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Continuing Education
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NALA has produced continuing education materials for paralegals for over 30 years. From the release of the first NALA Manual for Legal Assistants in the 70's, to today's web-based Advanced Paralegal Certification programs, NALA has been dedicated to providing the best in CLE for all paralegals.
Continuing education credit for Certified Paralegals is available for most NALA CLE programs. Consult the individual program description for details.
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NALA Campus is THE place for details about NALA on-line programs. Click the image to visit NALA Campus.
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Two new books have been added to the NALA bookstore!
One on using computers in the law office and the other on electronic legal research. Check it out!
Evaluation Forms
For any class you take here are the evaluation forms
NALA Campus
NALA Campus LIVE!
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News & Upcoming Events |
Commercial Bankruptcy APC Course Released!
A new Advanced Paralegal Certification (APC) course in Commercial Bankruptcy under Chapters 7 and 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code is now available to paralegals seeking advanced certification in this specialty practice area. ...
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CLE Gift for NALA Active Members!
Active members of NALA - new and renewals - are receiving an $80 gift certificate from NALA to apply toward any NALA educational program or Facts & Findings subscription ...
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New for Certified Paralegals!
Now, Certified Paralegals may access their records of continuing education credits on-line, on a 24/7 basis. In addition, this access also works on smart phones and tablets. Now, information about your progress in accumulating the required 50 hours is at your finger tips!
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Advanced Paralegal Certification in Criminal Litigation Released!
Several years in development, the Advanced Paralegal Certification board announces the ACP Certification program in Criminal Litigation!
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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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Other Specialty Areas
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Registration fees are $80 per course for NALA members, and $105 for non-members. Fees vary for courses presented in two parts.
The audio portion of the presentation is conducted via telephone conference call. This is a toll free call.
For groups, more than one participant per site, is $80 for one NALA member or $105 for one non-member registrant plus $45 for each additional person. Participants must register in order to receive Certificates of Attendance and CLE credit. Registrations of groups are handled through NALA Headquarters. Contact Mariah Williams at mwilliams@nala.org.
CLE credit toward maintenance of the CP credential is available for completion of NALA Campus LIVE! programs. The maximum credit available is two hours per course.
For a list of the courses as in date order please click here.
Marci S. Johns, J.D.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Noon – 2 pm Central Time
According to the Department of Health & Human Services, the population aged 65 and over will increase from 35 million in 2000 to 40 million in 2010 (a 15% increase) and then to 55 million in 2020 (a 36% increase for that decade). As the elder population increases, qualified legal professionals are needed to understand the multitude of issues associated with comprehensive legal representation.
This course will prepare paralegals currently working in any area of law with the skills needed to address the needs of their elderly clients. Paralegals are essential players in investigating and uncovering important personal and/or financial issues affecting the elderly client. Many times, these issues and their dramatic impact on the elderly are unbeknownst to the client or the client’s family. Therefore, an understanding of elder law, the elderly client, and the resources available are essential to success.
Specifically, the learning outcomes for this course include:
Participants will understand how to create a therapeutic environment for the elder law client;
Participants will identify estate planning and probate issues applicable to elder law clients;
Participants will consider important long-term care implications for the elder law client; and
Participants will identify the signs of elder abuse and understand how to properly report elder abuse cases by the identification of agencies responsible for the prosecution of offenders and protection of the victims.
Marci S. Johns is a Professor of Criminal Justice & Legal Studies and Legal Studies Director at Faulkner University in Montgomery, Alabama. Mrs. Johns received her Bachelor of Arts in History and Master of Public Administration degrees from Auburn University Montgomery and her Juris Doctorate degree from the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law at Faulkner University. Prior to full-time teaching and program administration with Faulkner University, Mrs. Johns was a law clerk with the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals and a practicing attorney predominately in the areas of elder law, estate planning, and probate.
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Rebecca E. Patty
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Noon - 1:30 pm Central Time
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Conference ID – 3343
The course content will include the following subject matter: an overview of the major environmental acts (Clear Air Act, Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act). Discussion of the practical skills needed to work as an environmental paralegal.
Rebecca E. Patty currently serves as an Associate General Counsel for the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, having served in that position since 1992. As such, Ms. Patty conducts the negotiation and complex litigation of all types of administrative, civil, and personnel proceedings. She also conducts legal research and opinion writing for the Department, supervising rulemaking and regulation adoption for the Land Division, prosecution of administrative orders to ensure environmental compliance, assistance in permit writing and rendering advice and counsel to the Land, Air, Water, and Coastal Divisions of the Department. (RCRA, CWA, CERCLA). In the past Ms. Patty has served as an Administrative Hearing Officer for the Department during public notice hearings on regulation changes. Ms. Patty’s qualifications also include conducting defensive litigation on behalf of ADEM during appeals of terminated employees, and EEOC.
In 1987, Rebecca Patty received her B.A. degree in Political Science and English from Jacksonville State University. She received her J.D. degree from the Cumberland school of Law in May, 1990. She was admitted to the Alabama State Bar in September, 1990. Ms. Patty is admitted to practice in the state and all federal courts in Alabama, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the District of Columbia Courts and the United States Supreme Court.
Ms. Patty also is a distinguished professor having taught at Samford University, Troy University, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the Birmingham School of Law.
In 2008, Ms. Patty was awarded the Alumna of the Year award by Jacksonville State University for her career achievements and work with her alma mater.
In 2010 Ms. Patty published an article in September/October 2010 issue of Facts & Findings. Ms. Patty also that year presented her first seminar for NALA Campus LIVE!
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Getting Dirty: Public Finance Transactions with a Real Estate Component
Eva Merrell, ACP
Monday, March 12, 2012
Noon – 1:30 pm Central Time
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Conference ID – 3334
In this course participants will learn how real estate is incorporated into industrial revenue bond, leasehold revenue bond, and other public finance transactions where a general obligation pledge is not permitted or preferred. In this course we will review real property conveyance, lease, and securitization and other “dirt lawyer” practices in the public finance arena.
This course is designed to appeal to paralegals with an intermediate understanding of public finance, real estate, or other transactional work. Upon completion, paralegals will have gained an understanding of public finance transactions involving real estate, the main documents used in securing the collateral, and the role of real estate review in such transactions. Participants will also have been introduced briefly to tax increment financing and special taxing districts.
Eva M. Merrell, ACP, a senior paralegal at the St. Louis, MO, firm of Armstrong Teasdale LLP since 1998, specializes in the areas of public finance and real estate. She co-presented the Paralegal Section, Fundamentals of Municipal Bond Law for the National Association of Bond Lawyers in 2007-2009. She has served in a number of positions for the St. Louis Paralegal Association since 1997, including her current role as Job Bank Chair. She received her BS Degree in Public Administration from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and her Paralegal Certificate from The American Institute for Paralegal Studies. She was the first paralegal in Missouri to be awarded the ACP specialty in real estate.
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