Our numbers keep growing; ABA membership is on the rise again, and services are constantly improving
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A.B.A. membership for 1996-1997 went up for the second year in a row, for a total of 392,418 members. Attorneys are 345,561 of this total, associates 7,519 and law students 39,338. The increase suggests association membership has stabilized after a decline of three years in the early part of the decade. The A.B.A. is the largest voluntary professional association in the world, and the recent membership increase runs contrary to the experience of most other US associations.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1997
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Mission: membership; our strategies for retention and growth are working already
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The ABA, with about 381,000 members as of mid-1996, is the world's largest professional membership organization. Of this number, 339,000 are lawyers, 35,000 law students and 7,000 auxiliary members. Membership in the sections has also reached record levels and totals are provided. An 800 telephone number is planned in 1997 so that members can more easily take advantage of ABA services.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1996
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Tune in and tune up your skills: Lawyers Communication Network will transform how lawyers learn
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The ABA has a new program, the Lawyers Communication Network, which provides online computer connections and video transmissions via satellite broadcasting. Lawyers at home or office can hook into the system, which will offer a variety of services. Continuing legal education courses will be available besides regular ABA communications.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1997
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