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Findings & Conclusions

Our Mission: To enthusiastically support and promote the paralegal profession in the State of Washington.

President’s Corner

Fall CLE Page 3

Pro Bono Page 5

A Bi-Monthly Newsletter Volume 30 Issue 4. July/Aug 2015

It has been quite a warm summer. The Board has been concentra6ng on ge8ng the new website up and running. My goal

is to have it go live in September just in 6me for membership renewal.

Our next Board mee6ng is scheduled for October 30th and we will be discussing the upcoming Fall CLE and the WSPA plan for the future. The Fall CLE is tenta6vely scheduled for October 24th and there will be a Silent Auc6on. Proceeds from the Auc6on go to CLE scholarships. This year we can accept Credit Cards. More informa6on about the CLE program will follow via email in the coming months.

We now have a SeaNle Chapter director, Pam Hokansen. The Chapter mee6ngs will start up in the Fall months.

There are several open posi6ons for WSPA management. Current openings include Secretary, Job Bank Coordinator, CLE Cer6fica6on Coordinator, Snohomish Chapter Director, East King County Chapter Director, South King County Chapter Director. Serving as a member of WSPA management is a great way to get involved in the day to day opera6ons of the associa6on, boost your resume and shape the profession. Involvement is very rewarding.

For those of you who have been asking about Paralegal week, we will be having it at a standard 6me of the Fourth week of October. This should make planning easier.

I appreciate your comments and sugges6ons about how WSPA can meet your needs and help you get what you want for your personal and professional development. You can email me at [email protected]. Have a happy rest of summer.

President’s Cornerby: Sarah Eisenhauer

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WSPA Wants You Page 7

Minutes Page 15

F I N D I N G S & C O N C L U S I O N S

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Administrator

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Officers

PresidentSarah [email protected]

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Treasurer Debra [email protected]

Immediate Past PresidentBrenda Cothary

Management Directory

NFPA Representatives

NFPA Primary RepresentativeJeniffier Provalenko, [email protected]

Secondary [email protected]

Certification Coordinator

Jeniffier Provalenko, [email protected]

Directors

East King Co. Chapter [email protected]

Northwest Chapter Director Amanda [email protected]

Seattle Chapter DirectorPam [email protected]

Snohomish Co. Chapter Director [email protected]

Spokane County Chapter Director [email protected]

South King County Chapter [email protected]

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Director At-Large, [email protected]

Committee Chairs CLE [email protected]

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Job Bank [email protected]

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The WSPA Annual Fall Continuing Legal Education Seminar is an event designed for your personal and professional development! Join us October 24th for a day of enrichment and information that will help you develop your skills and expand your knowledge.

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Registration includes a delicious lunch buffet and attendance at the CLE program.

Attendance is limited to the first 50. Register early to secure your seat!

Seminar Topics Include:

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Pro Bono – Why do I need to volunteer?

Paralegal Day

Paralegal Day, as declared by Governor Inslee, is October 23, 2015. Join WSPA as we celebrate paralegals and all of the hard work and dedication that is required of each of us to be successful.

PRO BONO WEEK

The American Bar Association has declared October 25 through October 31, 2015 national pro bono week. Celebrate volunteering, helping, and mentoring with WSPA at our Fall CLE

Watch for the complete schedule and registration link after September 1st!

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NFPA and WSPA each offer an annual pro bono award to a practicing paralegal who has exhibited extraordinary dedication to the delivery of quality legal services to a portion of the population that cannot afford to pay for legal services.

Do you volunteer with a pro bono organization? Consider volunteering as WSPA’s pro bono coordinator. The coordinator provides information, resources, and support to those involved with or wanting to be involved with pro bono opportunities. Contact [email protected] if you are interested.




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Definition of a Paralegal – as defined by NFPA and WSPA

A Paralegal is a person, qualified through education, training or work experience to perform substantive legal work that requires knowledge of legal concepts and is customarily, but not exclusively, performed by a lawyer. This person may be retained or employed by a lawyer, law office, governmental agency or other entity or may be authorized by administrative, statutory or court authority to perform this work. Substantive shall mean work requiring recognition, evaluation, organization, analysis, and communication of relevant facts and legal concepts

WSPA WANTS YOU!

WSPA is seeking motivated and energetic paralegals or paralegal students to fill WSPA management positions.

• Secretary

The Secretary is responsible for preparing meeting minutes from all Board meetings. The Secretary is also responsible for keeping all records for the association.

• East King County Chapter Director

• Snohomish County Chapter Director

• Spokane Chapter Director

• South King County Chapter Director

Chapter director positions are responsible for coordinating meetings in their designated areas, which includes arranging speakers and topics, selecting meeting location and marketing WSPA events. In addition, Chapter Directors are required to aDend quarterly Board meetings and write bi-‐‑monthly articles for the newsleDer. Chapter Directors should live or work in the area they represent.

• CLE Certification Coordinator

• Job Bank Coordinator

• Pro-‐‑Bono Coordinator

Being a coordinator is a great way to get involved with WSPA management. The coordinator positions are not mandatory Board positions so there is no requirement to aDend Board meetings. Though, it is highly recommended to aDend the meetings.

In addition, WSPA is seeking volunteers for marketing, event planning, speaker coordination, mentoring, pro bono, etc., If you are interested in any of the above positions, please email a le@er of interest to [email protected]

The EPA & You

Do you have a passion for the environment? Maybe high earnings are not necessarily your ultimate goal?

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funds the Senior Environmental Employment (SEE) program, which provides grants to non-profit agencies, like the National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA) in Seattle, to engage the talents and experiences of people who are at least 55 years of age to do support work at the EPA. Enrollees can maintain or increase their skills while taking on meaningful work that contributes to the environment.

Open positions are usually posted at the State of Washington’s WorkSource and on Craigslist, and distributed to many community based organizations. Occasionally, EPA work groups look for people with paralegal background to provide high quality assistance in their records management, FOIA response work, and program and project support, and these will be posted at the WSPA Job Bank.

Benefits include paid federal holidays, accrued vacation and sick leave, flexible hours, premium-paid health insurance for full-time (30+ hours) enrollees, and enrollee-paid dental insurance.

If you, or someone you know, would like more information about the SEE program, visit http://napca.org/employment-opportunities/see/, or contact Lois Kohashi-Sinclair at [email protected] or 206-838-8163.





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WSPA's Mission: We are dedicated to providing tools and resources necessary to advance the paralegal profession.

Guiding Principles and Values:We are dedicated to the enhancement of the paralegal profession.

We strive for personal and professional development.

We will encourage increased utilization of paralegals to broaden employment opportunities statewide.

We advocate high quality paralegal educational programs in preparation for entry into the profession.

We hold our members to high standards by requiring 10 Continuing Legal Education credits per year to retain full voting status or to hold an office in the Association.

We will monitor proposed state and federal legislation affecting paralegals and will participate in the legislative and regulatory process to represent our Members'ʹ views.


WSPA Vision Statement for 2020 The Washington State Paralegal Association is the regulatory and licensing body of paralegals in Washington State. The Washington State Paralegal Association will define standards of skill and competence for paralegals and legal assistants in Washington State. It has a reputation for being a welcoming, supportive professional organization. It offers opportunities to increase personal and professional growth through educational opportunities and social events. The Washington State Paralegal Association is highly regarded by the public, the media, and public policy makers as the voice of the profession. The Association is influential and politically effective.

WSPA Newsletter Editor P.O. Box 58530 Seattle, WA 98138Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

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Contact [email protected] for additional advertising information. The Editor reserves the right to edit material for clarity, space or advertising.The articles published herein express the opinions of their authors and, unless expressly stated, do not necessarily reflect those of WSPA.Unless otherwise indicated, the authors of the submissions contained in Findings & Conclusions are paralegals. All reports, profiles, summaries, checklists, articles, or other submissions are provided for informational purposes only, and are not intended as legal advice and should not be relied upon for that purpose. All opinions expressed in any submission are the authors’ sole opinion and should not be taken as the opinion or position of the Washington State Paralegal Association.

Original items printed here are the property of WSPA. We ask that National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA) member associations who reprint articles from Findings and Conclusions, credit the article and provide WSPA with a copy as reprinted. Others may not reproduce original material for any purpose without prior, written consent of the WSPA Newsletter Editor.

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10 / 25 - 28 / 2018

NFPA NATIONAL CONVENTION

HOSTED BY WASHINGTON STATE PARALEGAL ASSOCATIONSEATAC HILTON HOTEL & CONVENTION CENTER



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MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS of the Washington State Paralegal Association

March 21, 2015 The Board of Directors of the Washington State Paralegal Association (“WSPA”) met on March 21, 2015 in Tukwila, Washington. Proper notice was sent via e-mail to all Board and Association members. In attendance were the following: Officers Present: Brenda Cothary President Theda Yandell Vice President Sarah Eisenhauer Secretary Chapter Directors: Amanda Gipe Northwest Chapter Director Guests Present: Diane Bevins Administrator WELCOME Introductions of Officers present. Brenda Cothary, President, welcomed and thanked all present and called the meeting to order at 10:15 a.m.

QUORUM REQUIREMENT: When the meeting notice was sent out, there were 2 Directors and 4 Officers serving in office, with 51% or at least 4 such positions needed to be present for a quorum and to conduct business under our Bylaws. We began the meeting with 4 voting persons present so there was a quorum. PAST MINUTES APPROVAL: The Board Meeting Minutes for February 7, 2015 were presented and reviewed. It was motioned that we approve the minutes. It was seconded and passed unanimously. There was no further discussion. OFFICER AND CHAPTER REPORTS: Amanda – planning a Panel discussion meeting. Law Day is on April 30th. Brenda – speaking at Career Day at Highline CC. Sarah – working with Anna Truss on the website. Theda – contacting someone who has interest in being the Seattle Chapter director. FINANCIALS: We discussed increasing the fee for the job bank to $75.00. No decision was made.



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MEMBERSHIP: An email blast will be sent out to members stating that the cutoff for membership renewal will be April 15th. STUDENT DINNER: The dinner went well. A suggestion was made to add a little ice breaker at the beginning to help with networking. Also, we discussed having a “manned” table with WSPA and NFPA information. WEBSITE: We discussed adding a widget for the study group to get documents. NEWSLETTER: Amanda will add an article about Award nominations. NFPA JOINT CONFERENCE: Brenda will go to the Regulation part and Jeniffier and Sarah will go to the Leadership and Certification part. NFPA 2018 CONVENTION: The SeaTac Hilton Hotel has been chosen as the venue for the conference. It will be held on October 25th through the 28th. Theda has started reaching out to vendors and volunteers. She is thinking about scheduling a planning meeting on April 7th at her office. Action Item: Add “Save the Date” message to our email signatures. SPRING CLE: The pricing will be the same as last year which is based on 50 attendees. We need an ethics speaker and another litigation speaker. Action Item: Sarah will send the Paypal button to Mike to add to the website. Action Item: Sarah will send out the confirmation emails to attendees. Action Item: Brenda will follow up with the speakers. NEXT MEETINGS: The next meeting will be held on the following date:

April 12th from 9:00 a.m. to 12 pm.

MEETING ADJOURNED The meeting was adjourned at 1:50 p.m. BOARD APPROVED THE MINUTES ON AUGUST 14, 2015.



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April 12, 2015 The Board of Directors of the Washington State Paralegal Association (“WSPA”) met on April 21, 2015 in via telephone conference. Proper notice was sent via e-mail to all Board and Association members. In attendance were the following: Officers Present: Brenda Cothary President Sarah Eisenhauer Secretary Debra Smith Treasurer Chapter Directors: Amanda Gipe Northwest Chapter Director WELCOME Introductions of Officers present. Brenda Cothary, President, welcomed and thanked all present and called the meeting to order at 9:45 a.m. QUORUM REQUIREMENT: When the meeting notice was sent out, there were 2 Directors and 4 Officers serving in office, with 51% or at least 4 such positions needed to be present for a quorum and to conduct business under our Bylaws. We began the meeting with 4 voting persons present so there was a quorum. SPRING CLE: Brenda will contact schools, Sarah will send out Linked In emails and Amanda will send out Facebook emails about the CLE. The lack of preregistrations was discussed. We decided to drop the price by $25.00 for early bird registration with the price only good until next Sunday. Brenda will send out the flyers to the Thurston and Pierce Counties and Amanda will send to Whatcom and Skagit Counties. Sarah will contact Washington Legal to see if they will send out the flyer to King and Snohomish Counties. We also discussed that we should think about moving the Spring CLE back to Seattle. MEETING ADJOURNED The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 a.m. BOARD APPROVED THE MINUTES ON AUGUST 14, 2015.



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April 19, 2015 The Board of Directors of the Washington State Paralegal Association (“WSPA”) met on April 19, 2015 in via telephone conference. Proper notice was sent via e-mail to all Board and Association members. In attendance were the following: Officers Present: Brenda Cothary President Sarah Eisenhauer Secretary Debra Smith Treasurer Chapter Directors: Amanda Gipe Northwest Chapter Director WELCOME Introductions of Officers present. Brenda Cothary, President, welcomed and thanked all present and called the meeting to order at 10:15 a.m. QUORUM REQUIREMENT: When the meeting notice was sent out, there were 2 Directors and 4 Officers serving in office, with 51% or at least 4 such positions needed to be present for a quorum and to conduct business under our Bylaws. We began the meeting with 4 voting persons present so there was a quorum. SPRING CLE: It was discussed and decided that we would keep the price at the early bird rate. Amanda will send out the Scholarship nominations to the Board for voting on Monday. We received three scholarship applications. We discussed and decided that we would offer free attendance to the scholarship nominees. The winner will be listed in the program. SEATTLE CHAPTER DIRECTOR: Pam Hokanson was nominated to fill the Seattle Chapter Director position. We discussed and the appointment was unanimously approved. MEETING ADJOURNED: The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 a.m. BOARD APPROVED THE MINUTES ON AUGUST 14, 2015.



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June 7, 2015 The Board of Directors of the Washington State Paralegal Association (“WSPA”) met on June 7, 2015 at Bob’s Burgers in Everett. Proper notice was sent via e-mail to all Board and Association members. In attendance were the following: Officers Present: Brenda Cothary President Debra Smith Treasurer Sarah Eisenhauer Secretary Chapter Directors: Amanda Gipe Northwest Chapter Director Julie Wescott South Sound Chapter Director Guests Present: Anna Truss Web Designer WELCOME Introductions of Officers present. Brenda Cothary, acting President, welcomed and thanked all present and called the meeting to order at 10:05 a.m.

QUORUM REQUIREMENT: When the meeting notice was sent out, there were 3 Directors and 4 Officers serving in office, with 51% or at least 4 such positions needed to be present for a quorum and to conduct business under our Bylaws. We began the meeting with 5 voting persons present so there was a quorum. OFFICER AND CHAPTER REPORTS: Julie – will try and schedule a panel discussion of people in the paralegal field for a chapter event. Brenda – Spoke to graduating Paralegal students at Highline CC. Also went to the graduation ceremonies for the LLLT program. OPEN OFFICER, DIRECTOR OR COORDINATOR POSITIONS: We have the following Officer, Director and Coordinator positions open: Secretary At-Large Director East King County Director South King County Director Snohomish County Chapter Director



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Spokane Chapter Director Certification Coordinator Job Bank Coordinator CLE Event Coordinator Marketing Coordinator Pro Bono Coordinator Webmaster Jeniffier Provalenko will temporarily fill the Certification Coordinator position. FINANCES: Brenda will get the most updated financials and membership numbers from Diane. It was discussed that we need to review our contracts in the coming year as we have not reviewed them in some time. MEMBERSHIP: The cut-off date for membership renewal will be June 15th. NEWSLETTER: Jay will send out the newsletter once Brenda sends him the pictures from the LLLT graduation ceremony. SPRING CLE: Brenda will post the pictures to Facebook and then send them to Jay for inclusion in the Newsletter. FALL CLE: We discussed having it in Seattle on October 24th and will include a silent auction. Brenda has volunteered to coordinate the Fall CLE. She will work on getting the speakers. Action Item: Think of topics. Action Item: Each active Chapter will need to put together something for the silent auction. PARALEGAL DAY: It was discussed that we have Paralegal Day on the same day of every year instead of scheduling it around one of our CLE days. It was decided that we would schedule it for the Fourth Friday in October. Action Item: Contact vendors for donation to scholarship fund JOINT CONFERENCE: Brenda, Jeniffier and Sarah learned some good information that they will use to better the association.



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NFPA ANNUAL CONFERENCE: We discussed and decided that Brenda would be the second representative at the conference this year. The Association will pay for the table fee. SCHOLARSHIPS: We discussed adding a scholarship for the LLLT program. WEBSITE: Work is continuing on the new website. Current timeline is to have it done by the end of August. NEXT MEETINGS: The next meeting will be held on the following date: August 30th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 pm MEETING ADJOURNED The meeting was adjourned at 1:00 p.m. BOARD APPROVED THE MINUTES ON AUGUST 14, 2015.


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Washington State Paralegal Association

Membership Application

PO Box 58530, Seattle WA 98138 Membership Year 1/1/2015 to 12/31/2015

WSPA Membership Application- Membership Application form page 1

Important: This form should be used only to apply for new membership. If you are a current WSPA member, please use the Membership Renewal form.

Applicant Name:

Preferred Mailing Address:

Daytime Phone: __________________________

Evening Phone: ___________________________

Fax Number: ___________________________

E-Mail Address(es): Employer Name & Address:

Send Mail to: ! Home ! Work

WSPA Membership (See below for definitions and requirements.)

Check one and submit the appropriate membership fee with your application. Make checks payable to WSPA. Mail check with this form to WSPA, P O Box 58530, Seattle, WA 98138-1530. WSPA is a Washington not-for-profit 501(c)(6) organization, Tax ID # 51-0140447:

! Regular Member - $110.00 Employer Paid? !Yes !No

! Associate Member - $110.00

! Student Member - $60.00 ! Sustaining Member - $300.00

Who referred you to WSPA? (Please be specific so that we can thank them!): ______________________________

Special Qualifications: ! PACE® Registered Paralegal ! LPO ! CLA (Certified Legal Assistant)

Chapter Affiliation(s): ! East King County ! Northwest ! Seattle ! Snohomish County ! South King County ! Spokane ! South Puget Sound ! Central Washington ! Other: _______________________

Check all areas in which you are willing to help: ! Chapter Activities ! Events (CLE's, Convention) ! Membership ! Newsletter ! Job Bank Admin. ! Other:_______________________________________________________________________

**Please visit our website at www.wspaonline.org to sign up for specific list servs. Please note that by participating in these list servs, you will receive regular e-mail updates and have the opportunity to participate in e-mail discussion of issues relevant to the list serv.**

WSPA Membership Application- Membership Application form page 2

Education: (check all completed) ! Assoc. Degree, Paralegal Studies* ! Assoc. Degree, Other ! Bachelor's Degree, Paralegal Studies* ! Bachelor's Degree, Other

! Certificate in Paralegal Studies* ! Master's Degree ! Other Postgraduate Degree ! Other: ____________________________

*Must include 24 semester credit hours (or equivalent) of paralegal specialty courses. See Bylaw 2.1.1 for credit hour requirements.

**If you are currently enrolled in a paralegal studies program, give:

Name of the school/program: __________________________________________________________________________

Location:_____________________________ Length of program:_______________________

Degree expected: Type:_________________ Month & Year:___________________________

Employment: Number of years of experience as a paralegal _______. Current status (Check all applicable):

!Employed full-time as a paralegal !Employed part-time as a paralegal !Employed full-time, not as a paralegal !Employed part-time, not as a paralegal !Full-time student in a paralegal program** !Part-time student in a paralegal program** !Unemployed !Other: _________________________

Employer Type: !Private Law Firm !Government Agency !Public Service Agency !Self-employed/freelance/contract !Corp. Legal Dept./Other Private Industry !Temporary Employment Agency

Practice Areas (check all areas in which you regularly practice): !Admiralty/Maritime !Bankruptcy !Civil Litigation !Collection !Commercial Torts !Contracts !Corporate/Business !Criminal !Elder Law !Employment/Labor !Environmental !ERISA/Employee Benefits !Estate Planning !Family/Domestic !Foreclosures !Government !Intellectual Property !Land Use !Legal Technology !Malpractice/Professional Liability !Personal Injury !Probate !Real Estate !Securities !Tax !Workers Compensation !Other:__________________________________

Definitions Paralegal (NFPA Definition): A paralegal is a person qualified through education, training, or work experience to perform substantive legal work that requires knowledge of legal concepts and is customarily, but not exclusively, performed by a lawyer. This person may be retained or employed by a lawyer, law office, governmental agency, or other entity or may be authorized by administrative, statutory, or court authority to perform this work. For additional definitions, requirements, and various other information, check our web site at http://www.wspaonline.org.

Privacy Policy WSPA’s general policy regarding member information is that we do not share this information indiscriminately. We must share name and mailing address with NFPA in order for you to receive your full membership benefits. We may share name and mailing address with certain legal-related vendors, including seminar sponsors, for a fee. This provides WSPA with non-dues income and allows us to keep our membership fees low. We provide this information in the form of printed labels, and we make it clear that the information is to be used only once. We do not give information to any vendors in electronic form which could be used multiple times. We will share with other members of WSPA any of the contact information which is usually available in the WSPA Membership Directory. This includes name, mailing address, daytime telephone, fax number, e-mail address, employer name, practice areas, and chapter affiliation(s). Any other information which we may maintain about our members is available only to WSPA officers, directors, and committee chairs. However, if your primary mailing address, phone, or e-mail is no longer accurate, we may substitute another address, phone, or e-mail. The alternate information would then become shareable as though it were the primary information for that member. You may specify stronger restrictions on certain of your information than under the standard WSPA policy, by completing and signing the following. Please check if any of the specified items should not be shared with WSPA members or vendors:

Item WSPA Members Vendors Home address (usually shared only if it is the primary mailing address) Work address (usually shared only if it is the primary mailing address) Daytime phone Evening phone √ Fax number √ E-mail address √

Signature: I affirm that the information given in this application is true and correct and that I meet the requirements for the membership category indicated above.

Signed: Date:


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Washington State Paralegal Association 2015 Membership Renewal Form PO Box 58530, Seattle WA 98138-1530 For the Membership Period of 1/1/2015 to 12/31/2015

To file this Renewal Form with your check payment (payable to WSPA), Mail it to WSPA, P O Box 58530, Seattle, WA 98138-1530; Questions? Please email for assistance to: [email protected]

Important: This form should be used only to renew a current or previous WSPA membership. If you are applying for a new WPSA membership, please use the Membership Application form.

Member’s Name: WSPA Membership Number (if known): Mailing Address:

!!!! Check here if this is an updated Mailing Address

Daytime Phone: Evening Phone:

E-Mail Address (primary):

E-Mail Address (secondary):

WSPA Membership (See below for definitions and requirements.) Check one and submit the appropriate membership fee with your application. Make checks payable to WSPA. WSPA is a Washington not-for-profit 501(c)(6) organization, Tax ID # 51-0140447:

" Regular Member - $110.00 Employer Paid? "Yes "No " Associate Member - $110.00

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Definitions & Requirements Paralegal (NFPA Definition): A paralegal is a person qualified through education, training, or work experience to perform substantive legal work that requires knowledge of legal concepts and is customarily, but not exclusively, performed by a lawyer. This person may be retained or employed by a lawyer, law office, governmental agency, or other entity or may be authorized by administrative, statutory, or court authority to perform this work. Substantive shall mean work requiring recognition, evaluation, organization, analysis, and communication of relevant facts and legal concepts.

Membership Types – Regular Membership - $110: Any paralegal (see definition above) living or working in Washington with an associate or

bachelors degree and 24 semester hours in paralegal studies OR having a minimum of three year’s experience as a paralegal as defined by NFPA. Regular members are eligible to vote and hold office.

Student Membership - $50 (until January 15, 2015): Any student currently enrolled in a paralegal program and not eligible for regular or associate membership status. Student membership is limited to 3 years. Student members are eligible to vote and hold office.

Associate Membership - $110: Any paralegal living or working outside Washington, not currently practicing, or retired. Associate members are eligible to vote and hold office. CLE Credits: WSPA recognizes CLE credits are an important part of developing and maintaining one’s skills and abilities.

As such, all WSPA members are strongly encouraged to obtain 10 CLE credits annually. Individuals who earn 10 CLE credits in a membership year will be recognized in the WSPA newsletter Findings and Conclusions, and will be eligible for a 10% discount off the registration fee for one WSPA CLE of his/her choice during the following calendar year. CLE credits may be reported on the attached form.

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DECLARATION OF CLE ATTENDANCE

Year 01/01/20______ to 12/31/20_____

Name: ___________________________________ Member Number (if known): _________________

I declare, under penalty of perjury, that I have attended the following continuing legal education seminars or courses during the indicated year; and that said seminars or courses qualify for CLE credit under the WSPA CLE guidelines:

Date(s) Sponsor Topic Credits

WSPA Approval Code

Total:

Attach additional pages if necessary. If you do not have a WSPA Approval Code, please attach to this Declaration the Sponsor’s Certificate of Attendance or WSPA’s CLE Approval Certificate. Signed: ______________________________________________Date: ___________________________ Email Address where we can reach you regarding this Declaration: _______________________________

To file this declaration, Mail it to WSPA, P O Box 58530, Seattle, WA 98138-1530; Fax it to: 206-575-9255 or scan and email it to: [email protected]

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