Thanks to CBA PracticeLink Editor Mark Kuiack and his colleagues at the Canadian Bar Association (CBA), all 35,000 CBA members are now entitled to a free one year TechnoLawyer Archive subscription.
The TechnoLawyer Archive is a searchable Web-based repository of all TechnoLawyer content since September 1999. Unlike our popular newsletters, the TechnoLawyer Archive is not free. We charge $65 for a one year subscription.
When I set out to work with bar associations a few months ago, I have to admit that I was thinking solely about US bar associations (I'll have some announcements in that regard next week). Fortunately, longtime TechnoLawyer and CBA members Dan Pinnington and Christopher Pike introduced me to Mark and the rest is history — and historic!
Mark guided our proposal through approvals at the CBA's national office and we soon found ourselves signing the agreement and exchanging high-fives. (Okay, no high-fives since I signed it in New York and he signed it in Ottawa, but we exchanged exuberant email messages.)
I would like thank Mark for getting the ball rolling! He and the CBA truly are models for all bar associations seeking to procure benefits for their members.
Are You a Member of the CBA?
If you're a current CBA member, just visit the CBA PracticeLink Web site to redeem your free one year TechnoLawyer Archive subscription.
Not a Member of the CBA?
The TechnoLawyer Archive is a terrific resource that has received rave reviews from Law Office Computing and others. We'd like every lawyer in North America to have free access.
Do you belong to a bar association? Would you like this benefit? If so, I need your help.
Please contact the executive at your bar association in charge of member benefits, tell him/her about our offer (perhaps point to this blog post), and ask him/her to contact me (the bottom of every page on our site has a contact link).
Just so you know, all we're asking in return from bar associations is a plan to inform their members about the benefit. There's no point in providing a free subscription if no one knows it exists.
PS: Don't worry paralegals! We plan to work with your associations too. One step at a time.
