To become a member of LAAT you must be employed by a private law office; a corporate legal department; a government legal department/judicial agency/court; or the law department of public interest – nonprofit organization and be involved in at least one of the following areas of your organization’s management:
(a) General Management, including management of a majority of the following activities: policy making; strategic and tactical planning; business development; risk management; quality control; organization development; other general management functions beyond mere attendance at management meetings.
(b) Financial management, including management of a majority of the following activities: planning; forecasting; budgeting; variance analysis; financial-reporting; operations analysis; general ledger accounting; rate determination; billing and collections; cash flow control; banking relationships; investment; tax planning; tax reporting; trust accounting; payroll; ERISA accounting; other financial management functions beyond mere record-keeping.
(c) Human resource management, including management of a majority of the following activities for the legal, paralegal and support staff: recruiting; selection; placement; orientation; training and development; performance evaluation; salary administration; employee relations; motivation; counseling; disciplining; discharging; benefits administration; workers’ compensation; personnel data systems; organizational analysis; job design; resource allocation; other human resource management functions beyond mere record-keeping.
(d) Systems management, including management of a majority of the following activities: systems analysis; operational audits; procedural handbooks; 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; other systems management functions beyond mere procedures manuals and computer program documentation.
(e) Facilities management, including management of a majority of the following activities: space planning and design; office renovation; purchasing; inventory control; reprographics; records management; reception/switchboard services; telecommunications; mail; messenger; other facilities management functions beyond mere purchase order processing.
(f) 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; advertising; work product quality control; professional standards; substantive practice systems; and other practice management functions beyond mere record-keeping and press release writing.
If you are qualified and interested in membership in LAAT, you must download and complete this application.
Legal Administrators Association of Tallahassee 