Member Spotlight Questionnaire

27 Oct 2022

Member Spotlight Questionnaire

Thank you in advance for taking the time to complete our questionnaire.

NALA's Member Spotlight is a standing column in Facts & Findings Magazine designed to inspire virtual networking by showcasing members and/or certified paralegals. This is your chance to share more about your personal and professional goals, technology tips, interests, great accomplishments, volunteer work, and the like. Don’t be shy. Our paralegal members have a wonderful variety of talents, skills, and interests and we look forward to hearing from you! Please know we have designed this questionnaire to capture information from paralegals who come from various backgrounds. Paralegal experience, education, and certifications will vary from paralegal to paralegal. All paralegal contributions are important and have value. Our individual journeys inspire others. When answering the questions on this form, if a particular section does not apply to you, please type none or not applicable (n/a) as appropriate. There are two sections to this form including a request for your general information and a "Getting to Know You" section, which asks more specific questions about your background. When you get to Section 2, you will be asked to respond to at least five of the 26 getting-to-know-you questions. You are welcome to respond to more questions if you like, but we request that you respond to a minimum of five questions. To make these posts reader-friendly, please keep your responses as conversational as possible. We'd like this to read like an interview, rather than simply responses to a questionnaire. So, please type freely and elaborate as much as you like on the questions that interest you.

Name(Required)

First Last

Email(Required)

Upload Photograph(Required)

In addition to completing this questionnaire, we also ask that you upload your photograph. The photograph can be a “relaxed” photo. It does not need to be a professional headshot. However, please make sure you are the only one in the photo and that the photo has a resolution of at least 300 dpi.

Max. file size: 3 GB.

LinkedIn Profile URL

Please provide your LinkedIn profile URL. If you don't have one, type not applicable or n/a.

Current Employer(Required)

Where is your current employer located?(Required)

List City/State of where your current employer is located.

Position Title(Required)

Major Duties(Required)

What is your educational background? Please only include colleges, universities, or trade schools attended. Include what education institutions you attended and what certificates, diplomas, or degrees were granted.

Are you a NALA CP or ACP?(Required)

Yes, CP

Yes, ACP

What benefits did you experience after certification?

How long have you worked as a paralegal?(Required)

Are you a member of a NALA Affiliate?(Required)

Yes

State the affiliate association, your length of membership with that association, and any positions you have held in leadership with that association. You can also add any additional information you'd like to share about your NALA Affiliate.

What's one thing you’d like to see NALA do/accomplish for its membership?

Section 2 - Getting to Know You!

Please answer at least five questions to ensure that we have enough content to publish. You can answer more than five questions if you would like those responses considered for Spotlight. Please use complete sentences in your responses.

Was being a paralegal your first career or did you transition from another field?

How did you choose the paralegal field?

What did you never think you would be doing that you are doing now (does not have to be work-related)?

Favorite podcast, favorite Netflix (or other streaming service) series?

What are you reading right now?

What do you do to relax (and why)?

What do you consider to be your biggest accomplishment?

What has surprised you most about working in the legal field?

What do you find most challenging about the paralegal field?

What's the best and worst thing to happen since you started working as a paralegal?

What do you wish other people knew about you?

What are some volunteer organizations you have worked with?

Share something about yourself that you're working on improving, and how you think (XYZ) will be better/more productive/run more smoothly once you've accomplished your goal.

What role model or influencer shaped who you are now and what lessons have you learned from them?

What might someone be surprised to know about you?

What would you tell someone who is thinking about becoming a paralegal?

What do you think will change in the paralegal field over the next five years?

If you weren't a paralegal, what would you be doing instead?

How would your co-workers describe you?

What sort of trends do you see in the legal field that will bring change in the near future?

What do you do when you aren't working?

What is your favorite, perhaps little-known, technology tip?

What has been your biggest obstacle in life and how have you mastered it?

Share a life changing epiphany: a moment of life-defining change that shaped you into the person you are today.

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

Is there anything else you want NALA membership to know about you?

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