HOT NEWS!!

• Please join IPA for its monthly luncheon on May 21, 2008, for a discussion Hon. Jose Salinas for a discussion on the growing Hispanic community in Central Indiana, and its impact on the legal profession, local attorneys and law firms. (click here) 

• IPA's Family Law Section is meeting on Friday, May 16, 2008, at the offices of Bingham McHale, LLP.  (click here)

• IPA would like to offer a special thanks to the Sponsors of the 2008 NFPA Regulation / Leadership Conference.  Without the very generous support of these law firms and vendors, we would not have been able to provide this opportunity to our attendees.

REMINDERS

• Join NFPA for its 2008 Paralegal Technology Conference on July 25-26, 2008.  (click here).

• NFPA announces details of its 2008 National Convention on October 8, 2008, in Arkansas.  (click here).  

• Congratulations to Lisa E. Keffaber, R.P., Pace Registered Paralegal:  Article by IPA's PACE Ambassador, Debi Neale, Tabbert Hahn Earnst & Weddle, LLP.

• Let's Get Chumby:  Article by IPA's Technology Director, Courtney David Mills, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman, P.C.

• February's PACE Contest Question is now available.  Answer the question and win a prize.

• The IPA Fundraising Committee meets the 1st Thursday of each month from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM at the offices of Bingham McHale LLP.  (click here for details).

Our Purpose

The purpose of IPA is to establish good fellowship among association members and members of the legal community; to encourage a higher order of ethical and professional attainment;  to further education and training among members of the profession;  and to cooperate and foster working relationships with bar associations and other professional organizations.

The Association

IPA Defines a paralegal/legal assistant as a person qualified through education, training or work experience to perform substantive legal work that requires knowledge of legal concepts and is customarily, but not exclusively, performed by an attorney.  This person may be retained or employed by an attorney, law office, governmental agency, or other entity or is authorized by administrative, statutory or court authority to perform this work.

Indiana Rules of Professional Conduct, 9.1 - 9.10, Use of Legal Assistants, adopted by the Supreme Court in 1994, provide guidelines to attorneys in the use of paralegals/legal assistants.

History

IPA was formed in 1979 as the Indianapolis Paralegal Association in response to the growing need for an organized professional association for paralegals.  In 1983, the name was changed to the Indiana Paralegal Association, Inc. and was incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation.  IPA is a grass roots organization whose policy is developed by consensus of the majority of its membership.  It has grown from an organization consisting of a small handful of pioneer members to the successful collaboration of several hundred paralegals.

Because of IPA's focus and leadership, it has made several accomplishments in the advancement of the paralegal profession.  IPA was the voice behind legislation which was passed that defines a paralegal and allows for the recoverability of paralegal fees when attorney's fees are awarded (I.C. 1-1-4-6).  The Association has also adopted Education Guidelines and a Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility and Rules for Enforcement.

Contact Information

Indiana Paralegal Association

3921 North Meridian Street, Suite 225

Indianapolis, IN  46208

Phone: 317-464-5215

Fax: 317-464-5146

 

Electronic mail:

  General Information: Info@IndianaParalegals.org

Webmaster: Technology@IndianaParalegals.org

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