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LMA Chicago Chapter Fast Facts

  • LMA Chicago ChapterFounded in 1989
  • First local LMA chapter
  • 2008 Membership: 300+
  • Members from four Midwest states — Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin
  • Regional Conference held biennially in Chicago
  • LMA Chicago won 2003 "Chapter of the Year" Your Honor Award
  • We are proud to have six International LMA Past Presidents and two members of the current International LMA Board as members of our chapter.
  • We have brought regular programming to city groups in Indianapolis, Milwaukee and the metro-Detriot area.

 

LMA Chicago was the first chapter to initiate many activities:

  • Regional Conferences. Started in 1995 and held every other year, LMA Chicago presents a day-program focusing on trends affecting law firm marketing and marketing practitioners. The program is designed to supplement the annual LMA conference and allow those members who cannot attend the annual meeting to broaden their education and increase their professional network. These programs continually attract legal and other professional services marketers, consultants, service providers and attorneys. The regional conference concept proved so successful that it has been adopted by many other LMA chapters.
  • Law School Programs. LMA Chicago supports an innovative marketing program for law students – the first of its kind and developed in 1998 by one of our own members – at Chicago-Kent College of Law at the Illinois Institute of Technology. "Client Development and Client Relationship Management: The Key to Your Success as a Lawyer" is a program that teaches law school students how to prepare an individual marketing plan with the basic concept that marketing yourself to find a job is very much the same as marketing yourself to develop a practice. The program offers the opportunity for students, who prepare and submit a marketing plan, to compete for two $1,000 scholarships which are supported by LMA Chicago and one of our members, Nancy Roberts Linder. In 2002, the Chicago Chapter earned the "Chapter of the Year" award for this program.
  • Chicago Bar Foundation LogoChicago Bar Foundation Partnership. LMA Chicago formed an alliance with The Chicago Bar Foundation to provide marketing consulting assistance to the CBF organizations. This was an outstanding opportunity for our members to use their marketing know-how to assist the greater community. 

To meet these challenges, we need YOU! All members are encouraged to:

  • Attend our meetings and stay current on the state of our industry
  • Join or chair a committee and contribute to the betterment of our members and help us move our chapter forward
  • Join us at networking and social events and get to know your marketing colleagues
  • Write an article for In The Loop and share your wealth of knowledge
  • Consider running for the Board of Directors of our chapter, which is a truly rewarding experience