The ALA Maryland Chapter website is designed to provide useful information to current and prospective ALA members, lawyers, legal industry service providers, and those interested in the legal management profession. The profession of legal administration was created to support and enhance the practice of law for progressive legal departments and law firms.

The availability of high caliber administrative support frees attorneys from the task of management and allows them to devote time to providing quality legal services. Administrator responsibilities encompass finance, technology, human resources, marketing, facilities and other related management functions. Driven by constant innovations in technology, new developments in the law, and ever-changing economic considerations, the role of the legal administrator has continued to expand. The Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) places a continual emphasis on offering its members education, training and support to meet the challenges of their profession.