Whether you are a legal plan sponsor, plan trustee or administrator, marketer or insurer, or lawyer serving on a plan panel, API membership is your key to understanding and benefiting from legal service plan business relationships.
Benefit #1: Information
• 12 monthly issues of API Newsbriefs, the legal plan industry newsletter
• Premier access to special news items, articles and other features of the Members Only section of our web site www.aplsi.org.
• Links to specially selected law practice management and technology resources
Benefit #2: Business Development Opportunities
• Meet legal plan administrators at the API Annual Conference
• Inform other members about your firm in the API Professional Services Guide
• A listing on the searchable API member database on www.aplsi.org
Benefit #3: Access to Other API Members
• A listing in our Annual Membership Directory
• A copy of the Directory for your personal use (Regular Members)
• Communicate with others via participation on specialized listservs
• Serve with others on the API Board, and committees
• Network with other members at the API Annual Conference
Benefit #4: Advocacy and Regulatory News
• National legislative campaign to restore the federal tax exemption for employer contributions to legal plans for employees
• Participation in ethics code reform to encourage lawyer participation in legal service plans
• Regulation Reporter Service to track regulatory developments in each state jurisdiction; Electronically delivered state regulation reports available through the API Web site
Benefit #5: Discounts
• 15% - 30% discount on the API Annual Conference Registration fees depending on membership category
• 25% discount on all API publications
API Regular Membership - Click here to join - Regular membership affords you all the benefits of membership listed above plus full voting rights and eligibility to serve on committees and the API Board. In addition, Regular members enjoy separate listings in our Membership Directory and free descriptive lisitng of their practice in the Professional Listing section of the directory, substantial conference fee discounts for attendees from the member's organization and the ability to offer non-voting Associate membership to their employees, trustees or Board members.
• Associate Membership - Click here to join - A non-voting membership which allows Regular Members to extend limited membership benefits to others in their organization at a lower cost. Associate Members receive a subscription to API's monthly newsletter, NewsBriefs, a listing in the API Membership Directory and discounts on publications and a special registration fee for the Annual Conference.
• Provider Membership - Click here to join - A special membership category for lawyers who provide or are interested in handling matters for legal plan members and want to stay informed about developments in the field through API NewsBriefs and by networking with plan administrators. Provider members are are listed in a special section of the annual Membership Directory and on the API web site.
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