This page uses JavaScript. To take advantage of this feature, please download Internet Explorer or Navigator 4.x. Older Issues Bar associations must work harder to attract and retain members By Faye A. Silas Time will be a significant factor in determining whether lawyers join your bar association and whether current members retain their memberships.
Time is the new currency.
Members will be less patient with bar associations, giving them less time to meet their needs, prove the bar's value to them and convince them to renew. That's why bars must review and redefine how they appeal to their membership. So says Levin of Columbia, Md., president of B.A.I., Inc., and executive vice president of the Chain Link Fence Manufacturers Institute, who, in two separate programs, advised members of the National Association of Bar Executives how to deal with membership challenges in the new millennium. Very few memberships will be institutionalized. You must prove your worth.