NABE - The Association for Bar Professionals

Congratulations to our NABE colleagues Lowell Brown, Susan Grabe and Victoria Connor, who were featured in the "Kudos" column in NABE News. Lowell has been promoted to Associate Deputy Director of the State Bar of Texas, Susan Grabe has announced her retirement from Oregon State Bar Bar, & Victoria Connor, York County Bar Association, was responsible for bringing the Umbrella Sky Project to her town to raise awareness for breast cancer in her community. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gHwfTkpC #noplacelikeNABE #BarAssociations #BarProfessionals

Miss the latest NABE News? Here is this month's message from NABE President Whitney von Haam: https://lnkd.in/gsdFbSW8 #noplacelikeNABE #naBEmore #BarAssociations

What comes next for DEI? (via @associationsnow): https://lnkd.in/gMQ2tDkU #associations #DEI

Share with Your Members: ABA Profile of the Legal Profession 2024 According to a newly released report from the American Bar Association, in 2023, for the first time ever, a majority of law firm associates were women. The ABA Profile of the Legal Profession is “a compilation of statistics and trends about lawyers, judges and law students, gathered from within the ABA, the federal government and nonprofit organizations.” Find more data and the report here: https://lnkd.in/ghPdYKAx #legalprofession #lawyers #lawyerdata #sharewithyourmembers

Thank you to all of the bar professionals who participated in the NABE 2024 Governmental Relations Section Workshop, and everyone who helped to plan such a successful program! #noplacelikeNABE #naBEmore #BarProfessionals

Chief Executives, Executive Directors & CEOs: Save the date for the 2025 NABE Chief Executives (CE) Retreat, taking place in Chicago, Illinois, March 11-12. The NABE Chief Executives retreat provides valuable connections and learning opportunities for CEs from state, local and specialty bar associations of all sizes. The retreat immediately precedes the 2025 ABA Bar Leadership Institute. Look for registration information in upcoming issues of our newsletters and on the NABE website soon!

Share with your members: The Thomson Reuters® Institute Law Firm Financial Index (LFFI) for the third quarter of 2024 indicates significant growth in the financial health of law firms, driven by a resurgence in demand and further gains in productivity. Access the report and more analysis here: https://lnkd.in/g2nnyC6F #ShareWithYourMembers #LawFirmGrowth #LawFirms

Have you had a hard time creating successful staff/volunteer partnerships? Establishing relationships early and developing regular processes may help, according to Jennifer Blanck, Director of Constituent Engagement for the Group on Institutional Advancement at the Association of American Medical Colleges. She shares more tips in this article for the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). https://lnkd.in/gsyHrUgd #VolunteerManagement #Associations #BarAssociations

In this Harvard Business Review article, leadership experts discuss the six skills leaders need to succeed, including strategic disruption skills, and resilient self-awareness: https://lnkd.in/e2dbHBMt #Leadership #BarAssociations #LeadershipDevelopment

Karen Hutchins, J.D., CAE is this week's Bar Star. Karen has served as the Executive Director of the Arkansas Bar Association for nearly 20 years and is a true leader both locally and nationally. In her role as Executive Director of the Arkansas Bar Association she has focused on three major initiatives including: - Leading volunteers decisively to formulate solutions to achieve goals and implement initiatives. - Communicating persuasively to create a collaborative outreach to members and the public and - Astute financial planning and accountability when challenged with difficult prioritization of resources. Additionally, she successfully transitioned the association’s governance structure from a bifurcated House of Delegates and Board of Governor’s structure to a single Board of Trustees governance structure. This allowed the association to make quick decisive responses to issues while creating increased member engagement and efficient use of limited resources. She created a Paralegals’ membership that is member attorney supervised which led to partnerships with new organizations for educational programing and additional revenue and expanded the association’s legislative program to evaluate the effects of proposed legislation which assist non-attorneys in the legislature. This effort helped balance the effect of fewer lawyers serving in the legislature state-wide. Karen served on the NABE Board for 9 years including serving as NABE President. Her volunteer roles in her local community include service as a board member and President of the Arkansas Society of Association Executives. She also chaired the Arkansas SAE Economic Impact Study which provided data to the Arkansas Department of Economic Development. Karen also serves on the Board of Trustees for the Highland Valley United Methodist Church and as a member of the organization's Endowment Subcommittee. Additionally, she served on the Task Force on Intellectual Property for the United Methodist Church Arkansas Conference. #BarStars #noplacelikeNABE #barassociations