Welcome to the Legal Assistants Division subportal! The Division's subportal is open to all North Carolina Advocates for Justice legal assistant members. We invite you to peruse these pages to learn more.

The legal assistants now have a vote on the NCAJ Board of Governors -- this is unparalleled and unprecedented as no other bar organization in the the nation affords legal assistants a vote. Read All About it!

"...Soon after the 1982 seminar, the NCPA was contacted by Katie Thorpe, Executive Director of the then, Academy, with respect to the formation of a division in the NCATL. An invitation was extended to attend the April 29, 1983, meeting of the Board of Governors (BOG) to be held in Pinehurst. Alice Penny (NCPA Chair), Joan Dressler (NCPA President), and Pat McElroy (NCPA liaison to NCATL) attended that now famous meeting and made a presentation of proposals and answered questions. After discussion (while we held our breath) the BOG voted to support the concept of an auxiliary for associate members by recommending to the general membership 1) that a new category of membership designated Paralegal Affiliate Members be created and 2) that a Legal Assistants Committee be formed by making a change in the Constitution and By-Laws of the Academy. The BOG further declared that benefits "will include continuing legal education, manuscripts, listing in the membership directory, access to the cassette library and Trial Briefs; members will not be entitled to vote or hold office." By September, 1983 Article III, Section B of the Constitution and By-Laws was amended by adding a new category for "Paralegal Affiliate Members." Academy President James R. Van Camp sent out the first welcoming letters in September, 1983, and included an invitation to "work on the Legal Assistant’s committee.""

Read the rest of Alice Penny's article, "In the Beginning, the Academy Believed in Us," chronicling the history of the LAD.

Chair: Rhonda Rodenbough (Winston-Salem)
Vice Chair: Erica McAdoo (Raleigh)
Immediate Past Chair: Karen Parrish (Greensboro)
CLE Chair: Deborah Sanders (Fayetteville)
CLE Committee:
Angela Beach (Hickory)
Kathi Gemza (Charlotte)
Betsy Hayes (Raleigh)
Nancy Langdon (Raleigh)
Marsha Myers (Charlotte)
Kimberly Reed (Morganton)
Kristy Spence (Raleigh)
Legislative Chair: Nicole Dozier (Raleigh)
Membership Chair: Debbie Boggess (Stanley)
Public Education Chair: Charlotte Anne Mangum (Raleigh)
Publications Co-Chair: Kathryn McAllister (Durham)
Publications Co-Chair: Elizabeth Weatherspoon (Chapel Hill)

Good News! As a member of the Legal Assistants Division You are Entitled to One Free Section!

NCAJ's Sections Definitely Have You Covered:

Capitalize on the Professional Resources that a NCAJ Section Offers: Section-specific listserv, CLEs, statewide meetings or networking socials, online trial notebooks or document banks, electronic newsletters and much, much more!

The Ultimate Benefit of Section Membership is inclusion in a vibrant, statewide community of other NCAJ members who practice in the same area of law as you and who will provide you with professional expertise, support and idea exchange.

NCAJ Provides a Wide Range of Sections (more than most TLAs in the nation): Auto Torts, Civil Rights, Commercial Litigation (free through June 2011), Consumer Areas of Practice, Criminal Defense, Disability Advocacy, Eminent Domain, Employment Law, Family Law, Juvenile Defense, Nursing Home Litigation, Products Liability, Professional Negligence, Small Office Practice, Workers Compensation.

Contact AndreaD@ncaj.com with your free Section selection. In addition to being enrolled as a Section member, your email address will be subscribed to the Section listserv.

CLICK HERE to access the listserv from Trialsmith. You will be directed to the Trialsmith website and will need to login with your email address (username) and Trialsmith password. If you forgot your password, type in your username and click on "Forgot Your Password?" from the Trialsmith homepage and it will be emailed to you.

The listserv address is: ncaj_legalassistants@lists.trialsmith.com

To join the listserv, contact Andrea Davis at NCAJ to set-up your listserv account.
Please click here for the Listserv Protocol & Security.
Please click here for a Listserv FAQ.
Listserv Membership List Updated September 19, 2011

Division By-Laws Updated July 2009
Membership List. Updated September 19, 2011

LAD Newsletters

March 2011

December 2010

September 2010

February 2010

August 2009

February 2009

Print: CLE/CPE Certification of Attendance Form

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