Regulation 
 

NFPA Models

• NFPA's Model Act for Paralegal Licensure
  updated 9/12/2008 (pdf)
• Model Plan for Regulation
  updated 10/20/2008 (pdf)

2010 NFPA Regulation Conference

• An Overview of the Legislative Process
  (PDF)
• Types of Regulation
  (PDF)
• Status of Regulation Efforts 2010
  (PDF)
• Case Study Florida
  (PDF)
• Regulation Pros and Cons 2010
  (PDF)

National

• Regulation Chart by State
  updated March 2010 (pdf)
• International Regulation Chart
  updated February 2007 (pdf)
• ABA Draft Definition of Practice of Law
  Link made April 8, 2003
• NFPA Response to ABA on Draft Definition of the Practice of Law
  pdf format (December 18, 2002)
• WSPA Response to ABA on Draft Definition of the Practice of Law
  pdf format (December 19, 2002)
• ABA Commission on Nonlawyer Practice Report
  (1995 report)
• NFPA Response to ABA Commission on Nonlawyer Practice Report
• NFPA's Model Act for Paralegal Licensure 9/12/08
• Model Plan for Regulation 10/20/08
• Off the Team, but Not Out of the Game: Disbarred and Suspended Attorneys Practicing as Paralegals
  (1998 article in the Reporter)
• Regulation: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
• What's in a Name: Paralegal v. Legal Assistant?

Arizona

• Arizona State Bar Rule Change Proposals 10/01
  pdf format
• NFPA response to Arizona UPL Committee
• Arizona Legal Document Preparer program
• ARIZONA CODE OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION: Legal Document Preparer

California

• County of Sacramento -- Authorization for Non-Attorney Court Document Preparer
  posted June 11, 2003 - pdf format
• California Bill 3027
  posted August 8, 2002 - pdf format
• Defining a Paralegal
• Defining "unlawful detainer assistant" and "legal document assistant"
• NFPA's Response to California Senate Bill AB 1761
• Response of The San Francisco Paralegal Association to Assembly Bill 1761
• SAMPLE DECLARATION re: Business & Professions Code '6450
• Status of Laws Affecting Paralegals in California
  March 2002
• California Association of Legal Document Assistants

Delaware

• Delaware Certified Paralegal Program

Florida

• Florida Bar Sub-Committee to Study Mandatory Implementation of Rule 20 July 2010
• NFPA Response to FL Supreme Court re: FL Registered Paralegal 11-1-08
• Florida Paralegal Regulation Supreme Court Order 06-1622
• Paralegal Profession Act – Senate bill
• Registered Paralegal Program – proposal by Florida Bar Association
• Florida Bar petition

Hawaii

• Second Response to Hawaii's Regulating of Paralegal, Legal Assistants and Lawyer Assistants
• Regulating Paralegal, Legal Assistants and Lawyer Assistants

Illinois

• Establishing a Supreme Court Commission on the UPL
  January 28, 2002
• Proposed Legal Document Preparer Act – House bill

Indiana

• Guidelines for Utiliziation of Paralegals
• Indiana Registered Paralegal – proposed Rule 2.2

Kentucky

• Certified Kentucky Paralegal program

Louisiana

• Louisiana Certified Paralegal

Missouri

• Guidelines for Practicing with Paralegals
• Bar Committee on Paralegals – Threshold Educational Standards

Montana

• Paralegal Definition and Fees

Nebraska

• NFPA's response to "proposed Rules Governing the Unauthorized Practice of Law"
  June 17, 2003

Nevada

• January 2009 letter to Honorable Chief Justice Mark Gibbons

New Mexico

• Rules Governing Paralegal Services added August 2010

New Hampshire

• 2003 Senate Bill Number 83 Bills on Paralegals in Court, Litigation, Judicial Issues Advance
• NFPA's Response to 2003 Senate Bill Number 83

New Jersey

• Response to New Jersey Supreme Court

North Carolina

• North Carolina plan for certification
  Effective October 1, 2004
• Response to Senate Bill 922/House Bill 957 Paralegal Profession Act
  June 19, 2003 - pdf format
• Senate Bill 922/House Bill 957 Paralegal Profession Act

Ohio

• Ohio State Bar Association Paralegal Certification Program updated August 2010

Oklahoma

• Minimium Qualificaton Standards for Legal Assistants/Paralegals updated August 2010

Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania Certified Paralegal Credential

South Carolina

• Certified Paralegal proposal added August 2010

South Dakota

• Definition, qualifications and utilization of Paralegals - (Codified Laws Sections 16-18-34.1 through 16-18-34.7) updated August 2010

Texas

• General Guidelines for the Utilization of the Services of Legal Assistants by Attorneys
  May 1993 (19 pages) - pdf format
• Texas Board of Legal Specialization
• State Bar of Texas Paralegal Division - Paralegal Standards
• Texas Plan for Recognition and Regulation of Legal Assistants Certification
  (amended June 10, 1999)  (pdf document)

Virginia

• Virginia Alliance of Paralegal Association Educational Standards adopted by the Virginia State Bar in 1995
   

Vermont

• Vermont HB 464 - Appropriations Bill and Vermont Paralegal Organization appointee
  June 2003

Washington

• Regulation/Licensure of Paralegals in Washington Generally
• Certification of Washington Paralegals Generally
• Practice of Law Board (WSBA description)
• Definition of the Practice of Law (General Rule 24)
• Practice of Law Board Rules (General Rule 25)
• Complaints alleging the unauthorized or unlicensed practice of law
• Seeking advisory opinion from the POL Board relating to the authority of a non-lawyer to perform legal and law-related services 
• Washington State Legal Technicians Rule
• Washington State Non-Lawyer Practice Commission
• Practice of Law Board's Recommendation to Supreme Court
• Article on Limited Practice by Legal Technicians
• Supreme Court - Limited Practice Rule for Legal Technicians (APR 28) Published for Comments & Comments Received

West Virginia

• HB3302 "Certified Legal Assistant Act" added August 2010

Wisconsin

• Board approves Paralegal Task Force Report
• Wisconsin's Paralegal Practice Task Force Final Report
  January 2004
• Wisconsin Supreme Court denies Licensure & Regulation petition
  April 7, 2008

National Federation of Paralegal Associations, Inc. (NFPA®)
P.O. Box 2016, Edmonds, Washington 98020
Telephone: 425.967.0045 - Fax: 425.771.9588
Email: info@paralegals.org

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