ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP

(Voting Privileges)

Active membership is open to any individual who meets at least one of the following requirements

• Any individual who has successfully completed the Certified Legal Assistant (CLA)/Certified Paralegal (CP) examination of NALA, or
• Any individual who has graduated from an ABA Approved Program of Study for Legal Assistants/Paralegals, or
• Any individual who has graduated from a course of study for legal assistants/paralegals which is institutionally accredited but not ABA approved, and which requires not less than the equivalent of 60 semester hours (equivalent of 90 quarter hours) of classroom study, or
• Any individual who has graduated from a course of study for legal assistants/paralegals other than those set forth in (b) and (c) above, plus not less than six months of in-house training as a legal assistant/paralegal, whose attorneyemployer attests that such person is qualified as a legal assistant/paralegal, or
• Any individual who has received a baccalaureate degree in any field, plus not less than six months in-house training as a legal assistant/paralegal, whose attorney-employer attests that such person is qualified as a legal assistant/paralegal, or
• Any individual who has a minimum of three years of law-related experience under the supervision of an attorney, including at least six months of in-house training as a legal assistant/paralegal, whose attorney-employer attests that such person is qualified as a legal assistant/paralegal, or
• Any individual who has a minimum of two years in-house training as a legal assistant/paralegal whose attorneyemployer attests that such person is qualified as a legal assistant/paralegal.