Membership Application: Become a DRI Member Today!

Individual Membership

Price: $320

For lawyers in private practice who devote a substantial portion of their professional time to the representation of businesses, insurance companies and/or their insureds, associations, or governmental entities in civil litigation.

Includes:

• Membership to DRI
• Subscription to For the Defense, The Voice, and In-House Defense Quarterly. Discounts on our Defense Library Series titles.
• Access to all DRI Substantive Law Committees
• Access to DRI’s member exclusive Solutions Marketplace

Young Lawyer Membership

Price: $185+

For lawyers who have been admitted to the Bar for five years or less.

Includes:

• Membership to DRI
• Subscription to For the Defense, The Voice, and In-House Defense Quarterly. Discounts on our Defense Library Series titles.
• Access to all DRI Substantive Law Committees
• Access to DRI’s member exclusive Solutions Marketplace
• A free registration for one DRI seminar. Excludes the Deposition Institute

Learn more about becoming a Young Lawyer

Corporate Membership

Price: $500 for four employees; each additional member is $150

For corporations with at least four employees who will participate as members of DRI. Corporate Membership does not apply to law firms.

Includes:

• Four Memberships to DRI (Each additional member is $150)
• Four Subscriptions to For the Defense, The Voice, and In-House Defense Quarterly. Discounts on our Defense Library Series titles.
• Access to all DRI Substantive Law Committees
• Access to DRI’s member exclusive Solutions Marketplace

Corporate Membership Brochure (PDF)

Corporate Membership (Amendment)

Price: $150 each

For a corporation with DRI Corporate Membership. This form can be used to amend a corporation’s existing corporate membership.

Includes:

• Membership to DRI
• Subscriptions to For the Defense, The Voice, and In-House Defense Quarterly. Discounts on our Defense Library Series titles.
• Access to all DRI Substantive Law Committees
• Access to DRI’s member exclusive Solutions Marketplace

DRI/SLDO Membership Offers

Price: Free!*

For lawyers who are a member of a participating State and Local Defense Organizations (SLDO). From time to time, DRI partners with SLDOs on Membership offers. Check back here for future opportunities.

Includes

• Memberships to DRI
• 4 Subscriptions to For the Defense, The Voice, and In-House Defense Quarterly. Discounts on our Defense Library Series titles.
• Access to all DRI Substantive Law Committees
• Access to DRI’s member exclusive Solutions Marketplace

*Only for members of participating SLDOs. Check here to see if your SLDO is participating.

Law Student Membership

Price: $20+

For full-time law students.

Includes:

• Complimentary registration to all DRI seminars and Annual Meeting
• Committee membership for the Young Lawyers Committee
• Subscription to For the Defense, The Voice, and In-House Defense Quarterly

Senior Membership

Price: $50

For DRI members who are 65 years or older and not actively engaged in the practice of law.

Includes:

• Membership to DRI
• Subscription to For the Defense, The Voice, and In-House Defense Quarterly. Discounts on our Defense Library Series titles.
• Access to all DRI Substantive Law Committees
• Access to DRI’s member exclusive Solutions Marketplace

Seminar Attendee Membership

Price: $185+

For first time DRI members who have attended a DRI seminar within the last 60 days.

Includes:

• Membership to DRI
• Subscription to For the Defense, The Voice, and In-House Defense Quarterly. Discounts on our Defense Library Series titles.
• Access to all DRI Substantive Law Committees
• Access to DRI’s member exclusive Solutions Marketplace

Affiliate Membership

Price: $125

For CLE managers and marketing professionals who work for defense-oriented law firms of all sizes. Please note the affiliate program is only available to those professionals of firms/companies with DRI members in good standing.

Includes:

• Membership to DRI
• Subscription to For the Defense, The Voice, and In-House Defense Quarterly. Discounts on our Defense Library Series titles.
• Access to all DRI Substantive Law Committees
• Access to DRI’s member exclusive Solutions Marketplace

International Membership

Price: $320

For international lawyers in private practice who devote a substantial portion of their professional time to the representation of businesses, insurance companies and/or their insureds, associations, or governmental entities in civil litigation.

Includes:

• Membership to DRI
• Subscription to For the Defense, The Voice, and In-House Defense Quarterly. Discounts on our Defense Library Series titles.
• Access to all DRI Substantive Law Committees
• Access to DRI’s member exclusive Solutions Marketplace

Government Membership

Price: $160

For lawyers employed by a governmental entity, and who devotes a substantial portion of their professional time to the representation of governmental entities in civil litigation.

Includes:

• Membership to DRI
• Subscription to For the Defense, The Voice, and In-House Defense Quarterly. Discounts on our Defense Library Series titles.
• Access to all DRI Substantive Law Committees
• Access to DRI’s member exclusive Solutions Marketplace

Corporate Counsel Membership

Price: $320+

For licensed attorneys who are employed exclusively by a corporate or other private sector organization for the purpose of providing legal representation and counsel only to that corporation, its affiliates, and subsidiaries.

Includes:

• Membership to DRI
• Subscription to For the Defense, The Voice, and In-House Defense Quarterly. Discounts on our Defense Library Series titles.
• Access to all DRI Substantive Law Committees
• Access to DRI’s member exclusive Solutions Marketplace
• Free attendance to any DRI seminar or webinar* if the in-house counsel joins DRI’s Corporate Counsel Committee (at no charge)

*Excludes DRI's Annual Meeting