The paralegal profession continues to be dynamic on the national level and DPA
wants to help its members keep up to date on issues. Current "Hot Topics" will be posted
here on a regular basis with links to further information. Also, below you will find a listing of
national organizations that impact the paralegal profession with links to their websites.

HOT TOPICS IN THE PARALEGAL PROFESSION

• Attorney's Fees Law: No Attorney's Fees for Paralegal Services Under EAJA.
  3 January 2007. http://www.feeslaw.com/attorney_fees_experts/2007/01/no_attorneys_fe_1.html
  
• LAT News In Brief http://www.legalassistanttoday.com/news_briefs.htm
  
• NFPA 2006 Salary Survey http://www.paralegals.org/associations/2270/files/NFPA_
  Salary_Survey_Executive_Summary_06_v2.pdf

NATIONAL PARALEGAL REGULATION NEWS

• Report from the 2007 NFPA Regulation Conference in Dallas, TX. 18 April 2007.
  http://indianaparalegals.blogspot.com/2007/04/report-from-2007-nfpa-
  regulation.html
• Law Crossing: Paralegal Regulation http://www.lawcrossing.com/article/pdf/2303.pdf
  
• NFPA - Regulation by State http://www.paralegals.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&
  subarticlenbr=795

VOLUNTARY CERTIFICATION/REGISTRATION BY STATE BAR ASSOCIATIONS

• Florida
  Court Considers Plan to Regulate State's Paralegals. 30 April 20007. http://www.floridabar.org/DIVCOM/JN/JNNews01.nsf/cb53c80c8fabd49d
  85256b5900678f6c/e901b38d7a6a766b852572c6007204dc?
  OpenDocument&Highlight=0,paralegal*
  Unlicensed Practice - Florida Registered Paralegal Program. 16 April 2007
  http://www.floridabar.org/__85256709006A36FF.nsf/9DAD7BBDA218AFE8852570 02004833C5/BB20210B9C5186F385257187006468C7
• North Carolina
  Plan for Certification of Paralegals
  http://www.nccertifiedparalegal.org/
  
• Ohio
  OSBA Establishes Paralegal Credentialing Program
  http://www.ohiobar.org/pubs/newsletters/index.pl?op=view&type=paralegal&
  VolumeID =9&IssueID=29&ArticleID=224
• Texas
  State Bar Adopts New Paralegal Standards
  http://www.texasbar.com/Template.cfm?Section=Committees_List1&Template=/
  ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=15925
  

INTERNATIONAL PARALEGAL REGULATION NEWS

• Canada
  New Paralegal Law Creates Some Controversy. 2 May 2007.
  http://www.thepost.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=510256&catname
  =Local%20News&classif=
  
  The Law Society of Upper Canada - Paralegal Regulation News
  http://www.lsuc.on.ca/paralegals/
  
• Philippines
  The paralegal as a Professional. 17 June 2006.
  http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2006/june/17/yehey/opinion/20060617
  opi1.html
  
  Paralegal Profession Expands to the Philippines
  http://www.lawcrossing.com/article/pdf/2277.pdf
  

NATIONAL PARALEGAL-RELATED ORGANIZATIONS

• America Alliance of Paralegals, Inc. http://www.aapipara.org/ or e-mail to
  aboutaapi@hotmail.com
• American Association for Paralegal Education (AAfPE) www.aafpe.org
• National Association of Legal Assistants, Inc. (NALA) www.nala.org
• National Federation of Paralegal Associations, Inc. (NFPA) www.paralegals.org

PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES

• American Bar Association Standing Committee on Paralegals www.abaparalegals.org
• American Law Institute American Bar Association Committee on Continuing
  Professional
  Education www.ali-aba.net
• Department of Labor Occupational Outlook for Paralegals and Legal Assistants
  • http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos114.htm
• Paralegal Advanced Competency Exam (PACE) http://www.paralegals.org/PACE/home.html