Becoming a Member

How do I become a member of the Minnesota Chapter of LMA?
The membership procedures have changed recently, and you must join the Minnesota chapter through the National Association.

What are the Minnesota Chapter's Dues?
Membership in LMA is recorded in the name of the individual, not the organization. Dues are on a calendar year renewal system with all members expiring on Dec. 31st each year. LMA initiation fee of $50.00 and local chapter dues, if applicable, are included in the member fee. Law firms and service provider companies with multiple LMA members are eligible for discounted individual memberships. 

LMA Categories of Membership
LMA has four categories of Membership: Individual Member, Affiliate Member, Student Member, and In Transition Member.

Individual Member
Full Members of LMA receive full access to all the networking, educational and professional development benefits of LMA. These benefits include:

• $500 savings vs. nonmember registration for the LMA Annual Conference.
• $100 savings vs. nonmember webinar registration.
• $200 savings vs. nonmember eLearning course registration.
• $100 savings vs. nonmember LMA Job Bank postings.
• Complimentary members-only access to the LMA Resource Center where you can access all white papers, market research and surveys published by LMA.
• Access to the members-only online portal to LMA's Member Directory and LMA Connect.
• LMABriefs, a monthly e-newsletter of practical tips and timely information.
• A one-year subscription to Strategies — The Journal of Legal Marketing.

Affiliate Member
Affiliate membership may be granted to any individual who is a member in good standing of an organization recognized by the Board of Directors as an "affiliated association".  This is a non-voting membership. To qualify for an affiliate membership, you must be an active member of one of the following organizations: Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals, Asia-Pacific Professional Services Marketing Association, or the Professional Services Marketing Group.

Student Member
Student membership gives you the inside track on a legal marketing career. You start building the practical skills, in-depth knowledge and professional relationships that will make you the job candidate firms want to hire. Join LMA as a Student Member and receive real-world information direct from current law firm marketing experts.

Through LMA publications, briefings and a members-only Web site content, you have access to the latest and the best in management thinking and practice — a wealth of information right at your fingertips that will help you:

• Enhance your marketability
• Become better informed about what it takes to work inside a law firm
• Learn about the issues you’ll face on the job — before you encounter them

You will also benefit from the one career development resource you need — LMA's interactive Job Bank where legal marketers at every stage of their careers learn about the industry’s latest opportunities.

As an LMA Student Member, you will enjoy benefits and privileges enjoyed by thousands of legal marketing professionals worldwide at a special reduced rate.

For only $35 a year, you receive:

• Admittance to the password-protected members-only section of the LMA Web site, providing access to the LMA Resource Center: An ever-growing library of both timely and timeless information on practical issues of legal marketing, the LMA Membership Directory: Your access to a database of more than 3,000 professionals in the legal marketing community and the LMA Job Bank: LMA’s career center allowing you to research and search for jobs in legal marketing.
• Subscription to LMA Connect allowing you to receive answers to industry related questions and in-depth information on issues that affect the legal industry.
• LMABriefs, a monthly e-newsletter of practical tips and timely information.
• Invitations to attend LMA chapter and national education events delivered at locations around North America by leading experts.

You must be a full-time student enrolled in one of the following programs:

• Pre-Law and Law School Students
• Undergraduate or Graduate Marketing Programs
• Communications

In Transition Member
LMA wants members to thrive, especially during challenging job and economic environments. In-Transition membership is available to current members at their renewal time who are unemployed and seeking new positions. Not applicable to new members; chapter dues come at regular costs.

The fee for a in-transition membership is $100 plus the cost of your local chapter dues for six months, with the possibility of extending to a total of 12 months at no additional charge.

Benefits include:

• $500 savings vs. nonmember registration for the LMA Annual Conference.
• $100 savings vs. nonmember webinar registration.
• $200 savings vs. nonmember eLearning course registration.
• $100 savings vs. nonmember LMA Job Bank postings.
• Complimentary members-only access to the LMA Resource Center where you can access all white papers, market research and surveys published by LMA.
• Access to the members-only online portal to LMA's Member Directory and Listserv, LMA Connect.
• LMABriefs, a monthly e-newsletter of practical tips and timely information.
• A one-year subscription to Strategies — The Journal of Legal Marketing.

All members, regardless of category, agree to support LMA’s purposes and agree to abide by these bylaws and such other rules and regulations as LMA may adopt. Memberships are granted to individuals rather than to firms or companies. Memberships may only be transferred to another member if 1) the individual member requests such a transfer in writing and 2) the departing member leaves the industry. Membership terms are for a 12-month period.

If I join, will the Minnesota LMA Chapter endorse my products or services?
Membership in the Minnesota Chapter of the Legal Marketing Association does not imply endorsement by LMA, Minnesota Chapter, of products or services provided by the member.