Global Love Your Lawyer Day

It’s the first Friday of November, and that means it’s Love Your Lawyer Day.

In fact, it’s National, International and Global Love Your Lawyer Day, according to the group promoting the day, the American Lawyers Public Image Association. Legal marketer Nader Anise founded the day to highlight the good things that lawyers do.

Around the world, Love Your Lawyer Day (formerly "I Love My Lawyer Day") is the one day of the year designated to celebrate lawyers. ALPIA's founder, Nader Anise, started this day in 2001.

The website says that it’s “…the only association in the world whose sole purpose is to promote a positive public image of lawyers.” Formed in 2000, the Association describes itself as a “non-profit organization with an international reach.” It’s the organization that promotes “Global Love Your Lawyer Day.” ALPIA suggested a number of different ways in which people could have shown lawyers some love.

One of the initiatives for Global Love Your Lawyer Day, according to the website, is “… to ask lawyers to either perform one hour of pro bono work or donate the equivalent of one billable hour to their favorite charity.”