

Study after study shows that more people are using mobile devices to access the Web, and they seek out the sites and apps that are most useful to them.

Leadership Development

In New Orleans, bar leaders learn about disaster planning, recovery

by Marilyn Cavicchia

In the city that was supposed to host the Midyear Meeting of the ABA and its affiliate groups in 2006 but missed its chance because of Hurricane Katrina, it was only fitting that disaster preparedness be the subject of the National Conference of Bar Presidents’ opening plenary program.

Trade, Sports & Professional Associations

The elephant in the parlor?

by Marilyn Cavicchia

During a frank discussion that Littlewood moderated, panelists and attendees at the Midyear Meeting of the National Association of Bar Executives, in New Orleans this past February, talked about the crisis point that many believe legal education has reached—and about what role the bar can play in helping to turn things around.

Practice Management

New publication gives a detailed look at what—and how—bars are doing

The 2011 State and Local Bar Membership, Administration and Finance Survey, now available from the ABA Division for Bar Services, provides many interesting snapshots of what bars of all sizes are doing, and of some of the trends that seem to be emerging.