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Various federal rules were amended, all effective December 1, 2020.  Below is a summary of each.  To review the full text and redline versions of these rules as well as the accompany committee notes, please visit: https://www.uscourts.gov/rules-policies/current-rules-practice-procedure.               Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure 35 and 40 were amended to create length limits for responses to […]

The NALA 2019 Annual Convention will be held July 11-13 at the luxurious Westin Kierland Resort & Spa located in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona. This 3-day educational event will provide attendees with superior networking opportunities, a chance to earn up 13 CLE hours, and over 30 sessions developed to help elevate your paralegal and professional skills. Please see the […]

In January 2019, NALA announced the release of their new  (NALA Official) Certified Paralegal Exam Fundamentals book. This manual is specifically designed to help examinees study for the CP exam. This NALA developed book is written by attorneys, paralegals, and paralegal educators who share their knowledge and skills with examinees specifically to help them study […]

There are significant changes to the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure, Nevada Rules of Appellate Procedure, and the Nevada Electronic Filing and Conversion Rules, which will necessitate careful review by practitioners. A link to the revised rules can be found here:  https://nvcourts.gov/AOC/Committees_and_Commissions/NRCP/Adopted_Rules_and_Redlines/ 

As of January 2018, NALA will be releasing a new CP exam.  For your convenience I have included the NALA announcement on the new CP exam.  If you would like to have more information please go to the NALA website at ww.nala.org/certification. CP EXAM ANNOUNCEMENT

NALA recently had a webinar on the changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that went into effect on December 1, 2015.  If you would like some information on these changes, please check out the below link: Changes to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

For those of you who are a member of NALA and receive the NALA Newsletters every month, you may have seen that NALA is going to have a new website.   According to the newsletter sent on October 20, 2015, NALA has been working on a new website you. The goal of this new website is to provide you with […]

On April 30, 2015, The National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) granted accreditation to the NALA Certified Paralegal program for demonstrating compliance with the NCCA Standards for the Accreditation of Certification Programs. Please see the following link for more information: Click here for more Information

Paralegals and legal assistants do a variety of tasks to support lawyers, including maintaining and organizing files, conducting legal research, and drafting documents.