Positions and Issues - Regulation
NFPA Models
- NFPA's Model Act for Paralegal Licensure (updated 9/12/2008)
- Model Plan for Voluntary Paralegal Regulation (updated 10/20/2008)
- Guide Concerning Legislative Issues (3/2007)
National
- Regulation Chart by State (updated October 2019)
- NFPA Response to ABA on Draft Definition of the Practice of Law December 18, 2002
- ABA Commission on Nonlawyer Practice Report (1995 report)
- NFPA Response to ABA Commission on Nonlawyer Practice Report
- Off the Team, but Not Out of the Game: Disbarred and Suspended Attorneys Practicing as Paralegals (pdf of 1998 article in the Reporter)
- NFPA Comments to ABA Discussion Draft on Alternative Law Practice Structure (January 31, 2012)
Arizona
- Arizona State Bar Rule Change Proposals 10/01 (regarding Regulation of the Practice of Law)
- NFPA response to Arizona UPL Committee (Unauthorized Practice of Law)
- Arizona Legal Document Preparer program
- ARIZONA CODE OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION: Legal Document Preparer
California
- NFPA Comments to CA State Bar Civil Justice Strategies Task Force Recommendation for LLLT Pilot Program (May 11, 2015)
- County of Sacramento -- Authorization for Non-Attorney Court Document Preparer (posted June 11, 2003)
- Defining a Paralegal (California Business and Professions Code 6450-6456, defining a paralegal)
- SAMPLE DECLARATION re: Business & Professions Code 6450
- Status of Laws Affecting Paralegals in California March 2002 (Position paper on California Business and Professions Code 6550)
- Defining "unlawful detainer assistant" and "legal document assistant"
- NFPA's Response to California Senate Bill AB 1761 (Act to Define Paralegal)
- Response of The San Francisco Paralegal Association to Assembly Bill 1761 (Act to Define Paralegal)
- California Association of Legal Document Assistants
Colorado
Connecticut
- NFPA Response to CT HB 6477 (added November 2011) (Outsourcing of Drafting, Reviewing and Analysis of Legal Documents)
Delaware
Florida
- Florida Bar Sub-Committee to Study Mandatory Implementation of Rule 20 July 2010
- NFPA Response to FL Supreme Court re: FL Registered Paralegal 11-1-08
- Florida Paralegal Regulation Supreme Court Order 06-1622
- Paralegal Profession Act – Senate bill (Regulation of Paralegals in Florida)
- Registered Paralegal Program – proposal by Florida Bar Association
- Florida Bar petition
Hawaii
- First Response to Hawaii’s Regulating Paralegal, Legal Assistants and Lawyer Assistants Response regarding Hawaii Task Force Proposing Amendment to Rule 5.3 of Hawaii’s Rules of Professional Conduct
- Second Response to Hawaii's Regulating of Paralegal, Legal Assistants and Lawyer Assistants
Illinois
- Establishing a Supreme Court Commission on the UPL January 28, 2002 (Unauthorized Practice of Law)
- Proposed Legal Document Preparer Act – House bill 4686 (Introduced 1/12/06)
Indiana
- Guidelines for Use of Non-Lawyer Assistants
- Indiana Registered Paralegal – proposed Rule 2.2 (Proposed Registration of Paralegals)
Kentucky
Louisiana
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
- January 2009 letter to Honorable Chief Justice Mark Gibbons (regarding the Regulation of Paralegals)
New Mexico
New Hampshire
- 2003 Senate Bill Number 83 Bills on Paralegals in Court, Litigation, Judicial Issues Advance (Discussion of Bill allowing limited Paralegal Practice in Court)
- NFPA's Response to 2003 Senate Bill Number 83
New Jersey
- Response to New Jersey Supreme Court (Regarding the Report of the Supreme Court of New Jersey Standing Committee on Paralegal Education and Regulation)
New York
North Carolina
- North Carolina plan for certification Effective October 1, 2004 (Paralegal Regulation)
- Response to Senate Bill 922/House Bill 957 Paralegal Profession Act June 19, 2003 - pdf format
- Senate Bill 922/House Bill 957 Paralegal Profession Act (History on Plan for Paralegal Certification; Alliance for Paralegal Professional Standards)
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
South Dakota
Texas
- General Guidelines for the Utilization of the Services of Legal Assistants by Attorneys May 1993 (19 pages) - pdf format
- Texas Board of Legal Specialization
- State Bar of Texas Paralegal Division - Paralegal Standards
Virginia
Vermont
Washington
- Regulation/Licensure of Paralegals in Washington Generally
- Certification of Washington Paralegals Generally
- Practice of Law Board (WSBA description) (link updated November 2011)
- Definition of the Practice of Law (General Rule 24)
- Practice of Law Board Rules (General Rule 25)
- Washington State Legal Technicians Rule
- Washington State Non-Lawyer Practice Commission
- Supreme Court - Limited Practice Rule for Legal Technicians (APR 28) Published for Comments & Comments Received
West Virginia
- HB2438 "Certified Legal Assistant Act" added June 2013
- NFPA Response to HB2438 "Certified Legal Assistant Act" added June 2013
- HB3302 "Certified Legal Assistant Act" added August 2010
- Response to HB3302 Certified Legal Assistant Act added September 2010
Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Paralegal Task Force Final Report, January 2004 (Recommending Regulation of Paralegals)
- Wisconsin Supreme Court denies Licensure & Regulation petition (April 24, 2008)
