Proclamation for Paralegal Week

The proclamation request for Paralegal Week in North Carolina was denied due to the number of professional career proclamation requests received by the Governor’s Office.  In  place of Paralegal Week, the Governor’s Office has proclaimed “Law Day” on May 5, 2006 for all legal professionals.  To view the proclamation for this day please click www.governor.state.nc.us/News/Proclamations

Notary Public Act

The Amended Notary Public Act became effective on December 1, 2005.  Please click on www.sosnc.com to be directed to the North Carolina Secretary of State Homepage where you can click a link to view Senate Bill 671 (Amended Notary Public Act) in its entirety.

If you would like to review a Summary of all the changes that have occurred with this amendment please click www.sosnc.com/notarypublicact.pdf

Advanced Paralegal Certification

After three and a half years of study and research, the National Association of Legal Assistants has finalized its Advanced Paralegal Certification program.  If you have already obtained your Certified Legal Assistant or Certified Paralegal designation from this association you may be eligible to apply for this advanced designation.  Please click www.nala.org/APC to find out more about this program.