The business of law comes with unique challenges. ALPMA offers professional development and networking that can support you in every step, to help your firm or department thrive.
Our members include Managing Partners, Partners, Directors, C-Suite Executives, Practice Managers, General Managers, Specialist Managers (E.g. HR, Marketing, Finance, IT), Sole Practitioners and Lawyers with management roles.
Our Promise to Members
Being a member of ALPMA will help you:
- Develop your core management skills
- Build your knowledge across multiple professional domains
- Lead your firm’s development
- Connect and collaborate with peers, experts and industry leaders
- Accelerate your career progression
- Gain respect as a legal practice management professional
Everything we do is designed to deliver on our promise to members.
ALPMA Member Benefits
Grow your professional support network
Becoming an ALPMA member provides many opportunities for you to connect with your peers, legal industry experts and market-leading vendors – all willing to share their experience and advice with you. Our community is recognised as incredibly supportive and collegial.
Live Webinar Program
Our innovative live webinar program helps members meet their professional learning and development needs in a flexible and convenient online format, offering 35+ live events per year across all learning pillars of the business of law, as well as emerging topics. The vast majority of our live online events are free for members.
In-Person Practice Management Seminars & Networking Events
Each year, the ALPMA branches run a vast array of practice management seminars, workshops, breakfasts, special interest groups and other networking events across Australia and New Zealand. In FY24, this came to almost 70 in-person learning and networking opportunities! These local events feature practical insights from industry experts and leaders, tailored for the needs of local members.
Individual Full Members and all staff at firms with a Corporate Subscription can attend the majority of in-person events for free.
NEW → Bring a colleague to an in-person event
Individual members have access to discounted registration for colleagues who are not an ALPMA member.
Firms with a Corporate Subscription (Full & Affiliate members): You and all your colleagues attend free
Full Members: You attend free | 50% discount for non-member colleagues
Online & Associate Members: 50% discount for you | 25% discount for non-member colleagues
Find your colleague registration code in your ALPMA Portal dashboard.
On-Demand Learning Centre
Most ALPMA events are recorded live and made available free to members to watch On-Demand 24/7. This knowledge bank is ideal when faced with a new issue and you need a go-to resource to provide direction or items for consideration. This is also a great source of CPD points for lawyers, with most On-Demand content meeting the criteria for: Practice Management, Professional Skills and Ethics competency areas.
Online CPD Register
ALPMA’s online and in-person L&D content is CPD accredited for: Practice Management; Professional Skills; Ethics & Responsibility; and in New Zealand.
Individual ALPMA members can access the online CPD Register in the ALPMA Portal to record CPD provided both by ALPMA and other suppliers. Activities accessed through ALPMA are automatically added to your register, ready for you to confirm your completion.
Firms with a Corporate Subscription have administration & oversight access to CPD records for all legal practitioners at their firm, including the ability to add activities in bulk. Coming Soon
Great ALPMA Summit Discounts
The annual ALPMA Summit is the largest legal management conference and trade exhibition in the Southern Hemisphere. Attending Summit will challenge your thinking, enhance the way you work and boost your firm’s productivity and performance. ALPMA members enjoy significant discounts on registration.
NEW → Extended access to Early Bird rates, Summit On-Demand and Summit expertise
Starting in 2025, firms with a Corporate Subscription will enjoy some fantastic additional benefits to make it easier to leverage the learnings delivered at the ALPMA Summit across their entire firm.
- Extended access to Early Bird Discounts on ALPMA Summit passes – up to 7 days prior to the conference!
- Any firm who sends at least one delegate to the ALPMA Summit will have firmwide access to the full Summit On-Demand content bundle for that year.
- ALPMA will facilitate introductions and connections with expert speakers who present at each Summit for firms wanting to engage these speakers for in-house L&D delivery.
Free & Discounted Industry Benchmarking Research
ALPMA’s legal industry research helps you benchmark your firm against similar firms and understand the trends your firm is facing. Our regular research includes:
- Legal Salary & HR Issues Survey – for Australia and New Zealand
- Financial Performance Benchmarking Study
- Impact of the Changing Legal Landscape
Members who do not contribute data to the benchmarking research have access to significant discounts on the Salary & HR Issues and Financial Performance Benchmarking reports each year.
NEW → Discounted access to underlying benchmarking data
Starting in 2025, ALPMA will provide anonymised underlying data for select benchmarking studies to allow firms to independently analyse and leverage our valuable data for their particular use cases.
Members will have access to significant discounts on these datasets.
Discounted Mental Health First Aid Training tailored for the legal industry
Through ALPMA, and thanks to the support of legalsuper, members have discounted access to Mental Health First Aid Australia’s (MHFA) blended MHFA training course that has been specifically tailored to legal workplaces.
In addition to our scheduled workshops, ALPMA can facilitate group sessions for your firm.
NEW → Content delivered by the Australian Legal Technology Association
ALPMA has powered the Australian Legal Technology Association (ALTA) since early 2024, allowing us to provide ALPMA members with a complimentary Advocate membership with ALTA and associated access to technology-related L&D and connections to technology providers across Australia.
Free Online Resources
ALPMA’s free online resources include:
- Checklists
- Templates
- Downloadable pdfs/flyers
- Spreadsheets
Job Board Advertisements
ALPMA’s job board promotes vacancies within law firms across Australia and New Zealand. Each year, Individual Full Members can publish one ad for free (25% discount on further ads) and Corporate Subscription firms can publish 10 ads for free (50% discount on further ads).
Exclusive Offers & Member-Only Deals
Benefit from great ALPMA Member-Only Deals on products and services from market-leading legal industry suppliers.
Awards & Recognition
The ALPMA Awards provide well-deserved recognition for members who are driving innovation at their law firm or legal department. The Awards shine a light on innovative projects and new initiatives being conducted by firms across the legal sector. The Awards are presented at the ALPMA Summit conference.
RESOURCES
A Survival Guide for Legal Practice Managers
Practical advice that will help you successfully navigate the sometimes stormy waters of managing a legal practice.
RESOURCES
Whitepapers & Member Only Resources
Practical resources provided free for members, including: templates, checklists, articles, speaker presentations, additional links for members
