ALA Silicon Valley Chapter
Chartered in 1982, the Silicon Valley Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators is an Internal Revenue Code 501(c)6 non-profit corporation.
The chapter currently has about 70 members in the South San Francisco Bay Area stretching from the cities of Salinas, Santa Cruz, San José, Palo Alto, Menlo Park, San Mateo, and Redwood City.
The Chapter has a strong presence within the community, as well as active representation at the national level of the Association of Legal Administrators, providing high-quality education programs and bringing administrators and business partners together in an environment which encourages the exchange of information and ideas.
The Silicon Valley Chapter offers a variety of activities and benefits to its members such as monthly educational seminars, legal management publications and resource materials, and provides networking opportunities with other members and business partners in our profession.
Our Mission
The Silicon Valley Chapter advances the mission of ALA by leading and inspiring excellence through the pursuit and exchange of knowledge to elevate legal management professionals in their organizations.
Membership
For more information about joining the Association of Legal Administrators and the Silicon Valley Chapter, visit Join ALA or contact Director-Membership.
MAILING ADDRESS: PO Box 61035, Palo Alto, CA 94306 US
EIN: 77-0486417
The IRS requires public disclosure of certain of our organization's Form 990s. To obtain a copy of Form 990 for any of the past three tax years, please contact this chapter's Treasurer.
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Geographic Area
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley, an industrial region around the southern shores of San Francisco Bay, California, U.S., with its intellectual centre at Palo Alto, home of Stanford University. Silicon Valley includes northwestern Santa Clara county as far inland as San Jose, as well as the southern bay regions of Alameda and San Mateo counties.
Its name is derived from the dense concentration of electronics and computer companies that sprang up there since the mid-20th century, silicon being the base material of the semiconductors employed in computer circuits. The economic emphasis in Silicon Valley has now partly switched from computer manufacturing to research, development, and marketing of computer products and software.
Valley of Heart’s Delight
Early in the 20th century, the area now called Silicon Valley was a bucolic region dominated by agriculture and known as the “Valley of Heart’s Delight” owing to the popularity of the fruits grown in its orchards. It is roughly bounded by San Francisco Bay on the north, the Santa Cruz Mountains on the west, and the Diablo Range on the east.
But Silicon Valley is not only a geographic location. The very name is synonymous with the rise of the computer and electronics industry as well as the emergence of the digital economy and the Internet. As such, Silicon Valley is also a state of mind, an idea about regional economic development, and part of a new mythology of American wealth.
Other U.S. states and even other countries have attempted to create their own “Silicon Valleys,” but they have often failed to re-create elements that were crucial to the success of the original.
