Full itinerary and details can be found here (price listed from Dallas on this link):

Travelers can already register by going to www.acis.com/register and entering ID: 46775 and Brashears.  There is a $200 discount for registrations prior to May 1, 2025.

Travelers can enroll in automatic payments when they enroll (and receive a $50 discount) or until at least 101 days prior to departure.

For questions, contact Rhonda Brashears:  pd@txpd.org

CLE Requirements for Active or Associate Members:
If you are a current 2023-2024 Active or Associate member (membership expiring on May 31, 2024), you are required to obtain at least 6 hours of CLE, 1 hour of which must be legal ethics (2 hours can be self-study) between June 1, 2023 and May 31, 2024 in order to renew your 2024-2025 membership.  (If you applied for membership after February 25, 2024 you DO NOT need to renew until May 31, 2025.)

Tracking your Required CLE:
Renewing Active and Associate members must document required CLE PRIOR TO completing the online membership renewal application.  You may enter your CLE by accessing the page found on the PD website at www.txpd.org (Go to the Members Only>Manage My CLE Records and log in).  Go online and enter your CLE today!

Help Finding CLE:
The Paralegal Division is here to help you obtain your CLE.  You may attend an on-site CLE or an Online CLE or download a CLEtoGo (podcast) from the PD’s Online CLE.  The Paralegal Division has a CLE website calendar that lists upcoming CLE (view at www.txpd.org) and also houses an Online CLE library for easy access to CLE.

Purchase 3 or more Online CLE and Save purchase 3-4 CLE events and save 10%, purchase 5 or more CLE events and save 20%! Select from over 160 events from our Online CLE Library.
Check out this great offer HERE  This is valid through May 31, 2024.
All topics must be purchased at the same time.

This is notice from the Paralegal Division to all current 2023-2024 members of the Paralegal Division whose current membership expires on May 31, 2024.  The membership renewal process for the Paralegal Division is entirely online.  You will NOT receive a paper renewal form.   Membership renewals end on July 31, 2024, make sure you renew prior to July 31!  

Tracking your Required CLE:
Renewing Active and Associate members must document required CLE PRIOR TO completing the online membership renewal application.  You may enter your CLE by accessing the page found on the PD website at www.txpd.org (Go to the Members Only>Manage My CLE Records and log in).  Go online and enter your CLE today!

NOTICE OF VOTING— March 24 through April 11, 2022

All Active members of the Paralegal Division in good standing as of March 24, 2022 are eligible to vote. All voting must be completed on or before 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022

All voting will be on-line and no ballots will be mailed to members.

Please take a few minutes to logon to the PD’s website (beginning March 25) and cast your vote for your district’s director. The process is fast, easy, anonymous, and secure.

• Between March 24 and April 11, 2022 go to www.txpd.org

• In the MyAccount section, click on “Vote”

• Follow the instructions to login

For the upcoming 2025 Texas Advanced Paralegal Seminar (TAPS), a three-day CLE seminar, the PARALEGAL DIVISION of the State Bar of Texas will award up to two (2) educational scholarships for the three-day registration to attend the TAPS 2025 seminar, “TAPS 2025 Keys to CLE Live!”

Scholarship Deadline is July 11, 2025!

The Scholarship Application can be found HERE

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

We are pleased to offer sponsorship and exhibit opportunities for our upcoming Texas Advanced Paralegal Seminar (TAPS) to be held in Frisco, TX at The Embassy Suites and Convention Center on September 27-29, 2023.  The TAPS event is attended by 225 plus paralegals from across the State of Texas and offers up to 14 substantive CLE hours in various areas of law.  There are 60 plus speakers presenting over the course of three days. The exhibit hall is open on Thursday, September 28, 2023.  The sponsored social is on Thursday, September  28, 2023.

For more information go to our webpage:  TAPS Sponsorships | Paralegal Division – State Bar of Texas (txpd.org)

Visit our 2021 TPJ Advertisements page to see it in action. This 4 Pack Ad rate is only available for a limited time, so do not miss out.

As a Sustaining Member of the Paralegal Division your discount is event better!  You will get 10% off the already reduced cost per ad when purchasing the 4 Pack!  Be sure to log-in prior to purchasing your ad to get all the appropriate discounts!  Once you are on the TPJ sales page you’ll see the information about the ad space and the rates.

Remember our quarterly Texas Paralegal Journal is sent to our entire membership and is also available in the TPJ Archives on our website, so your ad can be viewed by anyone visiting our website.

For any questions, contact:  Rhonda Brashears, PD Coordinator – pd@txpd.org

NOTICE OF VOTING— March 20 through April 7, 2025

All Active members of the Paralegal Division in good standing as of March 20, 2025 are eligible to vote. All voting must be completed on or before 11:59 p.m., April 7, 2025.

All voting will be on-line and no ballots will be mailed to members.

Please take a few minutes to logon to the PD’s website (beginning March 20) and cast your vote for your district’s director. The process is fast, easy, anonymous, and secure.

• Between March 20 and April 7, 2025 go to www.txpd.org

• In the MyAccount section, click on “Vote”

• Follow the instructions to login a

Have you been thinking about joining the Paralegal Division?  Well, through February 25, 2025 you can join for 1/2 price:  https://txpd.org/membership/new-member-application/

There is no better time to join!

Members joining between December 1 and February 25 (Pro-Rated Time Period) join the Division for half price and will be members through the end of the membership year, which is May 31.  Active and Associate members will be required to obtain the mandatory CLE hours for renewal, 6 hours of CLE, 1 of which must be legal ethics.  Two of the six hours can be satisfied with self-study or pro-bono, neither of which can replace the legal ethics requirement.  So, depending on when you join you will have between 3 and 6 months to complete your CLE requirements for renewal.