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Who can become a
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Anyone
who works in the legal field. Our members include legal secretaries, legal
assistants, paralegals, court reporters, judicial assistants, records
managers, word processors, etc. |
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Many
of the attorneys, firms, and corporations that employ our members recognize
and appreciate the value of employees who take every opportunity to enhance
their professional development. They demonstrate this by allowing time for
professional development meetings, encouraging the enhancement of professional
status through certification, and, in many cases, by paying NALS
memberships and participation in educational event. |
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Qualification. Individual
members shall consist of those persons engaged in work of a legal nature, more
specifically described in the standing rules of NALS, Inc., who agree to comply
with the Code
of Ethics and
Professional Responsibility of NALS, Inc.
Member
Classifications. Member
classifications shall be those of NALS, Inc., which are: individual, retired,
life, student, associate, and honorary.
Individual
members shall be members in good standing of a chartered chapter or who work
or reside in a geographic area where a chartered chapter does not exist.
Individual members shall be primary members of only one chapter or state
association.
Retired
members shall be members in good standing, who are retired and have a total
of five consecutive years as a member immediately prior to retirement, and who
have either attained age 62 or have retired due to physical disability.
Life
members include qualified individual members. Dues paid for life membership
are non-refundable, nontransferable, and shall be effective only during such
period as the life member qualifies as an individual member.
Student
members include students attending an accredited program relating to work of
a legal nature and are classified by that school as a "full time
student" and may not vote or hold elective office.
Associate members
include educators, judges, and attorneys, who may not vote or hold elective
office. Individual members may transfer to associate membership upon qualifying
for associate membership.
Honorary
members are selected by the board because of outstanding or special service
for the legal profession or for this Association.
Secondary
Members. Any individual member of another chapter or state association may
apply for secondary membership. Secondary members may not vote or hold elective
office. |
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Becoming a member is
as easy as filling out the application. |
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Click
here for a membership brochure. |
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Mississippi
Legal Professionals Association has 15 members who are Life Members of
NALS:
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Anita
Campbell, PP, PLS (Jackson LPA)
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Jamie
Roddey, PLS (Pine Belt LP)
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Mary
Ellis, PLS (Gulf Coast ALSP)
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Renee Roddey
(Pine Belt LP)
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Stephanie
Floyd, PP, PLS (Tri-County LSPA)
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Billie
Ruddick, PP, PLS (Gulf Coast ALSP)
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Nancy
Gates, PP, PLS, CLAS (Gulf Coast ALSP)
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Jeannie
Shaw, PP, PLS (Gulf Coast ALSP)
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Glenda
Gregory, PP, PLS (Gulf Coast ALSP)
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Karen
Shearer (Jackson LPA)
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Evelyn
Harper, PLS (Jackson LPA)
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Jacqueline
Thompson (Metro LPA)
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Karen
Kuhn, PP, PLS (Gulf Coast ALSP)
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Theresa
Wilson, PP, PLS (Gulf Coast (ALSP)
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Reba
Peden, PP, PLS (Tri-County LSPA)
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