The ABA YLD has resources for young bar leaders that are readily available. These resources have been organized into the following categories. (Click on the category to view the listing.)

This site will continue to be updated with new resources.

• COMMUNICATIONS
• DIVERSITY
• FUNDRAISING
• GOVERNANCE
• LEADERSHIP
• STRATEGIC PLANNING

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2007 BAR LEADERSHIP HANDBOOK (Download complete handbook)

 

COMMUNICATIONS

• Closing Out Your Bar Year
• Developing Close Relationships with other Organizations
• Managing Your Organization’s Relationship with the Senior Bar
• Public Relations
  
• YLD Annual Reports: Either a Real Pain or Real Easy: Ten Tips You Can

DIVERSITY

• ABA YLD Diversity Homepage
• Developing a Model Diversity Plan

FUNDRAISING

• Fundraising A to Z: Getting the Money

GOVERNANCE

• Deciding What Committees to Have
• Does Your Organization's Structure Need to be Modified — by Tanya Hubanks
• Educating Committee Chairs and Bar Leaders
• International Guidelines for Creating a Young Lawyer Association
• Know Your Organization — Past and Present Leaders, Activities, Policies and Procedures
• Reactivitating or Starting a Young Lawyers Organization
• Selecting Committee Chairs — by Victoria Wu
• Staff or No Staff

LEADERSHIP

• How to Motivate Volunteers — by Seth Mendelsohn and Sonia Miller—Van Oort
• How to Run a More Effective Meeting – by Andrew D. Gilman
• The Essential Ingredients for Reactivating/Re-energizing a Young Lawyer Organization
• More Essential Ingredients for Reactivating/Re-energizing a Young Lawyer Organization
• Your Role as Chair of a Young Lawyer Organization

STRATEGIC PLANNING

• Create in Advance a Working Plan
• Developing the Long Range Plan
• Implementing the Long Range Plan
• Increasing and Retaining Your General Membership
• It’s a Marathon, Not a Sprint – Long Range Bar Planning with Clarity
• Long Range Planning: Why, How and When
• Planning, Preparing and Implementing the Budget
• Starting the Bar Year Off Right