2008 Regular or Associate Membership Dues

Date of Application If applying on or between these dates:	Introductory Membership First-time Membership	Standard Membership Standard Membership
January 1 - December 31, 2008	$100.00	$145.00

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2008 Capital Chapter Dues (January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008)
*ALA Capital Chapter Foundation Contribution (optional contribution - deductible as a charitable expense) $100   $50  $25  Other   $	Foundation Contribution
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• ALA Capital Chapter membership is not issued to organizations and is not transferable from one individual to another. Membership dues are non-refundable.
• The ALA Capital Chapter Foundation is an education organization exempt from taxation under the 501(c)(3) code of the Internal Revenue Service. Contributions to the Capital Chapter's Foundation are deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes to the extent provided by the law.
• Contributions or gifts to the ALA Capital Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators are not tax deductible as charitable contributions, but may be tax deductible as ordinary and necessary business expenses subject to restrictions imposed as a result of association lobbying activities. The Capital Chapter does not lobby therefore the nondeductible portion of your 2007 dues allocable to lobby is 0%.

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MEMBERSHIP Article III. Criteria and Classes. Membership in the Chapter shall be composed primarily of individuals engaged on a full-time basis in the management of legal organizations and shall consist of regular, associate, and life members as defined and provided for in these bylaws. Membership in the Chapter is not open to consultants and vendors who are engaged by legal organizations. Regular Members. Regular membership in the Chapter is limited to legal administrators, regardless of the title by which that individual is recognized within his or her organization, engaged in the management of a legal organization as defined in this Article III. Those legal administrators eligible for regular membership: (a) must exercise management responsibilities on a full-time basis or, if not full-time, must devote 75% or more of their working time to performing the management responsibilities of the position; (b) must manage others or manage an important function which renders high-level technical services to the organization; (c) must occupy a position which involves the exercise of independent judgment without close daily supervision; and (d) must be employed, in a position which is or is eligible to be classified as exempt, by a single legal organization such as a private law firm, legal service clinic, corporate legal department, university legal department, governmental legal agency, court system, charitable legal agency, or some other organization engaged primarily in the practice of law. Eligible persons may perform all relevant management duties personally or, in the case of the delegation of such duties to subordinate staff or the contracting of any such duties to third parties, must retain responsibility for those duties. In general, persons eligible for regular membership in the Chapter must be either (i) the principal administrator in the organization, (ii) the administrator/manager of a branch office of the organization, or (iii) someone who reports directly to the principal administrator or branch administrator and has responsibility for one or more of the following functions: General management, including management of activities such as strategic and tactical planning, business development, risk management, quality control, organizational development, firm planning processes and other general management functions beyond mere attendance at management meetings. Financial management, including management of activities such as planning, forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, financial reporting, general ledger accounting, rate determination, billing and collections, cash flow control, banking relationships, investment, tax planning, tax reporting, trust accounting, payroll, ERISA accounting, and other financial management functions beyond mere record-keeping. Human resource management, including management of activities such as the following for the legal, paralegal and support staff: recruiting, selection, training and development, performance evaluation, salary administration, employee relations, counseling, disciplining, discharging, benefits administration, workers' compensation, personnel data systems, job design, resource allocation, and other human resource management functions beyond mere record-keeping. Systems management, including management of activities such as systems analysis, operational audits, cost/benefit analysis, computer systems design, programming and systems development, information services, records management, library management, office automation, document construction systems, information storage and retrieval, telecommunications, litigation support, legal practice systems and other systems management functions beyond mere procedures manuals and computer program documentation. Facilities management, including management of activities such as space planning and design, purchasing, inventory control, reprographics, records management, reception/switchboard services, telecommunications, mail, messenger, and other facilities management functions beyond mere purchase order processing. Practice management, including management of one or more of the following activities: lawyer recruiting, lawyer training and development, legal assistant supervision, practice development, marketing, public relations, and other practice management functions beyond mere record-keeping and press release writing. Unemployed legal administrators who are not serving as consultants or vendors and who have met the criteria for regular membership are eligible to continue as regular members until expiration of a 180-day period measured from the date on which they are no longer employed as legal administrators. After the expiration of the 180-day period, unemployed legal administrators are eligible to continue as associate members and to renew as associate members (other eligibility requirements of associate membership notwithstanding), provided such legal administrators are not serving as consultants or vendors and are actively seeking employment as a legal administrator. Practicing lawyers who have the principal lawyer executive management responsibility in their legal organization and who devote no less than 75% of their working time to that responsibility and function are also eligible to be regular members. Individuals potentially meeting this criteria would include the managing partner of a private law firm or the chair of a law firm executive committee; the General Counsel in a corporate legal department; and the head of a governmental agency legal department such as a state Deputy Attorney General with agency administration responsibilities. Individuals who have been designated as "Life Members" by the Executive Committee are considered Regular Members. Life members are those individuals who have completed one or more years as President of the Chapter and upon whom the Chapter Executive Committee has conferred such status. Life members have all the rights and privileges of regular membership, as applicable, as long as they do not become a consultant or vendor to the legal community. Life members are not required to pay dues. Those life members who are no longer employed as legal administrators and do not meet the criteria for regular membership may not hold elective office or appointive office but may serve as members of sections or committees. Regular members have all the rights and privileges of membership, including the right to hold any elective or appointive office. Associate Members. Associate membership in the Chapter shall be available to those individuals who are interested in legal administration, who do not meet the criteria for regular membership, and who are either (a) practicing lawyers with an interest in law firm administration and management; (b) individuals who devote 100% of their working time, and are engaged in an ongoing employment-type relationship which involves providing continuing management services of the types described in Article III (1) (a)-(e) to no more than three legal organizations; (c) retired legal administrators who are not otherwise employed; (d) unemployed legal administrators as defined in Article III, Section (1); (e) full-time teachers of business, management or law-related disciplines at institutions of higher learning, as well as deans with administrative and management responsibilities at such institutions; (f) full-time students in business, management or law-related studies at institutions of higher learning; or (g) bar association executives with management responsibilities of the type described in Article III, Section (1); and (h) other individuals not specifically excluded from membership who have and demonstrate an interest in the management of law firms or other legal organizations, and who do not qualify for regular membership in the chapter. Associate members may not hold elective or appointive office in the Chapter. Other policies governing the participation of associate members in the Chapter, as well as the nature and extent of benefits accruing to associate members, shall be determined from time-to-time by the Chapter Executive Committee. APPLICATION, REMOVAL, CHAPTER STANDARDS Individuals meeting the criteria for membership in any class may join the Chapter by making application and paying such dues as the Executive Committee may, from time to time, determine. Members of any classification may be automatically removed from membership (a) if they no longer meet the criteria for membership established by the bylaws, and/or (b) for non-payment of dues within the time frames for such payment as are from time to time established. Members may also be removed for other cause, including but not limited to conviction of embezzlement, theft or other crime, upon a two-thirds vote of the Executive Committee present at any meeting of the Executive Committee. A vote on removal for cause shall occur only after the member who is the subject of consideration has been advised of the pending action and has been given reasonable opportunity for explanation and/or defense. All members of the Chapter must be members of the Association of Legal Administrators. Membership in the Chapter is individual and neither assignable nor transferable

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