PACE Registered Paralegal
The Paralegal Advanced
Competency Exam is offered by
the National Federation of
Paralegal Associations, Inc.
(NFPA) to test the competency
level of experienced paralegals.
CDPA members who are PACE
Registered Paralegals

Tracey Chandler, RP

Wendy Healy Ng, RP

Tracey L. Young, RP

PACE = Paralegal Advanced Competency Exam

Offering experienced paralegals an option to
  • validate your experience and job skills;
  • establish credentials; and
  • increase your value to your organization and clients.

The only exam of its kind, PACE
  • developed by a professional testing firm;
  • administered by an independent test administration company;
  • tests concepts across practice areas;
  • offers the profession a national standard of evaluation; and
  • offered at multiple locations on numerous dates and at various times.


PACE = Personal Advancement for the Experienced Paralegal

Requirements to take PACE as adopted in March 2003 are

a person holding an associate’s degree in paralegal studies obtained from an institutionally
accredited and/or ABA-approved paralegal education program and six years substantive
paralegal experience; OR

a person holding a bachelor’s degree in any course of study and three years substantive
paralegal experience; OR

a person holding a bachelor’s degree who has completed a paralegal program with an
institutionally accredited school, which program may be embodied in a bachelor’s degree,
and two years substantive paralegal experience; OR

a person with four years substantive paralegal experience as of December 31, 2000.


More information may be found at PACE.
Capital District Paralegal Association, Inc.