IMPORTANT NEWS
ANNUAL MEETING
MARK YOU CALENDAR – The Annual
Meeting of the Paralegal Division is scheduled
for June 27, 2008 in Houston, TX.. The Paralegal Division offers online CLE
via the PD website. To participate in online
CLE, please go to www.txpd.org CLE 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.
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 a $5.00 check or money order
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 Corporation is:
SS2453215. This is the number you will 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 WILL
receive this 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” functions 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.
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