The San Diego Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators was recently awarded the 2018 Presidents’ Award of Excellence at the National Association of Legal Administrators conference. This award was presented to the Chapter’s outgoing President, Shaila Schaible and the Board of Directors for the 2017-2018 years. To qualify for this award, chapters are encouraged to take effective and collaborative action in support of ALA’s mission to promote and enhance the competence and professionalism of legal administrators and all members of the legal management team, improve the quality of management in law firms and other legal service organizations; and represent professional legal management and managers to the legal community and to the community at large.