How do I become a board certified paralegal by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization?


The Texas Board of Legal Specialization (TBLS) offers an examination to certify paralegals in certain specialty areas of law. Those specialty areas of law are: Personal Injury Law, Civil Trial Law, Family Law, Real Estate Law, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Criminal Law and Oil, Gas and Mineral Law. The Texas Board of Legal Specialization (TBLS) sets the requirements to be eligible to sit for this examination. The application period begins each year in January and the test is administered in the Fall of each year.

To learn more about this examination, please contact TBLS at:
Mailing Address
Texas Board of Legal Specialization
P.O. Box 12487, Capitol Station
Austin, TX 78711-2487

Street Address
Texas Board of Legal Specialization
505 E. Huntland Dr., Ste. 400, LB 28
Austin, Texas 78752

Phone 
1-855-277-TBLS(8257)

You may also visit their website at www.tbls-bcp.org.