Media Kit

Advertising Opportunities

Profile

PBA Publications — Combination Buys

The Pennsylvania Lawyer

The Pennsylvania Bar News

The PBA Directory & Product Guide

PBA Law Firm Profiles and Firm-to-Firm Listing (The PBA Directory & Product Guide)


Profile

We Deliver the Fifth-Largest Lawyer Audience in the USA.

Thank you for your interest in advertising opportunities with the publications of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. We’re your conduit to the fifth-largest lawyer audience in the nation. We reach lawyers in all 67 counties of Pennsylvania. While our readers live primarily in Pennsylvania, we also enjoy a sizable readership in Arizona, Florida, New Jersey and Washington, D.C.

Our publications regularly rank number one in popularity and importance among our roster of membership benefits. Editorial surveys show a reader satisfaction rate of more than 90 percent for the publications of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.

With special theme issues devoted to trends and developments in the law, our publications can place your products before more lawyers in Pennsylvania than any other statewide legal publication. Leonard & Associates, our advertising representatives, can assist you in planning an advertising campaign that will give you the most exposure for your money.

We hope to see you on our pages!

Take a Close Look

Readership Profile

• Almost 30,000 lawyers and law firm administrators throughout Pennsylvania and the nation

• Age: 25-34 — 27% 35-54 — 61% 55 + — 12%
• Male: 78% Female: 22%

 

• 98% college graduates

• Income (not including spouse):

 

$100, 000+/year: 51%
$50, 000 -$99,000/year: 37%

 

• 77% married with children

• 74% heads of households

• 90% share copies with spouses

Purchasing Profile

• Legal marketing and business development outlays are expected to increase by 40%.

• As advisors to clients at virtually every stage of business, legal professionals are unsurpassed in the areas of financial services and planning, banking, insurance and investments.

• Our readers have made a sizable investment in computer hardware and software for word processing, billing, marketing, document tracking, case and forms management, accounting and electronic mail and will continue to enhance their investment by upgrading and expanding current equipment. Several firms have created their own Web sites. Laptop computers are particularly popular.

• Our readers are major consumers of electronic equipment such as cellular phones, FAX machines, copying machines, voice mail and paging systems.

• Delivery services, mailing services, process servers, deposition and reporting services and temporary office personnel are essential to our readers.

• As busy parents with above-average financial means, our readers are interested in services that make their homes easier to manage and their lives more enjoyable. Our publications are perfect vehicles to advertise summer camps; private schools; real estate and vacation homes; luxury items (jewelry, fine art, automobiles, recreational vehicles); security systems; cultural events; travel services; restaurants; financial/investment services; antiques.

If you want to reach Pennsylvania’s lawyers, our publications are for you!

PBA Publications — Combination Buys

The Pennsylvania Bar Association offers three combo frequency programs to reach lawyers, law office administrators, paralegals, and legal secretaries in law offices throughout Pennsylvania

Choose from these three combo frequency programs to maximize your delivery – and savings. For example, a six-time schedule in The Pennsylvania Lawyer and a six-time schedule in the Pennsylvania Bar News will yield advertisers a 12-time frequency discount in both publications.

For more information on any of our combination-buying opportunities for volume discounts, please contact your Pennsylvania Bar Association account representative.