Paralegal Division News

If you have stopped receiving PD emails or access to the E-Group?  If so, then you may not have renewed your membership.  Please check your account to see if you need to renew and get your membership benefits reinstated.

Check the CLE Calendar often to see if there are any CLE opportunities that apply to you!  It is never too early to start working on those CLE hours for renewal.

Paralegals are entitled to join the College as Associate members.

In delivering the highest quality legal services to clients, the lawyer-paralegal team is an essential element. As the law develops, continuing legal education for paralegals is as important as it is for lawyers. Through associate member status, the College honors paralegals that make a commitment to maintain and enhance their professional skills through attending an extraordinary amount of continuing legal education hours. Requirements and benefits for associate members are the same as for lawyer members of the College except as set forth below.

Consider joining today.  Texas Bar College Paralegal-Member-Application

The Paralegal Division (PD) of the State Bar of Texas is proud to sponsor an Exceptional Pro Bono Service Award.  Its purpose is to promote the awareness of pro bono activities such as those defined by the State Bar of Texas, and to encourage PD members to volunteer their time and specialty skills to pro bono projects within their community by recognizing a PD member who demonstrates exceptional dedication to pro bono service.  Paralegals are invited to foster the development of pro bono projects, to provide assistance to established pro bono programs, and work closely with attorneys to provide unmet legal services to people with low incomes. This annual award will go to an individual PD member, who performed the pro bono service(s) in the State of Texas, and has volunteered his or her time and special skills in providing uncompensated services in pro bono assistance to their community.  The recipient of the award will be announced at the Paralegal Division Annual Meeting Luncheon, his/her expenses to attend the Annual Meeting Luncheon will be incurred by the Division, and a profile of the individual will be published in the Winter issue of the Texas Paralegal Journal.

The nomination form can be found here:  2025 Exceptional_Pro_Bono_Award_Nomination_Form