Important News
Continuing Legal Education
ONLINE
CLE
The
Paralegal Division offers online CLE via the PD website. To
participate in online CLE, please go to www.txpd.org and select CLE/Events.
CLE REQUIREMENT
ACTIVE
AND ASSOCIATE members of the Paralegal Division are required to obtain six (6) hours of CLE (2 of
which can be self-study). CLE hours must be obtained
between June 1 – May 31 of each year.
CLE
CALENDAR
A
statewide CLE calendar can be found on the PD website at www.txpd.org under Upcoming
Events/CLE. You can find a variety of CLE programs
offered around the State. Please check the PD website often because the calendar is updated weekly.
Membership Information
CHANGES
TO MEMBER INFORMATION
Paralegal
Division members can now change their credentials, addresses, email addresses, preferred mailing
address and/or phone numbers via the State Bar of Texas website.
Go to www.texasbar.com; click on
MyBarPage (top of home page). If you have never visited this page, you will need to set up a
pin/password. Your password to set up your NEW Pin/password is the last four digits of your
social security number (if the State Bar does NOT have your social security number on file, you will
not be able to use this area nor will you have access to MyBarPage); once you set up the new
pin/password, you will be able to enter this section of the website to update your member records.
If you have any problem accessing this page, please contact the Membership Department at
1/800-204-2222, ext. 1383.
MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE (Active Members Only)
Need to replace your membership certificate? Please complete the order form found on www.txpd.org and follow instructions. The cost to replace an Active Membership Certificate is $15.00.
MEMBERSHIP
CARD
Need
to replace your membership card? Please send $5.00 made
payable to the Paralegal Division along with a letter requesting a new membership card to the
Membership Department, State Bar of Texas, P. O. Box 12487, Austin, TX
78711.
Were
you ever issued a membership card? If no, please
contact the Membership Department of the State Bar of Texas at 1/800/204.2222, ext. 2114 or email at
jmartinez@texasbar.com
DELL COMPUTER DISCOUNT
The
number assigned to the Paralegal Division by Dell Computer Corp is:
SS2453215. This is the number you should use to receive the 10% discount for purchase of
computers. However, Dell does not have the 10%
discount special continuously. Dell sends a notice when
the discount is offered to our members at which time it is forwarded to the PD members via the PD
E-group. You may try to use this number anytime, but
there are no guarantees that you may receive the discount at the time of access.
Notices will continue to be forwarded to the PD E-Group when the discount is offered by Dell
Computer Corporation.
PD
Website Information
MEMBER
DIRECTORY ONLINE
A
membership directory is set up on the PD website under the Members Only area.
By default, your membership information is listed in the online membership directory.
If you would like to suppress showing your listing to other members, go to the Members
Only “Edit My Profile” function to display your listing and then uncheck the “publication”
box. If you haven’t already done so, you might want
to include info about adding member specialties through the same interface.
If you need changes made to the online membership directory, you must make those changes
using the procedures set out in the above CHANGES TO MEMBER INFORMATION procedures.
MEMBERS
ONLY AREA
The
Members Only area of the PD website is for current members of PD only.
If you are a member of the Paralegal Division and cannot access this area, please send an
email to pd@txpd.org with your particular problem. Access
is automatically given to members of the Paralegal Division. Access
to the members-only area is available within two weeks from the date of the acceptance notice mailed
to the individual by the Paralegal Division Coordinator.
PD
E-GROUP
How do I sign up for the PD E-Group?
Going
to trial in a “foreign” jurisdiction and want some tips from those who have gone before?
Need a form but do not know where to turn? Then you need to sign up for the PD E-group!
This is a members-only group and a benefit of being a member of the Paralegal Assistants
Division (PD).
To sign up, go to www.txpd.org, click on Members-Only and choose E-Group.
There will be directions on how to sign up. Once you have signed up, you will begin receiving emails from the members of PD.
For those who prefer not to be interrupted with email notifications, select “digest” for
the PD email exchange. Emails are collected and
distributed one time a day in one email.
How
Do I change my PD E-group email address?
Instructions:
The
PD E-Group created by the member is Password-protected, only the member has access to change a
member’s PD E-Group email. Go to www.txpd.org,
click on Members-Only, click on PD E-Group, enter your password, unsubscribe the current email
address, and create a new email address where you want to receive your PD E-Group messages.
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