The Florida Bar Practice Resource Institute enjoys one of the most successful launches of any bar program.

• Author: Harkness, John F., Jr.
• Position: Law Office Management Assistance Service

The Practice Resource Institute (PRI) was launched in January 2015, taking the place of the Law Office Management Assistance Service (LOMAS) as the Bar's service to help our members with all of their practice management needs by offering advice and assistance. With the launch PRI brought a new website and a team of practice management advisors who stand by to assist via telephone, email, and live chat. PRI also brought a new focus on delivering timely and relevant news, tools, education, and other resources to Bar members.

The PRI website has the goal of making it quicker and easier for Bar members to find information and resources. The website breaks practice management topics into five main focus areas: office technology, finance and accounting, marketing, general practice management, and starting a new practice. Each focus area houses the latest news, tools, CLEs, and other educational resources relevant to that category. Since its beginning, the PRI website has been visited over 238,000 times.

The PRI website keeps an extensive knowledge base of practice management information with more content added every day. In addition to the knowledge base, the PRI website allows you to interact with a practice management advisor in real time via live chat. This feature can be accessed from your desktop computer, laptop, or mobile device, providing an opportunity to engage a practice management advisor from wherever you may be. Since July 2015, PRI's practice management advisors have assisted more than 100 Bar members using this new, exciting tool.

In January 2015, PRI partnered with Legal Talk Network to launch The Florida Bar Podcast, which features subject-matter experts in the areas of law office and law practice management and technology. The podcasts are presented in an easy-to-listen-to format that can be played via the PRI website, Legal Talk Network mobile app, or any podcast player on a mobile device. This format allows attorneys to listen...