Membership

Types of Membership

Voting:  A person eligible for voting membership shall:

• be currently employed full time as a paralegal for in-house counsel
• verify employment by having a supervising attorney complete the Attorney Verification portion of the Membership Application Form
• meet the following definition a paralegal and one of the following additional requirements:
  1. Definition of Paralegal A paralegal is an individual who is qualified through education, training, or work experience, and is employed, under the ultimate direction and supervision of an attorney, to assist in-house counsel for a corporation/company, hospital, or other entity in a capacity or function which involves the performance of specifically delegated substantive legal work, which, for the most part, requires a sufficient knowledge of legal concepts that, absent such assistance, the attorney would perform.
  2. Present valid proof of completion of a full course of studies for training as a paralegal at a college, university, or other post-secondary school; or
  3. Have been employed as a paralegal (as defined in Section 2.1) for a minimum of 12 consecutive months, which employment shall be verified by affidavit executed by an attorney on a form prescribed by the Board of Directors.

Associate:  Same requirements as above, but not currently employed as a paralegal for in-house counsel. An associate member may fully participate in the affairs of the Association, except that they may not vote or serve as an Officer, Chairman, or Co-Chairman of a Committee.

Vendor Sponsor:  A Sponsor is any person or entity who has an interest in the paralegal profession and who supports the purposes of the Metroplex Association of Corporate Paralegals.  An individual sponsor in good standing or one representative designated by any entity may attend general membership meetings, seminars and other activities at fees charged to Voting Members.  Neither sponsors, nor their designees, shall have the right to vote, hold any office, or serve as an officer/director, section coordinator, chairman or member of a committee.

Applying for Membership

We invite you to join our membership. To do so, you must complete an application form and pay dues, currently $55 per year for voting members, $60 for associate members, and $75 per year for vendor sponsors. Dues are for January 1 - December 31 and are not prorated. View our Membership Brochure.

Both our voting/associate membership application and our vendor sponsor membership application are available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format: MACP 2012 Member Application and MACP 2012 Vendor/Sponsor Application. Please download and print either version of the forms. Complete and mail it and your check for dues to us at:

Metroplex Association of Corporate Paralegals
Membership
P.O. Box 201592
Arlington, Texas 76006