Professional Issues

• BAR ASSOCIATION
  • State Bar Survey
  
  
  
• ETHICS
  
  
• EXEMPT VS. NON-EXEMPT STATUS
  
  • NFPA's response to DOLJune 27, 2003
  • 29 CFR Part 541 - Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees; Proposed Rule March 31, 2003
  • Effect of the DOL v. Page & Addison Decision on Exempt/Non-exempt Status
  • To Pay or Not to Pay: That's a Good Question (2001 article)
  
  
  
• DEFINITION OF A PARALEGAL
  
  • NFPA's Definition of a Paralegal
  • Definition of a Paralegal By Courts, Legislatures and the Bar Associations
  • Listing by state of the definition of a paralegal (not totally inclusive)
  • Article entitled "Who are You?" regarding the definition of a paralegal written in 1998.
  • If you have other definitions you feel need to be added to this list send your information to info@paralegals.org.
  
  
  

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• LAW UPDATES - cases, bar opinions and articles on matters from paralegal fees, UPL, paralegal regulation and much more.
  
  
  
  
• HISTORY OF COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
  
  
  
  
• MISCELLANEOUS
  
  • Attorney-Client and Attorney Work Product Privileges: Their Application to Paralegals
  • Statement on Issues Affecting the Paralegal Profession (2001 publication)
  • What to Do When You Learn about a Court, Bar Association or Legislative Activity in Your State Which May Affect Paralegals? (1994 article)
  
  
  
• RECOVERABILITY OF PARALEGAL FEES
  
  • Model Legislation Providing for the Recoverability of Paralegal Fees
  • Recovery of Paralegal Fees
  • Why Do the Courts Keep Denying Paralegal Fees in Attorney Applications for Fees? (1998 article)
  • Billing Paralegal Time (1999 article in Reporter)
  
  
  
• REGULATIONS (National and State)
  
  
  
• ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
  
  • Freelance Paralegals: Trade Secrets of Success
  • NFPA's Telly Award Winning Video "Paralegals: Enhancing Practice, Professionalism & Profitability," can be viewed at no charge. You will need to add it to the shopping cart and proceed through the checkout.
  • Paralegal Professional Responsibilities
  • Statement of NFPA for the New Roles in the Law II: Improving Citizen Access to Justice (HALT) (1996 Report)
  • Agencies That Allow NonLawyer Practice
  
  
  
• UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW
  
  • Position Statement on the Unauthorized Practice of Law in New York State - pdf format - (Feb. 1, 2003)
  • Unauthorized Practice of Law (1996 article)
  • How Much Is Too Much? Paralegals' Duties and the Unauthorized Practice of Law (1999 article)
  • Model for State Statute to Exempt Paralegals from Unauthorized Practice of Law

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