Member Benefits

The Arkansas Bar Association has named BXS Insurance the newly endorsed lawyer’s professional liability insurance agent for the bar association and its members. In this capacity, BXS Insurance will market, sell and administer ArkBar’s endorsed and exclusive lawyer’s professional liability insurance program that Attorney Protective underwrites. 1-800-358-7741 | www.bxsi.com For questions and more information, please contact Michelle Duncan at 501-614-1564 or michelle.duncan@bxsi.com.         
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The Arkansas Bar Association has partnered with a new estate planning practice management software, SimpleWill, to help you save time and money while building your client base. ArkBar members who sign up for SimpleWill will receive 40% off the license fee to use the system.

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The Arkansas Bar Association is now able to offer free job postings for employers. Any employer can post jobs on the ArkBar Job Board free of charge. All job postings will be positions for licensed attorneys or law students. 

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Weekly case summaries of significant Arkansas court cases, provided exclusively for members of the Arkansas Bar Association. Check out the Case Summary mini reviews on Twitter (@ArkBar) #arcaselawupdates. Case summaries and mini reviews are provided by Robert S. Tschiemer.  Check out case summaries via podcast HERE.

The ArkBar Newsstand is a partnership with Lexology that provides free electronic newsletters (legal news feeds) specific to certain practice areas.

It is EASY to manage this new free subscription. Click on my account, which has already been created for you. Then you will request a password to make changes. Then you can adjust the how often you receive the emails (once/week, twice/week, daily) and the content (areas of practice).

The ArkBar Docs library of hundreds of legal templates is now available for purchase through a cloud- based platform, the HotDocs Market. Firm pricing is also now available. Now subscribers can access up-to-date intelligent legal templates, anytime, anywhere and from any device.

These templates enable subscribers to create complex legal documents quickly and accurately by guiding users through a simple interview process, then automatically generating customized documents based on the answers provided. For more information visit the ArkBar Docs homepage.

Have you found your place in ACE? The ArkBar Community Exchange, ACE, is an online community created exclusively for ArkBar Members. Members can engage in discussions, access resources libraries, interact with colleagues through the Member Directory, and share information through ACE Blogs. Access ACE though your desktop or by downloading the mobile app.

The LawPay payment solution is proud to be a member benefit of the Arkansas Bar Association. Backed by over 90 bar associations and designed specifically for the legal industry, LawPay offers a secure and convenient tool for receiving online credit card payments – the fastest way to get paid. Visit LawPay

Law Firms are being aggressively targeted by hackers because of their access to Personally Identifiable Information, the potential of information for insider trading and corporate espionage.

The Arkansas Bar selected Delivery Trust to protect your client and firm’s sensitive information; members receive a 35% discount off of annual license price.
 Contact Identillect today for more information.

Travel

• Local Hotel Discounts
  • Discount hotel rates are available for members of the Arkansas Bar Association at the Capital Hotel in Little Rock. 
  • Discount hotel rates are available for members of the Arkansas Bar Association at the Homewood Suites by Hilton Little Rock Downtown.

Apparel Discount

• Brooks Brothers
  • Enroll for your complimentary Brooks Brothers Corporate Membership Card and Save 15%* on full priced merchandise at all Brooks Brothers U.S. and Canadian stores, by phone and online.
  • Discount Code
• Jos. A. Banks
  • 25% off all accessories and shoes
  • 2/$89 on Traveler Dress Shirts
  • 2/$109 on Big & Tall Traveler Dress Shirts
  • Discounted pricing on all suites, including custom suits-see store for details
  • Offers available at all 3 locations in Arkansas - (2) Little Rock, & Rogers.
  • Use Group Number 0357.186

Member receive FREE online legal research with Fastcase. Fastcase’s smarter searching, sorting and visualization tools help you find the best answers fast. Click here to view the Fastcase Quick Reference Guide.

The Arkansas Bar Association is proud to be the premier provider of CLE in Arkansas. We are dedicated to meeting your educational needs. The Association concentrates on providing high-quality seminars on a broad range of topics at a fair and reasonable cost. 
Receive 6 Free On-Demand CLE - Your request for your 6 free on-demand CLE hours must be submitted by April 30, 2023, requests will not be accepted after this date.   Once registration is complete, the on-demand(s) can be accessed through June 30, 2023. You may not carry over hours, all 6 must be watched and CLE form submitted by June 30, 2023. 

The Arkansas Bar Association works full time to monitor legislation issues affecting justice and the legal profession. In addition to providing a full time lobbyist that represents the Association in the General Assembly, the ArkBar offers legislative resources to members including a Legislation Committee that proactively views all bills filed during the session to protect the practice of law, and publishes weekly legislative updates.

The Arkansas Bar Association also provides a Legislation website that includes Bills of Interest the Legislation Committee felt might affect ArkBar Members’ practices, a New Laws Now page that lists laws in effect January through April, a Find Your Elected Official page, Search New Bills feature and a New Federal Legislation feed. Through the Engage feature, ArkBar Members can quickly access and respond to information about legislation the Association is requesting member assistance with.

The Arkansas Bar Association Young Lawyers Section has several publications available for you to review. The following handbook are available for free on arkbar.com.

• 18 & Life to Go
• Domestic Violence: A Practical Guide for Attorneys, Judges And Court Clerks
• Domestic Violence: A Practical Guide for Navigating the Legal System in Arkansas(English)
• Domestic Violence: A Practical Guide for Navigating the Legal System in Arkansas(Spanish)

Office Depot® and Arkansas Bar Association have partnered to provide exclusive benefits and savings on a wide selection of products and services including:

• Office Essentials
• Cleaning and Breakroom Solutions
• Print & Copy Services
• Furniture
• Technology

Office Depot is your one stop solution. For more than 30 years, Office Depot has committed to helping you take care of business.
CLICK HERE to download your store purchasing card or register for an online account.