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EVENT REPORT 05.02.08 5:46 PM

Bar Association Conference Boosts International Sponsors, Funds

Synchronized swimmers performed at the conference's welcome reception.
Photo: Courtesy of Tracy Kwiker

During the two years that the Inter-Pacific Bar Association had to prepare for its 18th annual conference, which came to Los Angeles for the first time in the organization’s history from April 27 to 30, the nonprofit faced some significant challenges. The tricky bits included producing a $2 million event with less than $100,000 in start-up capital and drawing international delegates to California.

“There was a marketing and promotional element to this event that was a major challenge because we didn’t have a captive audience,” said conference chair Gerold Libby, a full-time lawyer who was in charge of producing the event together with a volunteer committee of senior-level partners. “We had to put something together that would be attractive to lawyers around the world.” MORE >>

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