National Federation of Paralegal Associations

Positions and Issues - Responses and Comments

The various responses and comments that NFPA has made to bills and other organizations' proposed policy drafts have been collected here for your convenience.

NFPA Comments to NY Task Force To Expand Civil Legal Services (Sept 12, 2013)
- attachment: NFPA Non-Lawyer Practice Position Statement
NFPA Comments to ABA Task Force on the Future of Legal Education (July 8, 2013)
- attachment: NFPA Non-Lawyer Practice Position Statement
NFPA Response to HB2438 "Certified Legal Assistant Act" (West Virginia; May 31, 2013)
- attachment: West VA letter 8-2010
- attachment: Certification Comparison Chart April 2013
NFPA Comments to ABA Discussion Draft on Alternative Law Practice Structure (January 31, 2012)
NFPA Response to CT HB 6477 (Outsourcing of Drafting, Reviewing and Analysis of Legal Documents) (November 2011)
Response to HB3302 Certified Legal Assistant Act added September 2010 West Virginia
January 2009 letter to Honorable Chief Justice Mark Gibbons (regarding the Regulation of Paralegals in Nevada) (January 12, 2009)
NFPA Response to FL Supreme Court re: FL Registered Paralegal (November 1, 2008)
Regarding DoL's request for comment regarding the exempt/non-exempt status of paralegals (June 27, 2003)
Response to Senate Bill 922/House Bill 957 Paralegal Profession Act June 19, 2003 - pdf format North Carolina
NFPA's response to "proposed Rules Governing the Unauthorized Practice of Law" (June 17, 2003)
NFPA's Response to 2003 Senate Bill Number 83 New Hampshire (May 21, 2003)
NFPA Response to ABA on Draft Definition of the Practice of Law (December 18, 2002)
Second Response to Hawaii's Regulating of Paralegal, Legal Assistants and Lawyer Assistants (March 29, 2001)
NFPA response to Arizona UPL Committee (Unauthorized Practice of Law) (February 20, 2001)
NFPA's Response to California Senate Bill AB 1761 (Act to Define Paralegal) (February 16, 2000)
Response to New Jersey Supreme Court (Regarding the Report of the Supreme Court of New Jersey Standing Committee on Paralegal Education and Regulation)
NFPA Response to ABA Commission on Nonlawyer Practice Report (June 1995)

modified 9/25/2013

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