Susan Witherspoon, RP
NFPA Vice President and
Director of Profession Development
VPPD@paralegals.org
(937) 495-4862
February 23, 2001
NFPA RESPONSIBILITIES HANDBOOK NOW ONLINE FOR USE OF ALL
The National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA) is pleased to announce its most recent contribution to making information freely available on the Internet to persons interested in the paralegal profession. The latest edition of the 60-page handbook Paralegal Responsibilities is now available at www.paralegals.org/ProfessionDevelopment.
The handbook lists in detail the practice areas in which paralegals work and the specific tasks they carry out. Since the first edition was published in 1996, the handbook has been an invaluable resource to attorneys, courts, paralegal educators, prospective paralegal students, students about to enter the profession and paralegals who need factual data to argue for expanding their responsibilities in their workplaces. The details given are the result of careful research by the volunteer coordinators of NFPA who compiled the specific tasks from paralegals around the nation. The handbook is updated as the expansion of paralegal roles and responsibilities requires within the boundaries of law with respect to the unauthorized practice of law.
Persons who want a hard copy of the complete handbook may purchase online by using VISA, MasterCard, or American Express. The price is $15 for NFPA members and $20 for others. For instant reference, however, the entire book may be now accessed electronically.
Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, NFPA is a non-profit professional organization representing more than 17,000 paralegals in the United States and Canada, NFPA is the national voice and the standard for excellence for the paralegal profession through its work on the issues of regulation, ethics and education.
