Myra's Associations


Introduction to My Associations:


I belong to a tri-level association, with a national, state, and local level. This association is for all legal professionals who want to increase their knowledge and proficiency in the legal field. Continuing legal education (CLE) is heavily emphasized and members obtain CLE at all meetings. Once you have obtained a certification, there are mandatory CLE requirements to recertify. For example, to recertify your PP Certification, you must obtain 75 hours of CLE within a five-year period.

    Note the three associations with their logos immediately below:
    NALSLogo NALS -- This is the National Level.
    ALSLogo AALS -- This is the State Level.
    BLSALogo BLSA -- This is the Local (Birmingham) Level.

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The Associations

      • AALS, a State Chapter of NALS

ALSLogo The Retreat is a planning meeting for the year ahead. retreat
AALSInTulsa The newly elected officers attend training in Tulsa.
The National Regional Director networks with State Presidents. NancyMyraTulsa
SpeakerBookSignTulsa Members are treated to a book signing by the Keynote Speaker.

After the Legal Education and business
Members just want to have fun!

      • NALS®...the association for legal professionals

      NalsLogo MInNorfolk The National Forum held in Norfolk.
      NorfolkSeminars Members attend many interesting sessions at meetings.
BLSALogo

        • BLSA, Birmingham Local Chapter of AALS

        The local level is the first association one usually has the opportunity in which to be active. After serving on committees and holding officer positions at this level, one may wish to run for office on the State level. One has the opportunity to serve on national level committees at the same time as one serves on the local and state levels. The local association holds regular monthly membership meetings at a local law firm.

        The membership meeting are dinner meeitings and feature:

        A Guest Speaker,
        Attorney from one of the local firms
        (presentation--a legal topic),

        The Business Meeting with discussion of charitable volunteering opportunities.

          Special Events during Legal Professionals Week in October:
          gavelCoffee With The Judges
          gavelLegal Professional Luncheon
          gavelLawyers Night

Certifications

Paralegal Professional
Certification for the Paralegal Professional
PLS
An Advanced Certification for the legal professional
ALS
A basic certification for the legal professional

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