Who is involved?

• SALI promotes an inclusive industry neutral standard with leading buyers of legal services, major law firms, important industry groups, industry thought leaders, cutting-edge technology providers and associations
• Founding sponsors: LMA, ALA

What is In It for Me?

• You have a voice in defining the legal services market for the coming years
• There are a number of industry innovations coming including the acceleration of fixed fees, LPM, heightened service standards and every major industry player should want to be part of it
• This provides a forum for not only shaping the standards but also establishing relationships among the service lifecycle participants (voice of the client and networking vehicle)

My Firm/Organization Likes to do Things Our Own Way.

• The standard is designed to be extensible and flexible to meet the unique needs of any organization while providing a common industry framework for interoperability
• The unique inherent qualities of the SALI standard will enable your organization to not only utilize your own innovations but allow you to migrate to a modern standard at your own pace

What are My Obligations if I join as a member?

• There are no hard requirements but we are hopeful of creating a collaborative environment seeking contributions to producing these kinds of things:
  • SALI standard development, providing comment and feedback
  • Production of content like white papers
  • Industry support and communications
  • Endorsing and participating
  • Speaking on behalf of the standard
  • Industry marketing
  • Recruiting
  • Standard adoption and promoting its use

Aren’t There Other Organizations Doing This like LEDES, ABA, CLOC? How is SALI Different?

• To enhance the market by providing greater transparency and efficiency in the delivery of legal services
• To provide an industry-wide neutral body to advance all causes and create a frictionless marketplace for legal services
• Believe our approach is distinctive in its design for immediate use and suitability to firms, clients and providers
• Our intent is to drive industry innovation and creativity
• Provides an IP framework that protects the IP of participants and will preserve the IP of the standards developed

Who Owns the Standard?

• SALI advances an industry open process for legal standards promulgation – the industry owns the standards
• SALI was created to ensure all stakeholders in the industry have a voice to shape the most useful and relevant standards that will foster transparency
• The standard is party-neutral and designed to be an open market for shaping the industry

How Can I be Assured That the Industry Will Adopt SALI?

• While there can be no guarantees, the diverse cross-section of member participants, the neutral standard, and its readiness to be deployed in practice will serve as a springboard for more rapid adoption
• Implementable standard – Designed to be Used
• SALI standard is built with industry use as its primary purpose and is designed with its architecture and membership to enable that goal
• Unlike paper-based standards, SALI is digital and is embodied in a self-documenting RESTful API for data exchange and interoperability
• Software providers are specifically part of the process to incorporate in the legal digital sphere

How Do I Participate?

• Become a member
• Membership categories: board member, client, law firm, provider, supporter, government/academic