ABA Blueprint launches with member discounts for one-stop shopping on legal products
A screenshot of the ABA Blueprint web portal.
The ABA on Thursday launched a web portal called ABA Blueprint that offers one-stop shopping for legal products and services.
ABA Blueprint aims to help solo practitioners and lawyers in small-firm practices find products such as technology, billing tools, virtual assistants and insurance, according to an ABA press release.
Anyone can use the website, but ABA members will get “steep discounts” on products that will often offset the price of ABA membership, the press release says. Members will also have access to a “Firm Builder” tool that offers customized practice solutions and free live consultations with practice management experts.
LawSites by Robert Ambrogi previewed ABA Blueprint and the Firm Builder tool. The products chosen for the website were selected based on their standing in the marketplace and their ability to integrate with other products, Ambrogi learned in an interview with officials from the consulting firm that built Blueprint. An FAQ page allows users to recommend products for the website.
Discounted products include:
• A “solo plan” offered by Ruby Receptionists, a virtual receptionist service.
• A 25 percent discount on a boutique subscription to Clio, a cloud-based law practice management software.
• ABA Insurance.
• Quickbooks Online.
• Office 365.
Ambrogi would like to see more vendors on the website, but he sees the discounts offered on the 13 products he found there as a big draw.
“Clearly, the ABA intends the members-only features of this site to provide an incentive for non-members to join,” he writes. “The fact is, the ABA appears to be right about this. Consider that ABA dues for a solo lawyer range from $117 to $260 (depending on year of bar admission). Just the Clio discount alone could make back the price of the dues. If you buy other products as well, then the savings become even greater.”
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