I noted last week that legal publisher ALM – parent to Law.com, The American Lawyer, The National Law Journal, Law Technology News, and other national and regional publications — had announced that it would begin offering free digital memberships, effective Aug. 23. The free memberships would provide “bundled benefits” that would include digital access to five news articles every 30 days from ALM publications and discounts on ALM products and services.

“The announcement leaves me confused about what will be free and what will not,” I wrote then, “and it does not even mention access to archived stories, so we will need to stay tuned and see what happens on Aug. 23.”

Well, now that Aug. 23 has come and gone, I had an opportunity to get more details about the new digital memberships in a phone call today with two of ALM’s senior vice presidents, Lenny Izzo, SVP and chief marketing officer, and Jeffrey Litvak, SVP and chief digital officer.

Now, in most cases when you click on a link to read an article, you are immediately prompted to register for a digital membership. ALM makes it easy to do by allowing you to sign in via your LinkedIn account. If you prefer to register, you need answer only a few brief questions.

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