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 Active membership
certificate? Please complete the order
form found on www.txpd.org under
Members-Only area 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. 1383 or email at rcarbajal@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 EGroup
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 CHANGES TO MEMBER INFORMATION
procedures located on this page.
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. You will be required to respond to an
email confirmation. Once you have completed
the 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 (access by USER ID and
Password), click on PD E-Group, enter
your E-Group password, unsubscribe the
current email address, and create a new
email address where you want to receive
your PD E-Group messages. You will be
required to respond to an email confirmation.
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