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Legal Member Categories
A Legal Member is a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont.
A Retired Legal Member is a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont who has reached the age of 65 and has retired, except for pro bono representation. (An attorney who has been a VBA member for 40 years and is 75 years of age or older is considered an Emeritus Member, and no longer needs to pay dues to be entitled to VBA member benefits.)
Associate Member Categories
Law Office Study Associate Member is a registrant in the Vermont Supreme Court’s Law Office Study Program, who has completed at least one year of study.
A Law Student Associate Member is enrolled in an accredited law school in the United States.
A Law School GraduateAssociate Member is a graduate of an accredited law school who intends to take or retake the Vermont administration of the Uniform Bar Examination within one year of applying for Associate membership or renewal thereof.
A Paralegal Associate Member is a paralegal certified by a Vermont attorney, according to the standards adopted by the Board of Managers (see VBA Constitution) or is a voting member, in good standing, with the Vermont Paralegal Organization (the VPO).
A Legal Administrator Associate Member is a law office administrator or law office staff person of a Legal Member of the Vermont Bar Association.
An “Interest in the Law” Associate Member is any other person who has an interest in the law and whose membership the Board of Managers determines to be in the interest of the Association.
A “Licensed Outside Vermont” Associate Member is an attorney licensed to practice in another state or jurisdiction, but is not licensed to practice law in Vermont.
A Law ProfessorAssociate Member is a full or part-time law professor at an accredited law school in the State of Vermont not admitted to practice law in the State of Vermont.
VBA members have exclusive Access to Fastcase, the leading next-generation legal research service that puts a comprehensive national law library and powerful searching, sorting, and data visualization tools at your fingertips. Fastcase provides lawyers, law firms, and bar associations the tools to make legal research easier and more intuitive. Founded in 1999 and based in Washington, D.C., Fastcase has more than 900,000 subscribers from around the world. We help forward-thinking lawyers navigate the law faster and smarter, to democratize legal services.[/vc_column_text]
Clio is the most widely-used, cloud-based practice management system in the world. Every day, tens of thousands of lawyers use Clio to schedule meetings, organize cases, track time, and invoice their clients. Accessible from your Mac or PC, Phone or Tablet, Clio allows lawyers to take control of their practice from any device, in any location, at any time. Clio even integrates seamlessly with other popular applications like LawPay, Dropbox, Quickbooks Online, Gmail, and Office 365.
Does your retirement plan offer no out-of-pocket expenses, professional fiduciary services, a broad range of investment options, and full-service administration? Ours does! The ABA Retirement Funds Program (“the Program”) has been providing affordable 401(k) plans exclusively to the legal community for 50 years. The Program’s bundled approach allows your firm to keep its focus on the success of the practice. We provide you with trustee, record keeping, tax reporting, compliance testing, investment management, and participant communication services – all from a single source – at no additional cost to your firm. Maybe it’s time to find out what’s inside your 401(k). Call us at 866‑812‑3580 for a free consultation or visit http://abaretirement.com/welcome/Vermont for more information.
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Liberty Mutual Insurance offers a wide variety of insurance products including Auto, Home, Renters, Snowmobile and Watercraft, coverage as well as Life and Annuity products to meet your family’s needs. Liberty Mutual’s affinity program is the industry’s most-sponsored voluntary auto and home insurance benefit, with more than 13,000 affinity group relationships including the Vermont Bar Association.
At HealthiestYou, we are transforming how people access healthcare. Whether by app, phone or video, we provide 24/7 access to board-certified physicians with an average of 20 years medical experience. But more than just access to quality doctors, you will have access to dedicated client success teams and price transparency tools. At no cost to your employees. With the experience, clinical quality and proven ROI, there’s a reason why our members love us.
To learn more contact: Pinnacle Financial – 1-802-773-2617
Since the early 1990’s Pinnacle Financial Corporation has partnered with the Vermont Bar Association to provide the VBA membership with a wide range of insurance products. Benefits offered include, but are not limited to, health insurance, vision, dental, life and disability. Pinnacle Financial also offers unique healthcare funding strategies and an exclusive prescription drug purchasing product that can save as much as 40% of your prescription drug costs. Pinnacle Financial is also certified in long term care and Medicare supplements. Pinnacle Financial represents the Vermont bar membership, not an insurance company.
Tracers, the #1 trusted cloud-based public and private records software and TechnoLawyer “Top 10 Products of 2020,” provides law firms access to an online database of over 43 billion records from over 6,000 sources. With Tracers, attorneys can have the confidence of utilizing the most comprehensive public and proprietary database to complete their legal research.
– Skip tracing to locate people (witnesses, beneficiaries, parties for legal action)
Arthur G. Greene Consulting, LLC is dedicated to providing personalized consulting services to small and mid sized law firms to help our client’s maximize the firm’s potential and achieve their long range goals. Our services include helping to plan for succession, assessing law firm profitability and all aspects of running and managing a law office. With the aging of Bar members throughout the country, Arthur has written and published “Arthur Greene’s Practical Guide: Succession Plans for Law Firms and Rewards for Retiring Lawyers. It is available through the website.
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Supporting and Advising the Legal Community
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The Vermont Bar Association is partnering with Solo Practice University® to offer its members a preferred discount on tuition when they enroll as a semi-annual or annual student. Solo Practice University® is the only online educational and professional networking community designed to help lawyers and law students create and build their solo and small firm practices.
VBA members get an exclusive discount to Solo Practice University where you will find more than 1200 individual classes from more than 60 faculty on the 360 degree experience of opening a solo/small firm practice. Network with similarly situated solo/small firm practitioners from across the U.S. and globe who are choosing to build a thriving 21st century law practice. You will also receive a free one half hour law practice management consultation to help you through challenges in your practice when you enroll as an annual student.
Going solo doesn’t mean going it alone. The VBA and Solo Practice University® will help you to succeed.
UPS is pleased to help members save time and money through special services and shipping discounts. We put the power of logistics to work for you every day by providing speed, outstanding reliability and technology tools so you can focus on your business – not your shipping.
TurboLaw is a legal document and time and billing software used by thousands of attorneys for over 20 years. TurboLaw provides thousands of smart legal documents and court forms for most common areas of law at your fingertips. TurboLaw also offers a simple way to track time, bill your clients easily, and get paid quickly. For more information and a free 14-day trial, visit www.turbolaw.com.
Members of VBA are entitled to a 10% discount on the first license valid for one year. Please use the code VBA to take advantage of this offer. Let TurboLaw help you earn more money, get more clients and get home on time.
ABA Publications Discount Program: Your Vermont Bar Association membership entitles you to a 15% discount off the list price of any of the American Bar Association’s more than 300 titles, whether or not you’re a member of the ABA. It’s easy to do. Shop at the ABA bookstorewww.ababooks.org. Use the VBA purchase Promo Code PAB9EVTB when making your purchase and the 15% discount will be applied to your total
The Vermont Bar Association has partnered with KnowledgeWave to offer our members a special tuition rate for its Log on to Learn web based service that provides software training through video, step by step tutorials and quick reference guides. This system was designed to compliment traditional classroom training in the modern corporate environment, self-paced, low cost and available anytime, anywhere.
