Membership Has Its Privileges: Paralegal Associations and Their Certification Exams

• Author: Scott A. Hatch/Lisa Zimmer Hatch
• Profession: Founders of The Center for Legal Studies and developed their award-winning paralegal curriculum in 1980, offering it through 600 colleges nationwide
• Pages: 19-24

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Membership Has Its

Privileges: Paralegal

Associations and Their

Certication Exams

Some of the decisions you make when you become a paralegal include whether

to join an association of paralegals and whether to take steps to become

certied. If you decided to become a member of a paralegal group, you have

many types to choose from. And, because certication is voluntary for paralegals,

dierent types of processes exist. This chapter helps you sort through your options

for joining an association and becoming certied.

To Join or Not to Join

Depending upon your time, availability, and proclivity toward joining organiza-

tions, you may decide to join a local, state, or national paralegal association. But

keep in mind that no one has to join a paralegal association to practice

paralegalism.

IN THIS CHAPTER

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Figuring out whether to join a

paralegal association

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Determining whether getting

certied is worthwhile