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Continuing Education

Since its inception, NALA has provided continuing education programs for paralegals. In addition to on-site seminar programs, the association publishes a quarterly journal, text books and reference manuals. 


 

 

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News & Upcoming Events
LEAP Applications Invited - Class of 2010-2011

LEAP Applications Invited Online applications for the fourth year of NALA’s Leadership Enhancement and Preparation (LEAP) program have been posted in the “Members’ Area” of the NALA Website at www.nala.org. Applications for the 2010–11 courses will be accepted through May 1.

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Advanced Paralegal Certification in Personal Injury Released!

Over three years in development, the Advanced Paralegal Certification board announces the ACP Certification program in Personal Injury!

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NALA President Featured Guest on Paralegal Voice

NALA President, Linda J. Wolf, ACP, and paralegal educator, Elizabeth Mann were featured guests on a recent broadcast of the Paralegal Voice, a program of the Legal Talk Network . . . .

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CLA/CP Exam to Go On-Line, Fall 2010

Beginning in September 2010, the Certified Paralegal exam will be offered via computer based testing to testing centers throughout the United States. NALA will be using the 200+ ACT testing center network of colleges and universities, and additional sites may be established in schools without ACT testing centers . . .

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Need a product or service for your office?

The NALA Vendor Directory is a terrific place to start. This is a list of legal vendors offering a great range of help including deposition services, document services, and investigations. Click the link below...
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CLE Directory
This page provides a listing of CLE programs offered nationwide by NALA affiliated associations and by organizations whose programs are approved for Continuing Education Credit for those seeking to maintain their CLA/CP certification. 
The continuing education offerings of NALA include the annual convention and educational workshop in July, the fall CLA/CP Short Course (a three day program) and on-line seminars. 

Seminar Sponsors:  Click to review and download the Seminar Approval Form. This form must be completed for advance approval of continuing education credit for maintaining the CLA/CP credential. There is a $50 fee, $100 for approval with a listing in the CLE directory. The fee is waived for NALA Affiliated Associations.
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NALA Campus LIVE! courses
NALA  35th Annual Convention & Exhibition
July 14-17, 2010
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront
Jacksonville, Florida
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 March 2010
Date/Location March 18-19, 2010
Harrah's Casino & Hotel
Tunica, Mississippi
Title/Sponsor TUNICA 2010:  Divorce Practice with Larry Rice and Friends
Center for Excellence in Continuing Legal Education
CLE Credits
 Available
Earn up to 12 hours of MCLE credit.
Course Subjects Law Practice Management for Real Lawyers
-Clients:  Getting, Keeping, and Sometimes Controlling the Pesky People who Pay the Bills
-Interview
-Pleadings
-Rule 11:  The Best Defense is a Good Defense
-Psychology of Divorce:  Personality and the Legal Process
-DNA & Drugs - CSI Family
-Business Law for Divorce Lawyers
-Discovery:  An Ounce of Discovery Is Worth a Pound of Gold
-Marital Dissolution Agreements
-Alternative Dispute Resolution
-Appellate Practice
 
Contact CECLE
Cheryl Westlake
275 Jefferson Avenue
Memphis, TN  38103
Phone:  901-526-6701
Fax:  901-526-6702

Click here for registration form and detailed schedule www.aboutdivorce.com
 
  
Date/Location March 19-20, 2010
Holiday Inn Resort
1706 N. Lumina Avenue
Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480
Title/Sponsor 30th Annual Meeting and Seminar
North Carolina Paralegal Association, Inc.
CLE Credits
 Available
 Earn up to six hours of MCLE credit, including two hours of non-substantive and one hour of ethics credit.
Course Subjects 60 Technology Tips in 60 Minutes
Making the Most of Mediation
HIPAA, Hi-Tech
Preparing for Mediations and Hearings in Workers Compensation Claims
Changes and Current Updates to Westlaw Software
Trends Affecting the Paralegal Profession
North Carolina Notary Public and E-Notary Public Updates
Contact  Stephanie Elliott-Park, NCCP
1st Vice President and Annual Seminar Co-Chair
704-865-4400

Michelle A. Tuttle, CLA, NCCP
Annual Seminar Co-Chair
336-0816

For more information please contact education@ncparalegal.org
 
 
Date/Location March 27, 2010
Four Points Sheraton
1050 Schooner Drive
Ventura, California
Title/Sponsor Ventura County Paralegal Association
Spring Educational Conference
CLE Credits
 Available
Earn up to five hours of MCLE credit, incluidng two hours of ethics.
Course Subjects Ethical Issues behind Volunteering - Avoid the Pitfalls of a Good Deed
-Identity Theft and the Technology Involved
-Legal Ethics and corporate Officer Fraud
-Technology and Conception: The inheritance rights of posthumous invitro children
-Process Service Facts and Post Trial Document - Essentials Every Legal Practitioner Should Know
Contact Ventura Paralegal Association
P.O. Box 24229
Ventura, CA 93002

springtime.conference@yahoo.com
 April 2010
 Date/Location April 14-16, 2010
Eden Roc Hotel
4525 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL  33140
 Title/Sponsor 2010 Asset Recovery  Conference
Mastering the Tools of Asset Recovery in Post-Madoff Times
International Association for Asset Recovery 
 CLE Credits
 Available
 Earn up to 12.75 hours of MCLE credit
Course Subjects 2010 Asset Recovery
Unleashing the Equitable Powers of Courts to Find and Recover Hidden Assets
Think Offshore Secrecy Havens Are Impenetrable and Beyond Asset Rocovery Reach?
How FinCEN and Bank, Business and Credit Card Records Lead You to Assets
Using Commodities Flow Analysis, Data Mining, Timelines and Other Toolds to Trace the Movement of Value
Asset Recovery Boot Camp
Asset Tracing and Investigative Techniques Top Investigators and Forensic Accountants Use
Third parties can make us whole when theif and loot flee?
How data, when analyzed, can win your asset recovery case
Weapons qualification for law enforcement
Maneuvering cases and moving smartly under the district rules in civil law
How to use technology to your advantage and turn information into convincing evidence
Lessons from masters of strategic asset recovery and forfeiture
Finding asset recovery treasures in the "invisible" and "Historical" Web
 
 Contact International Association for Asset Recovery
Rivergate Plaza
444 Brickell Avenue, Suite 250
Miami, FL  33131
(305) 854-2345 ext. 218
Fax:  786-316-0006
E-mail: dpelland@iaaronline.org

 Registration and updates at   www.assetrecoveryconference.com or www.iaaronline.org
 
July 2010
Date/Location July 9, 2010
Hotel At Old Town
830 E. 1st Street North
Wichita, Kansas 67202-2737
Title/Sponsor  2010 Annual Conference
Kansas Self-Insurers Association
CLE Credits
 Available
Earn up to 6.8 hours of MCLE credit, including one hour of non-substantive credit.
Course Subjects ADAAA
Task loss and Bergstrom
Case Law
MSA Medicare Set Aside and Medicare Claims
Contact Kansas Self-Insurers Association
825 S. Kansas Avenue, Ste. 500
Topeka, Kansas 66612
785-234-8773

For more information click on www.ksia.org
 
 On-line/Continuous Programs
Date/location Continuous
Title/Sponsor NALA Campus Courses  - on-line continuing legal education for paralegals
CLE Credits Available 10 hours per course
Course Subjects
Written Communications, Ethics, Legal Research, Judgment and Legal Analysis, Real Estate, Contracts, Civil Litigation, American Legal System, ADR - Alternative Dispute Resolution
Contact
Visit NALA Campus
 
Date/Location Continuous
Title/Sponsor ATI Professional, Inc.
Fair Housing Laws: An Overview
CLE Credits Available Maximum of 3 hours
Course Subjects This course is meant to provide an overview of fair housing laws with a focus on the 1988 Fair Housing Amendments Act and the published HUD guidelines. The course will list in detail what constitutes a violation of the act and what can be done to avoid such violations.
Contact ATI Professional, Inc.
Tatum Bandy
5130 S. Ft. Apache Rd, #215-245
Las Vegas, NV 89148
www.atipro.coursehost.com
 
Date/Location Continuous
Title/Sponsor ATI Professional, Inc.
Foreclosure Law & Loss Mitigation in the Lending Industry
CLE Credits Available Maximum of 4 hours
Course Subjects This course is meant to educate legal industry professionals who deal with real estate on the legal aspects of a foreclosure and also the procedural aspects that go into the negotiating process with banks for the purchase of foreclosed properties. After the successful completion of this course the student will understand the legalities associated with a foreclosure and also the methods which can be used to negotiate with a bank to purchase a foreclosed property. The student will also learn some of the ways in which banks extend foreclosure deadlines thus allowing the home owner more time to complete the sale of their home. With foreclosures at an all time high, this information is crucial to industry professionals who deal with foreclosures.
Contact ATI Professional, Inc.
Tatum Bandy
5130 S. Ft. Apache Rd, #215-245
Las Vegas, NV 89148
www.atipro.coursehost.com
 
Date/Location Continuous
Title/Sponsor Business Writing Center
CLE Credits 10 hours non-substantive credit
Subjects Legal proofreading skill
Contact http://businesswriting.com/480us/

Business Writing Center
writingtrainers.com
2 Payne Place
Normal, IL 61761
800-827-3770
Fax:  309-452-9357
 
Date/Location
Continuous
Title/Sponsor
Legal Researching on Google -
On-line Training
Global Information Research and Retrieval LLC
CLE Credits
2 hours
Subjects
How Google works in relation to legal research
Feature functions used to find information for the legal researching community
Contact
Donna Fryer
Global Information Research & Retrieval LLC
1577-D New Garden Road, #700
Greensboro, NC 27410
www.searchitright.com/paralegals.html
 
Date/Location
Continuous
Title/Sponsor
Ethical Considerations for Attorneys Conducting Competitive Intelligence
Global Information Research and Retrieval LLC
CLE Credits
1 hour
Subjects
Defining competitive intelligence, ethical considerations, and standards attorneys must use for their law firms and clients.
Contact
Donna Fryer
Global Information Research & Retrieval LLC
1577-D New Garden Road, #700
Greensboro, NC 27410
www.searchitright.com/paralegals.html
 
Date/Location
Continuous
Title/Sponsor Public Records Research and Ethics of Research
Global Information Research & Retrieval, LLC
CLE Credits 2 hours
Subjects
 With this training you will learn how to:
  • Understand the ethics behind public records research when it is done properly and legally.
  • Understand the difference between online limitations and offline, manual research.
  • Realize the information that can be sought and the parameters surrounding that information.
  • Talk through different public records research gathering scenarios regarding their ethical boundaries.
  • Relay the process law firms need to run through for public records research strategies.
Contact
SearchitRight
1577 D New Garden Rd, Suite 700
Greensboro, NC 27410
336 665-0977 phone 
www.SearchitRight.com
 
Date/Location Continuous
Title/Sponsor Filling in the Gap Between Public Records and Fee Based Services:  Finding People Information on the Web and Web 2.0
Global Information Research & Retrieval, LLC
CLE Credits 1 Hour
Subjects
With this training you will learn how to:
  • Understand what is available to research on the Web and the Web’s limitations.
  • Understand the difference between searching the Web and Web 2.0.
  • Realize the information that can be sought and the parameters surrounding that information.
  • Explore a whole new area of research possibilities through searching different techniques on Web 2.0 gateways.
  • Discover strategies to find more information than was ever available before regarding people information that cannot be found through public records.
Contact
SearchitRight
1577 D New Garden Rd, Suite 700
Greensboro, NC 27410
336 665-0977 phone 
www.SearchitRight.com
 
Date/Location Continuous
Title/Sponsor Live Case Management/Electronic Case Filing (CM/ECG) E-Filing Training
Watkins Consulting, LLC, Las Vegas, NV
CLE Credits 3 hours
Subjects The workshop classes are for groups to be held in-house at client sites, including law offices, association venues or at the venue choice of the client.

Live Case Management/Electronic Case Filing, E-Filing Training classes are for attorneys and other legal professionals. Each class is a hands on training workshop utilizing live instruction and computers. Each class is 3 hours in duration, with up to a maximum of 15 participants. Provider will use CM/ECF "e-filing" modules utilized by the US Federal Courts and will provide the content and employ the structure as utilized by the US Federal Courts. Upon successful completion by participants, they should be able to effectively use the  mandatory e-filing system of the US District Federal Court System.
Contact Watkins Consulting,  LLC
8550 W. Charleston Blvd. #102-370
Las Vegas, NV 89117
213-400-0175
Watkinsconsult@yahoo.com
 
Date/Location Continuous
Title/Sponsor
Internet Research Tips for the Paralegal
CLE Credits
Up to 3 hours non-substantive credit; .5 hours substantive credit
3.5 Florida CE Credits for Florida Registered Paralegals
Subjects
This seminar focuses on research techniques intended to enhance and streamline the litigation process through effective internet research. Several city, county, state and national web sites will be analyzed during this presentation. Strategies and techniques for obtaining useful information outside the scope of public records will also be addressed.
Contact
Please contact M. Andrew Sperber, Esq., (speakerofthehows@yahoo.com) for information regarding specific dates, times, and locations (throughout Florida).