Founded in 1972, the District of Columbia Bar (DC Bar) is currently the 2nd largest unified bar association in the United States. Comprised of thousands of attorney members, the DC Bar Association’s main functions consist of registering certified lawyers, maintaining a lawyer disciplinary system, and holding various educational and public service events meant to provide service to the profession, the courts, and the community.

 

After realizing a decrease in staff efficiency due to a scattered structure of data flow, DC Bar desired a new method of enterprise resource management that would replace its old system of relying on multiple databases. After evaluating multiple vendors, DC Bar selected Euclid’s association management software, ClearVantage, to not only provide powerful ecommerce capabilities but also provide a new, efficient method of handling the Bar’s growing membership base. 

 

“We were very happy with Euclid’s ability to meet every one of our organization’s needs for a system conversion of this magnitude,” said DC Bar’s director of Information Technology, John Kinas.  “We literally had a checklist of 229 separate items that the new software had to meet. Euclid’s ClearVantage easily came out on top.”

 

Since going live with the software just a few months ago, DC Bar has already realized a significant return on its investment.  For

example, members

now have the option of paying their dues online, as well as having online access to several member benefits and community building services. In addition, the association's staff is now able to perform controlled marketing for events and publications through the software's ability to provide detailed demographic searches to target specific members.

 

"The ease of generating mass email campaigns and the ability for us to now zero in on customer preferences through one system cuts the time needed to pull up members," states Kinas. "Before the switch, we were forced to coordinate with programmers to get our members' invoices. Now, everything from customer invoices and accounts receivable to real-time updates of our members' profiles is no more than a few clicks away."

 

Functionality aside, Euclid’s method of implementation was appreciated by DC Bar: “Euclid had the best team of specialists that I have ever worked with on a project of this scope. They listened carefully to what we had to say and were very technically competent.  Overall, the implementation process was very smooth and well managed…and Euclid’s team of experts was dedicated to getting the job done right,” concludes Kinas.

 

"This implementation was one of our largest and most complex to date,” notes Euclid’s President and CEO, Charlie Vinal, “but our project team and DC Bar's knowledgeable staff worked closely together and handled it very effectively.  This success illustrates the strength of our proven approach of providing innovative software that is expertly implemented by our teams to meet each client's unique needs."

Client Focus: The District of Columbia Bar

Volume 1, Issue 1

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