Welcome to FirstStateALA.org

The website for the First State Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators located in Delaware.

For more information about the Chapter and Association of Legal Administrators, see About ALA.


Welcome to the First State Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators. We hope you enjoy browsing around our newly designed website and I invite you to take a comprehensive, virtual tour of this interactive Chapter management tool. We worked with a firm that specializes in Association websites and, as a result, we were able to affordably incorporate many of the features that are important to our members and to the Chapter Board. We hope you like our new look!

Additionally, we worked with a local designer to give our Chapter logo a facelift to complement National ALA’s rebranding program. We are thrilled with the result…it’s also fun to see and compare how other ALA Chapters incorporated the National logo into their rebranding. Take a look and let us know how ours compares!

Don’t forget to click on the websites of our Business Partners to whom we are very grateful and without whom we could not accomplish many amazing Chapter initiatives. Please remember to consider them for your office operation needs…that’s all they ask.

Our education page highlights the relevant and fantastic programs offered to help administrators manage, react and adapt to the many challenges of a busy law office and with a quick visit to the Event Cental photo gallery (coming soon) you can vicariously enjoy the social events the Chapter hosts throughout the year (in case you missed one!).

Finally and most importantly, you can easily connect to your industry peers and these relationships are perhaps the most valuable byproduct of your ALA membership. Stay tuned as we continue to develop and add content to this great hub of connectivity, information and education.

Joann
Chapter President


Upcoming Event

Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity (1 of 3)
Insurance Aspects
February 07, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM


Announcements

Check out the latest issue of the Blue Hen News here

Joann Winterle, President of the First State Chapter, presented “Behavioral Interviewing: Hire and Retain the Right People for Your Firm” at the ALA Annual Conference & Exposition held May 22-25 in Orlando, Florida. Joann shared behavioral interviewing techniques that included tips on how to effectively manage the pre-interview process, efficiently screen /sort resumes, proficiently ask “what have you done” questions, and successfully probe superficial candidate answers. Over 300 conference participants attended the session.

Tom Herweg, CLM of Morris James received the Chapter Outstanding Service Award at the Chapter's Third Annual Legal Leadership Forum on May 16, 2011. Tom then went on to win the ALA's Regional Award for Outstanding Service at the Region 1 Annual Conference on October 14. Congrats, Tom!