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Continuing Legal Education (CLE)

Continuing Legal Education helps experienced professional paralegals keep current with changing laws and practices.

National Association of Legal Assistants - All Certified Legal Assistants must submit evidence of completion of fifty (50) hours of Continuing Legal Assistant Education every five (5) years, which must include five (5) hours on the subject of legal ethics, to maintain valid certification.  Check out NALA's Campus.  NALA Convention and CLE event offered annually.

National Federation of Paralegal Associations - To maintain the RP credential, 12 hours of continuing legal education is required every two years, with at least one hour in ethics. Check out NFPA's Online CLE courses.  NFPA Convention and CLE event offered annually.

Check with your state bar association or regulating agency for continuing education requirements in the state which you work as a paralegal.  Use this list of Legal Associations & Organizations to help you get to where you need to go:

 

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