Disaster Recovery Resources for Bar Leaders
These pages are organized by subject matter and contain articles, presentations, reports, and links to other materials to educate the bar association community about important topics. If the information you need is not covered on one of the resource pages, please feel free to contact the Division for Bar Services' Information Coordinator with regard to your question.Local & State Bar Association Disaster Plans
- The Florida Bar Crisis Management/Disaster Response Plan
- Oklahoma Bar Association Disaster Plan
- Rhode Island Bar Association Disaster Response Plan
- San
Diego County Bar Association's Emergency Communications Management
Plan
- South Carolina Bar Crisis Management Disaster Response Plan
- Tennessee
Bar Association Emergency/Contingency Plan
Advice & Guidance for Bar Associations
- Disaster Response from Issues Update
- Emergency planning: Voices of experience Bar Leader (July/August 2006)
- Turning the tide: Bar associations and foundations battle Gulf Coast hurricanes Bar Leader (January/February 2006)
- Put that Disaster Plan on Paperand Copy It Bar Leader (May/June 2003)
- Preparing for the Pandemic NABE 2007 Midyear Meeting Workshop
- Disaster Planning Critical in Response to September 11 Bar Leader (November/December 2001)
- Experts Discuss Effective Crisis Communication And Planning Bar Leader (November/December 2001)
- Planning for Disasters GP Solo article adapted by its authors for bar associations
- Bar Association Emergency Preparedness & Response Resources Prepared after 09/11/2001
Technology Planning
- Technology
advise from the ABA Legal Technology Resource Center
- Disaster Planning and Security Issues 2003 presentation by LTRC Director Catherine Sanders Reach
- Oklahoma Bar Assn. Management Assistance Program: A Backup Proposal for Those Who Know That They Arent Doing Backup Well
- Oklahoma
Bar Assn. Management Assistance Program: Backing Up Your Data: There's
No More Important Technology Task Oklahoma Management Assistance
Program
Disaster Planning & the Practice of Law
- The Florida Bar: Setting Up a Disaster Preparation, Protection And Recovery Program For Your Law Firm
- New York State Bar Association: Are You Prepared in the Event of a Disaster?
- State Bar of Texas: Disaster Planning for Lawyers
- Wisconsin Bar Foundation: Preparing a Disaster Recovery Plan
- Disaster Recovery for Law Firms, excerpted from LPM's book, the Essential Formbook Excerpted from the ABA Law Practice Management's book, the Essential Formbook .
- ABA Hurricane Katrina Practice Management Page (Contains general information about disaster planning.)
- Oklahoma Bar Assn.: The Lawyer Thinks About Disasters
- Practice Pro's Managing Practice Interruptions Booklet
- When Lightning Strikes... Are You Prepared? Practice Pro Magazine (July 2002)
- Practice Pro's Vulnerability Assessment Spreadsheet
- Ready.gov
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's site provides disaster
planning resources for the business community.


