Member Benefits

Joining the Arkansas Bar Association helps new and seasoned attorneys grow their practice, expand their knowledge, and connect with other legal professionals. By joining, you will have quick access to our carefully curated resources – like 6 FREE hours of On-Demand CLE, Fastcase for research, our Career Center and networking opportunities.

BXS Insurance

The Arkansas Bar Association has named BXS Insurance the newly endorsed lawyer’s professional liability insurance agent for the bar association and its members. In this capacity, BXS Insurance will market, sell and administer ArkBar’s endorsed and exclusive lawyer’s professional liability insurance program that Attorney Protective underwrites. 1-800-358-7741 | www.bxsi.com For questions and more information, please contact Michelle Duncan

ArkBar Insurance Marketplace

The ArkBar Insurance Marketplace was designed to help members and their employees find the insurance and benefits they need — from health to term life, and everything in between.

Fastcase

Member receive FREE online legal research with Fastcase. Fastcase’s smarter searching, sorting and visualization tools help you find the best answers fast. Click here to view the Fastcase Quick Reference Guide.

Continuing Legal Education

The Arkansas Bar Association is proud to be the premier provider of CLE in Arkansas. We are dedicated to meeting your educational needs. The Association concentrates on providing high-quality seminars on a broad range of topics at a fair and reasonable cost. CLE is now being offered virtually through our NEW platform, CLE Central. We appreciate your continued support to grow our program.

ArkBar Community Exchange (ACE)

Have you found your place in ACE? The ArkBar Community Exchange, ACE, is an online community created exclusively for ArkBar Members. Members can engage in discussions, access resources libraries, interact with colleagues through the Member Directory, and share information through ACE Blogs. Access ACE though your desktop or by downloading the mobile app.

ArkBar Job Board

The Arkansas Bar Association is now able to offer free job postings for employers. The job board is provided as a benefit to our members to assist employers with connecting with job applicants. Any employer can post jobs on the ArkBar Job Board free of charge. All job postings will be positions for licensed attorneys or law students. Access to current job postings will be available exclusively to current members of the Arkansas Bar Association.

Case Summaries

Weekly case summaries of significant Arkansas court cases, provided exclusively for members of the Arkansas Bar Association. Check out the Case Summary mini reviews on Twitter (@ArkBar) #arcaselawupdates. Case summaries and mini reviews are provided by Robert S. Tschiemer.

Credit Card Processing

The LawPay payment solution is proud to be a member benefit of the Arkansas Bar Association. Backed by over 90 bar associations and designed specifically for the legal industry, LawPay offers a secure and convenient tool for receiving online credit card payments – the fastest way to get paid.

Legislative Advocacy / Government Relations

The Arkansas Bar Association works full time to monitor legislation issues affecting justice and the legal profession. In addition to providing a full time lobbyist that represents the Association in the General Assembly, the ArkBar offers legislative resources to members including a Legislation Committee that proactively views all bills filed during the session to protect the practice of law, and publishes weekly legislative updates. The Arkansas Bar Association also provides a Legislation website that includes Bills of Interest the Legislation Committee felt might affect ArkBar Members’ practices, a New Laws Now page that lists laws in effect January through April, a Find Your Elected Official page, Search New Bills feature and a New Federal Legislation feed. Through the Engage feature, ArkBar Members can quickly access and respond to information about legislation the Association is requesting member assistance with.

The Arkansas Lawyer Magazine

The Arkansas Lawyer magazine is an exclusive member benefit free to all members that contributes to lawyers’ professional growth; informs of issues arising in the legal profession; and keeps members abreast of ArkBar activities. The quarterly magazine is designed to inform and engage ArkBar members and the legal community-at-large

Arkansas Bar Association Newsstand

The ArkBar Newsstand is a partnership with Lexology that provides free electronic newsletters (legal news feeds) specific to certain practice areas.

Lexology delivers the most comprehensive source of international legal updates, analysis and insights. Lexology publishes in excess of 450 articles every day from over 800 leading law firms and service providers worldwide across 50 work areas in 25 languages.

It is EASY to manage this new free subscription. Click on my account, which has already been created for you. Then you will request a password to make changes. Then you can adjust the how often you receive the emails (once/week, twice/week, daily) and the content (areas of practice).

Identillect Email Security

Law Firms are being aggressively targeted by hackers because of their access to Personally Identifiable Information, the potential of information for insider trading and corporate espionage. On average, there are 10,000 intrusion attempts per network every day and most lack of security protocols to defend from these attacks. The Arkansas Bar selected Delivery Trust to protect your client and firm’s sensitive information; members receive a 35% discount off of annual license price.

YLS Resources for Attorneys

The Arkansas Bar Association Young Lawyers Section has several publications available for you to review. The following handbook are available for free on arkbar.com.

ArkBar Docs

The ArkBar Docs library of hundreds of legal templates is now available for purchase through a cloud- based platform, the HotDocs Market. Firm pricing is also now available. Now subscribers can access up-to-date intelligent legal templates, anytime, anywhere and from any device.

Offered exclusively to members of the Arkansas Bar Association, these templates enable subscribers to create complex legal documents quickly and accurately by guiding users through a simple interview process, then automatically generating customized documents based on the answers provided.

Clio

Clio, the industry leader in cloud-based legal software, offers all you need to run a law practice from intake to invoice, with powerful tools to manage cases, clients, documents, bills, calendars, time tracking, reporting, and accounting. Simplify your operations, improve your productivity, and increase your revenue with Clio. Through the Clio Affinity Program’s partnership with the Arkansas Bar Association, you are eligible to receive an exclusive 10% discount on Clio products.

2020-2021 Arkansas Legal Directory "Official Directory of the Arkansas Bar Association"

Contact information for Federal, State County, Courts and Professional Associations. Other sections include: Attorney and Firm Roster, Board of Legal Specialization, Mediators, Areas of Practice, Biographical, Classified. Order your copy today!

Practice Link

New member benefit with law practice management and technology resources including access to free individual consultations and vast library of online courses through Affinity University.

ABA Retirement

The ABA Retirement Funds Program (“the Program”) offers an employer-sponsored retirement plan; built by lawyers, powered by pros. For over 55 years, the Program has been committed to providing the tools necessary to help all legal professionals achieve retirement security. Our structure allows your firm to focus on the success of the practice while we provide the highest level of fiduciary oversight allowable through ERISA, reducing your fiduciary risk. Through our purposeful innovation we provide an investment platform with options to allow for optimal choice and flexibility for your participants and a fully bundled service model, custom designed to meet the unique needs of your firm, to help you and your plan participants learn more, save more and worry less. And we offer all of this at a competitive price whether you are a Solo Practitioner or a large corporation. Through the unique culture created between the ABA Retirement Funds and our Program partners, we aspire to help every law firm, lawyer and legal professional secure their financial futures. Call us at 800-826-8901 for a free consultation

Other Discounts

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ArkBar Knowledge Hub

The Arkansas Bar Association Knowledge Hub consists of vendor-sponsored insights and thought leadership resources designed to be helpful in your business, practice area, or career. Our library of free downloadable content includes white papers, webinars, product guides, case studies, industry analysis and much more, provided by experts and vendors within the legal industry.

Office Supplies

Office Depot® and Arkansas Bar Association have partnered to provide exclusive benefits and savings on a wide selection of products and services including:

Office Depot is your one stop solution. For more than 30 years, Office Depot has committed to helping you take care of business.

Wellness

Health & Wellness Member Benefits Discounted Gym Membership at:

Above & Beyond Crossfit 1020 East Capital Little Rock, AR 72202 501-476-1950

Arkansas Bar Association Membership Pricing

$50 for the first month and the member will be able to choose from month-to-month pricing or annual.