EPPA MEMBERSHIP

ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP | ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP | STUDENT MEMBERSHIP | SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIP

Membership in the Association is open to individuals working as paralegals, students in paralegal programs, and employers and educators who support the paralegal profession. The four categories of membership are active, student, associate, and sustaining.

AN ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP APPLICANT MUST QUALIFY UNDER ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS:

* ALL APPLICANTS MEETING THE QUALIFICATION OF (1) OR (2) MUST SUBMIT PROOF OF CERTIFICATION.

* ALL APPLICANTS MEETING THE QUALIFICATION OF (3) MUST SUBMIT PROOF OF COMPLETION OF A BACHELOR OR HIGHER DEGREE.

* ALL APPLICANTS MEETING THE QUALIFICATIONS OF (4), (5), (6) MUST SUBMIT A COPY OF THEIR TRANSCRIPT OR THEIR DEGREE/CERTIFICATE AND SCHOOL CURRICULUM SHOWING ALL COURSES COVERED. NO HOME STUDY, VIDEO OR CORRESPONDENCE COURSES WILL BE ACCEPTED.

* ALL APPLICANTS MEETING THE QUALIFICATION OF (8) MUST SUBMIT A CURRENT RESUME.

* ALL APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT AN EMPLOYER ATTESTATION SIGNED BY A SUPERVISING ATTORNEY.

AN ASSOCIATE APPLICANT MUST QUALIFY UNDER ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS:

1. BE PRESENTLY EMPLOYED AS A PARALEGAL UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF A DULY LICENSED ATTORNEY BUT HAS NOT YET SATISFIED; OR 2. BE PRESENTLY EMPLOYED AS A COORDINATOR OR SUPERVISOR OF A PARALEGAL PROGRAM WTIHIN A LAW FIRM, COMPANY OR AGENCY, AND HAS PREVIOUSLY MET THE CRITERIA SET FORTH UNDER THE SECTION (1) THROUGH (8) (QUALIFICATIONS FOR ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP); OR 3. BE PRESENTLY EMPLOYED BY A COMPANY OR AGENCY RELATED TO THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND IS NOT UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF A DULY LICENSED ATTORNEY, BUT OTHERWISE SATISFIES THE EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS POSESS A MINIMUM OF ONE (1) YEAR EXPERIENCE AS A PARALEGAL, BE CURRENTLY UNEMPLOYED, BUT NOT YET SATSIFIED THE REQUIREMENTS OF EMPLOYMENT AS A PARALEGAL UNDER THE SECTIONS (1) THROUGH (8) (QUALIFICATION FOR ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP);

*ALL APPLICANTS MEETING THE QUALIFICATION OF SECTION (4) MUST SUBMIT A CURRENT RESUME WITH HIS/HER APPLICATION SHALL BE A MEMBER FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR, AND MUST BE EMPLOYED AT THE TIME OF MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL.

*ALL ASSOCIATE MEMBERS ARE ENTITLED TO VOTE ONLY ON SUCH MATTERS THAT ARE SUBMITTED TO THEM BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

A STUDENT APPLICANT MUST QUALIFY UNDER ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS:

1. BE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN AN ABA APPROVED PROGRAM OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PARALEGALS; OR 2. BE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN A PARALEGAL PROGRAM THAT CONSISTS OF A MINIMUM OF SIXTY (60) SEMESTER HOURS (OR EQUIVALENT QUARTER HOURS) OF WHICH FIFTEEN (15) ARE SUBSTANTIVE LEGAL COURSES; OR 3. BE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN A PARALEGAL PROGRAM THAT CONSISTS OF FIFTEEN (15) SEMESTER HOURS OF SUBSTANTIVE LEGAL COURSES.

*EACH APPLICANT MUST SUBMIT ATTESTATION BY INSTRUCTOR.  STUDENT MEMBERS ARE NOT ENTITLED TO VOTE ON ANY MATTERS PRESENTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

(DUES: $60.00 ANNUALLY)

Sustaining membership is open to any natural person, corporation, partnership, association, or other entity or organization so long as the party considered for sustaining membership endorses the purposes of the Corporation. Sustaining members shall not be entitled to vote on any matters presented by the Board of Directors.


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