Membership Benefits

The Christian Legal Society offers a substantial number of benefits to the membership. We have listed here some of the benefits that are available to members. CLS benefits will continue to grow and expand as members like yourself offer suggestions to make CLS a better membership association.

• Affinity Card- Members will be given the opportunity to apply for a credit card that has been negotiated by CLS with Bank of America, specifically designed for CLS members.
  
  
• Attorney Referral - CLS Members can supply their practice codes and receive legal referrals when someone in their practice/geographic area calls for a CLS attorney.
  
  
• Avis Rent-a-Car
  
  
• Classified Advertisement - Members are given access to classified advertisements that bring resource availability for their needs. Members are allowed to post their own classified advertisements that other members may need.
  
  
• Framing Success - Members are able to take advantage of the highest quality framing for all of their education degrees as well as the CLS certificate.
  
  
• Health Programs - Christian Legal Society is now providing members with the highest quality health insurance programs on a local, state or nationwide basis.  We offer one-stop shopping for health, life, long-term care, dental, vision, disability and critical illness insurance, financial, retirement and estate planning.  Association Health Programs serves individuals, families, and small and large groups/companies.  We pride ourselves on personal customer service.  Rates and plan availability varies by state. 
  
  
• Internet Access and Filtering with Christian-Net - Providing internet access nation-wide with protection for your families.
  
  
• Office Depot Discounts and Savings - CLS strives to bring more value to your association membership everyday. That is why we have teamed with Office Depot to bring your business a better office supply solution.
  
  
• On-line CLEs at CLS University: All attorneys need CLE credits at one time or another. CLS is happy to provide its own online university for you to get CLE credit. And CLS members get money back!
  
  
• Staff Attorney Support - Our staff of carefully chosen individuals are standing by to help our membership get effective help for their needs as well as the needs of their clients. We have a fully capable staff that can assist you with help for timely resources or products not currently available to the general public.
  
  
• Voting Privileges - Members are authorized to vote on CLS policies and procedures. The voting will be conducted online to the full extent possible. Only active members will have the benefit of this voting privilege.
  
  
• Website Development Discounts for Member Law Firms - CLS members can take advantage website development discounts for themselves or their individual law firms. The developers of this website (Strategic Business Solutions, International) will be offering substantive discounts to CLS members and their individual law firms to develop and maintain distinctive and dynamic websites.
  
  

MORE MEMBER BENEFITS:

• Chapter Website Hosting - CLS will host attorney and law student chapters on this website giving substantial publicity opportunities for member chapters. This page is where chapters may request to be featured.
  
  
• Christian Lawyer - Members have access to the Christian Lawyer, a publication by CLS for prominent issues facing the practicing Christian lawyer or law student. The leaders and staff of CLS delve into the sticky issues of our time and illustrate how the Christian lawyer can be effective.
  
  
• Christian Lawyer Digest - Members are provided access to speeches, radio shows, and verbal presentations online with streaming audio clips of meaningful insights from some of America's leading Christian legal professionals. Look for thought-provoking installments of this valuable audio resource.
  
  
• Client Referral - CLS provides the benefit of client referrals among its membership. The vast number and expertise of CLS members makes this benefit appealing and is only available to CLS members. Here you will have access to a broad spectrum of law practices to pick from and to put your clients in touch with in order to meet their needs and thus provide an invaluable service that your clients will appreciate which in turn makes you more valuable to them.
  
  
• Spiritual Support - We believe in answered prayer and desire to support the membership in praying for one another as well as intercessory prayer for our nation and legal profession in general. This website provides for prayer postings of members that allows others to share in the trials and struggles of other believers. We commit to upholding one another in prayer. If you need someone to pray with you, please contact CLS Chaplin Glandion Carney: gcarney@clsnet.org or (205)933-1940.
  
  
• Tax-Exempt Chapters - An affiliated CLS chapter can take steps to be included under the CLS group exemption with the IRS.