Membership is open to persons licensed to practice law or engaged as a paralegal, legal assistant, law office administrator, legal secretary, stenographer, typist or clerk in any law office, any person employed in the courts, the trust departments of banks or trust companies, or in any public or private institution or office directly engaged in work of a legal nature, including the public offices of the government, state, cities, counties or municipalities. A person serving a sentence for a felony conviction is not eligible for membership.
For more information on membership opportunities, please contact Sonja Schade at schade_sonja@yahoo.com
Legal Assistant / Paralegal Definition Adopted
In July 2002 the NALS Board of Directors adopted the following definition of a 'legal assistant/paralegal,’ as also adopted by the ABA. The current definition reads as follows:
'A legal assistant/paralegal is a person, qualified by education, training or work experience who is employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency or other entity and who performs specifically delegated substantive legal work for which a lawyer is responsible.'
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