Past Meetings

Business Partner Orientation
Virtual Meeting
Business Partners - Join us as we walk through the new and exciting benefits to ALA Gateway's 2025 Business Partner Program!

Holiday Happy Hour
Pin-Up Bowl
6191 Delmar Blvd
St. Louis, MO 63112
Join ALA Gateway members and business partners as we strike and connect at this year's holiday party!

Smart Strategies Differentiating Client Development & Marketing with Tech & AI
Virtual Meeting
Join us as we explore the distinctions between client development and marketing, focusing on how each function uniquely supports attorneys.

New Member Event: We Found Our Missing Piece
Pieces Board Games Bar & Cafe
1535 S. 8th Street
St. Louis, MO 63104
This invitation only event celebrates new members with our ALA Gateway Board and Volunteer Leaders! Thank you to IT Solutions for sponsorsing!

Law Leader Luncheon
Le Meridien St. Louis Clayton
7730 Bonhomme Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63105
Venue Website
This premier event is for ALA Members and their law firm leaders, and sponsoring Business Partners.

Compensation & Benefits Survey Review
Virtual Meeting
Join us for a sneak peak of the 2024 ALA Gateway Compensation and Benefits Survey at 2PM on Thursday, October 10th. You do not need to have participated in the survey or have purchased the results to attend.

Social Connection: It's a Pickleball Event
Chicken N Pickle
1500 S. Main St.
St. Charles, MO 63303
Venue Website
Join ALA Members for food, fun and learn the game of pickleball! Open to ALA Members and sponsoring Business Partners Only!

ALA Gateway: Cake Decorating Showdown and Networking Event 9/25/24
The Boundary at The Cheshire
6300 Clayton Road
St. Louis, MO 63117
ALA Gateway is changing up in 2024! Instead of going booth to booth, members, business partners, and law firm influencers will network with a delightful blend of creativity, networking, live music, and a dash of friendly competition!

Community Connection Project: Sleep in Heavenly Peace
Sleep In Heavenly Peace
Bridgeton, MO 63044
Venue Website
All ALA Gateway members, business partners and guests: Come build beds for St. Louis kids that do not have one of their own. No experience necessary, we'll show you everything you need to know. Help us build 30 beds!

Trust Accounting 101: The Support Staff Version
Virtual Meeting
Join us for a special presentation on Trust Accounting 101: The Support Staff Version

ALA Gateway and ILTA Present: Ethical GenAI
Thompson Coburn - 35th Floor
505 N 7th Street, Ste 3500
St. Louis, MO 63101
Join ALA Gateway and ILTA as we delve into the realm of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) with a special emphasis on its ethical application within the legal industry with Cat Casey, Chief Growth Officer, at Reveal. Social networking event follow

Education: Artificial Intelligence Working Group | July 11, 2024 at noon VIRTUAL
Virtual Meeting
Join ALA Gateway and Spencer Smith as we review AI policies and understand custom GPTs and when to use them.

Walk with ALA Gateway - Unleash Your Pride Parade, LGBTQIA+ Festival!
Lexitas
711 North 11th Street
St. Louis, MO 63101
Join ALA Gateway on Sunday, June 30th to celebrate the Unleash Your Pride Parade, LBGTQIA+ Festival!

Brain ON! Mental Fitness Training
Virtual Meeting
Join us for an insightful session as we delve into the concept of mental fitness training and explore its substantial benefits for workplace productivity, collaboration, and well-being.

Copilot for Microsoft 365: Enhancing Productivity for Legal Administrators
Virtual Meeting
Join us for a special presentation on Copilot for Microsoft 365: Enhancing Productivity for Legal Administrators.

ALA Gateway: There are only a few spots left, so don’t miss your opportunity to join the fun!
Topgolf St. Louis Midtown
3201 Chouteau Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63103
Venue Website
Combined Sponsored Event ~ ILTA/ALA Strategic Alliance - Thank you to Lexitas and Office Essentials for hosting!

PanCAN PurpleStride St. Louis
Chesterfield Amphitheater
631 Veterans Place Drive
Chesterfield, MO 63017
Venue Website

Creating the Resilient Law Firm of the Future
Virtual Meeting
It could be a burst pipe, civil unrest and protests, a fire in a neighboring suite, a workplace violence incident, a weeklong power outage due to wildfires, a cyber-attack and data breach or a global pandemic any of these disasters could close your law f

Bunny Hop! ALA - Gateway
Sandberg Phoenix - 8th Floor
600 Washington Avenue, 8th Floor
St. Louis, MO 63101
Venue Website

ALA Update & Swearing-In of 2024-25 Officers
Husch Blackwell, Suite 1500
8001 Forsyth Blvd.
Clayton, MO 63105
ALA Gateway welcomes, Geoffrey Williams, COO Stone Pigman and current President of ALA International 2023-24 to provide an ALA update.

ALA Gateway: Two BIG Events in ONE day - DEIA Workshop & Business Partner Appreciation Event
Hotel St. Louis
705 Olive Street
St. Louis, MO 63101
Venue Website
Registration is open for ALA Gateway's 2024 DEIA Workshop and Business Partner Appreciation! Don't wait to sign up!
BAMSL Legal Support Section: Corporate Transparency Act
BAMSL, Suite 100
319 N 4th Street
Saint Louis, MO 63102
Venue Website
Few corporate compliance challenges have captured the US legal word’s attention quite like the corporate transparency act (CTA). This new federal law has a number of implications for many small/midsized companies and the attorneys that assist them...

Beyond The Dark Web: How Thinking Like a Hacker Helps You Protect Your Organization Today
Virtual Meeting
This session will bring awareness of why being vigilant in security is very important personally and professionally. You will learn best practices and review current trends and methods to keep your families and organizations secure.

Education: Artificial Intelligence Working Group | January 4, 2024 at noon VIRTUAL
Virtual Meeting
Join ALA Gateway and Spencer Smith as we review AI policies and understand custom GPTs and when to use them.
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