Standard Membership

• Includes Virtual Learning Pass (Valued at $199): Learn More »
• Continuing Learning (and free CLE worth hundreds of dollars): This year, MSBA increases the value of your membership by providing members-only access to 250+ livestream and on-demand CLE programs that are 90 minutes or less (some exclusions apply), all available online and valued significantly higher than the cost of MSBA membership and available at a lower cost than other providers. Whether you access our CLE to stay up to date on the latest legal trends in your practice area, fulfill mandatory CLE requirements for another state, or simply want to expand beyond your practice area to a new area of law, it’s all available to you on-demand from the MSBA.
• Free Entry Into One Specialized Community and Access to Exclusive Online Platform (up to $25 value): This year, access to one of thirty MSBA Sections, covering nearly every segment of legal practice areas, is now included in your membership. You can share resources and news, learn from each other via regular events and CLE programs, and stay connected by section newsletters and an online discussion group (MSBA Connect) where you can pose questions, share best practices, tips, etc.
• Advocacy: Add your voice to the tens of thousands fighting for the legal profession in Annapolis, in the Judiciary, and nationally.
• Connection: Numerous member-only opportunities for virtual and in-person interactions with tens of thousands of attorneys and leaders in the legal profession.
• Unlimited Free Legal Research and Tools ($2,000 value): MSBA members have access to Fastcase 7, the award-winning legal research tool with free training tools that rivals more expensive competing products. This alone saves you $2,000 each year. Members can also access the MSBA Learning Library, an online bank of forms and templates to enhance your practice.
• Specialized Content: Stay up-to-date with member-only content on msba.org, via numerous digital and print publications, including the award-winning Maryland Bar Journal, our MSBA Weekly email newsletter, curated content, blogs, and Case Notes. Access MSBA’s practice-specific CLE publications in printed or digital formats, with dozens of new titles being added each year.
• Amazing Events: The MSBA prides itself on hosting hundreds of meetings, events and virtual forums each year. Our Legal Summit, Legal Excellence Week, upcoming Leading Edge Legal Tech Summit, and so many more events are priced aggressively for members to ensure the value of belonging is always realized by members. Whether you join us in person or online, we welcome you to these signature events for the home of the profession.
• Supporting Public Interests: Your membership allows thousands of high schoolers to participate in mock trials and other rewarding programs through MyLaw, helps hundreds of underserved citizens of Maryland receive Pro Bono legal services through PBRC, and seeks to lead on issues of Access to Justice via Maryland Access to Justice Commission, a member of the MSBA family.
• Community: You’re not in a job, you’re in a profession. Your MSBA membership allows you to support the profession with free, confidential mental health and addiction counseling services through MSBA’s Lawyer Assistance Program. MSBA’s Lawyer Assistance Program has helped hundreds of lawyers with mental health, substance abuse and personal problems. You may never know which of your colleagues have benefitted from these services, but your membership made it possible. Plus, the services are available to you should you ever need it.
• Tools & Member Exclusives: Access to MSBA’s Member Directory, Maryland Lawyers’ Manual, digital Legal Learning Library, insurance products, practice management tools, networking app TREBLE, and much more.
• All this for a dues rate lower than 48 other state Bars in the US @ only $95-195/year for Standard Membership.