Membership in the Mississippi Legal Professionals Association NALS...the association for legal professionals

	Who can become a member?

Anyone who works in the legal field. Our members include legal secretaries, legal assistants, paralegals, court reporters, judicial assistants, records managers, word processors, etc.

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.

	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.

	Becoming a member is as easy as filling out the application.
	Click here for a membership brochure.

Mississippi Legal Professionals Association has 15 members who are Life Members of NALS:
	Anita Campbell, PP, PLS (Jackson LPA)	Jamie Roddey, PLS (Pine Belt LP)
	Mary Ellis, PLS (Gulf Coast ALSP)	Renee Roddey (Pine Belt LP)
	Stephanie Floyd, PP, PLS (Tri-County LSPA)	Billie Ruddick, PP, PLS (Gulf Coast ALSP)
	Nancy Gates, PP, PLS, CLAS (Gulf Coast ALSP)	Jeannie Shaw, PP, PLS (Gulf Coast ALSP)
	Glenda Gregory, PP, PLS (Gulf Coast ALSP)	Karen Shearer (Jackson LPA)
	Evelyn Harper, PLS (Jackson LPA)	Jacqueline Thompson (Metro LPA)
	Karen Kuhn, PP, PLS (Gulf Coast ALSP)	Theresa Wilson, PP, PLS (Gulf Coast (ALSP)
	Reba Peden, PP, PLS (Tri-County LSPA)