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Welcome to the ALA Gateway Chapter

The Mission of the Association of Legal Administrators, Gateway Chapter is to:

  • Promote and enhance the competence and professionalism of all members of the legal management team
  • Improve the quality of management in law firms and other legal service organizations
  • Represent professional legal management and managers to the legal community and to the community at large.

Our Primary Goals are to:

  • Develop and deliver programs and products that will provide high-quality, competency-based education to members of the legal management team.
  • Improve and strengthen the flow of information to and from the members.
  • Enhance the services and benefits available to members.
  • Increase the visibility and credibility of the Association of Legal Administrators and its members in the legal community through effective marketing and communications, and through partnering efforts with the bar and other law-related associations.
  • Retain and recruit members from all components of the legal management team.
  • Maintain the Association’s strong economic base.
  • Increase diversity in the Association, in the legal management community and in all legal service organizations.
 



May 18-May 21, 2009      

The Gateway Chapter performed well and brought home the following awards from ALA’s National Conference in New Orleans:

Achievements in Diversity-Honorable Mention  

Education Excellence-                Honorable Mention 

Newsletter Excellence-               Honorable Mention    

Recruitment & Retention-            Honorable Mention

Visibility: Bar Relations-              2nd Place

Our President, Mary Jennings, received ALA’s Outstanding Association Volunteer  Award!

Congratulations to everyone and Mary!.

July 15, 2009
St. Louis Leadership Forum
Place: TBD

August 12, 2009
Gateway Chapter Vendor Fair at the MAC 

We are asking all of our members to register to access the members only areas of the new web site by completing a profile here.