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(d) Evaluating Networks for AILFN Membership– The Four Levels of
Development
Common Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
description
Examples Club Network or Association Network Accounting Network
Club de Abogados Law Verein
Relative size of PRAC, USLFG, and American TerraLex, Lex Mundi, Big 4. Law firm
firms Mixed Counsel Association GGI, ILN, Multilaw, vereins (Baker
MSI, WSG, TAGlaw McKenzie, DLA)
Website No Some with large firms like Large firms in each
PRAC, World Law Group. Mixed (SCGl, TerraLex), country in the case of
Budget No Most with small and midsize members all among accounting. In law
Staff No – part-time help firms largest (Lex Mundi and anchor firms are large
Publications No WSG); midsize (Meritas) but many members are
smaller.
Meetings Semi-annual Yes – directory Yes – directory, Yes – directory,
meetings interactive, member- interactive, third-party
Professional Yes – up to $500,000 focused focused
education No Yes – usually 1 or 2 Yes – up to $8 mm Yes – $8+ mm
Membership is No Brochure Yes – 6 to 30 Yes – more than 30+
strategic Brochure and member Brochure and member
Corporation No Annual meeting and regional publications. Publications publications
meetings directed to possible
Board of directors No clients Annual meetings,
No Annual meetings, regional meetings,
Executive No No – focus is exclusively or regional meetings, practice group
committee No primarily internal to network practice group meetings meetings
Staff Yes
No No Yes – can be quite
Board of General No extensive3 Yes – very strategic
Counsel Advisors No Yes – may be called advisory Yes – internal and for each firm
Member extranet No board from membership. external marketing
External marketing Board memberships do not functions Yes – potentially
materials change. Yes – independent multiple corporations
Brand name use by No corporation owned by
Members Yes – staff operates at the members. Yes
requests of members. Yes – succession plan
Yes
No Yes
Yes – staff responsible
No Yes – staff responsible for all operations.
for all operations. CEO CEO leads.
No leads. Yes
Some
Referenced on website of Yes
members Yes – some high
technical Yes – coordinated
Yes – considerable in throughout network
many different formats. Brand name in firm
Yes – prominently name or is firm name
displayed on website,
some letterheads, and
business cards.
3 Joanne Harris, Law Firm Networks: Distance Learning, THE LAWYER, Sept. 2, 2013, www.thelawyer.com/news/people/education-and-
training/law-firm-networks-distance-learning/3008615.article.
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(d) Evaluating Networks for AILFN Membership– The Four Levels of
Development
Common Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
description
Examples Club Network or Association Network Accounting Network
Club de Abogados Law Verein
Relative size of PRAC, USLFG, and American TerraLex, Lex Mundi, Big 4. Law firm
firms Mixed Counsel Association GGI, ILN, Multilaw, vereins (Baker
MSI, WSG, TAGlaw McKenzie, DLA)
Website No Some with large firms like Large firms in each
PRAC, World Law Group. Mixed (SCGl, TerraLex), country in the case of
Budget No Most with small and midsize members all among accounting. In law
Staff No – part-time help firms largest (Lex Mundi and anchor firms are large
Publications No WSG); midsize (Meritas) but many members are
smaller.
Meetings Semi-annual Yes – directory Yes – directory, Yes – directory,
meetings interactive, member- interactive, third-party
Professional Yes – up to $500,000 focused focused
education No Yes – usually 1 or 2 Yes – up to $8 mm Yes – $8+ mm
Membership is No Brochure Yes – 6 to 30 Yes – more than 30+
strategic Brochure and member Brochure and member
Corporation No Annual meeting and regional publications. Publications publications
meetings directed to possible
Board of directors No clients Annual meetings,
No Annual meetings, regional meetings,
Executive No No – focus is exclusively or regional meetings, practice group
committee No primarily internal to network practice group meetings meetings
Staff Yes
No No Yes – can be quite
Board of General No extensive3 Yes – very strategic
Counsel Advisors No Yes – may be called advisory Yes – internal and for each firm
Member extranet No board from membership. external marketing
External marketing Board memberships do not functions Yes – potentially
materials change. Yes – independent multiple corporations
Brand name use by No corporation owned by
Members Yes – staff operates at the members. Yes
requests of members. Yes – succession plan
Yes
No Yes
Yes – staff responsible
No Yes – staff responsible for all operations.
for all operations. CEO CEO leads.
No leads. Yes
Some
Referenced on website of Yes
members Yes – some high
technical Yes – coordinated
Yes – considerable in throughout network
many different formats. Brand name in firm
Yes – prominently name or is firm name
displayed on website,
some letterheads, and
business cards.
3 Joanne Harris, Law Firm Networks: Distance Learning, THE LAWYER, Sept. 2, 2013, www.thelawyer.com/news/people/education-and-
training/law-firm-networks-distance-learning/3008615.article.
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