What is a Practice Management Advisor?
How often have you looked at the stack of management and administrative matters on your desk and said under your breath “Man, they didn’t teach us about this in law school!” Whether it is management of trust accounts, upgrading technology, improving client service, or a host of other critical matters, lawyers are often unprepared to handle the business side of practicing law. Even if these tasks are delegated to staff, the supervising lawyer must have an adequate knowledge of the matters to properly oversee the business. Thanks to an innovative type of program at state, provincial and local bars nationwide, this knowledge is often just a phone call away. These bar programs, generically known as “practice management assistance programs” (PMAPs), are now at over 20 state bars and law societies in the U.S. and Canada. The programs are staffed by individuals known as Practice Management Advisors (PMAs) who are engaged or employed by state and local bar associations or law societies to help
