Membership Qualifications and Categories
|
VOTING MEMBERS: Any person who is a practicing paralegal/legal assistant at the time of application for membership may
become a voting member. A practicing paralegal may be employed or retained by a lawyer, law firm, corporation, agency, clinic,
governmental agency, court or other entity. A freelance paralegal will be required to submit written verification from a
supervising attorney that they have performed substantive legal work in the past 90 days
STUDENT MEMBERS: Any person who is enrolled in a formal paralegal course may become an associate/student member.
AFFILIATE MEMBERS: Any person who has practiced as a paralegal/legal assistant or who has completed a formal course of
study, but who is not so employed at the time of application for membership and any voting member who is not practicing as a
paralegal at the time of the annual renewal of such voting members membership may become an affiliate member.
SUSTAINING MEMBERS: Any person, partnership, organization or other entity interested in supporting the association may
become a sustaining member.

