Welcome to the new website for the Mississippi Legal Professionals Association NALS...the association for legal professionals

May 2008

At the state association's 46th Annual Membership Meeting held on May 3, 2008 in Greenwood, Mississippi, members of this association voted to approve and adopt certain revisions to the association's Bylaws and Standing Rules including, but not limited to, changing the name of the state association to the Mississippi Legal Professionals Association.

	*2008-09 Humanitarian Project Announced*
The members of the association adopted the humanitarian project for the year and will collect donations for supplies requested by the Ronald McDonald House on the campus of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson . Click here for more details and information on how you can participate and who to contact.

*State Membership Campaign for 2008-09 Unveiled!*

We join President Lisa Roberts, PLS on her journey to "Professionalism... Linking Yesterday with Tomorrow.” This year we will be holding our own Membership Campaign in an effort to support President Lisa on this journey. Our members will start in the year 1929, the year NALS was founded by Ms. Eula Mae Jett, and travel forward through the years in the hopes of joining the future generations in NALS in 2029. Along this journey the member will receive travel tokens that will allow you to move forward through the years (each one representing one month, with twelve tokens a member will travel one year) . There will be small prizes handed out at each of our state meetings throughout the year with the major prize being awarded at the Annual Meeting in May 2009. Rules and ways that Time Travel Tokens may be earned may be found via this hyperlink.

NALS MISSION STATEMENT:

NALS is dedicated to enhancing the competencies and contributions of members in the legal services profession. It accomplishes its mission and supports the public interest through: continuing legal education and resource materials; networking opportunities at the local, state, regional and national levels; commitment to a Code of Ethics and professional standards; professional certification programs and designations.

Congratulations to the winners of top awards for 2007-08!

Award of Excellence

Reba Peden, PP, PLS

Tri-County LSPA

Cheryl Crayden, PLS Memorial Legal Education Scholarship

Olivia Burgess
Jackson LPA

2007 NALS Award of Excellence Winner

Jeannie Shaw, PP, PLS
(Gulf Coast ALSP)

Countdown to deadline for submissions for the

Fall 2008 issue of the Profile

All levels of our association are based on the concept of training our members for the future. The Mississippi Legal Professionals Association has four meetings each year and offers Continuing Legal Education at each of our meetings. If you are interested in being part of a multi-level organization dedicated to increasing your legal knowledge and professionalism, check out the remainder of this website and our national website at www.nals.org.

Of course, we also enjoy our networking at all levels of the association, as you will see when you take a moment to browse through our photo gallery.

Thank you for taking time to visit our website. We invite you to consider becoming a member - please take a moment to download and complete the membership application available on the “membership” page of this site.

Mississippi Legal Professionals Association is a state chartered chapter of NALS… the association for legal professionals. NALS is a leader in the legal services industry offering professional development by providing continuing legal education, certifications, information, and training to those choosing the legal services industry as their career. NALS members represent every area of this industry from paralegals and legal assistants to legal administrators and office managers. Because of this diversity and an openness to welcome all members of the industry, NALS offers a broad spectrum of expertise to make the programs offered valuable to all members of the legal services industry. This allows NALS members to learn about other areas of the industry, making career enhancement as well as advancement easily attainable.

NALS has been serving all members of the legal services community for the past 75 years and provides benefits, education, certifications, publications, and networking to all of its members. The multi-level structure of NALS allows members to be involved with activities on the local, regional and national levels.

For more information you can contact our membership chairman at the following e-mail address: membership@MississippiLPA.org

Suggestions or comments regarding the website contact the webmaster at the following e-mail address: webmaster@MississippiLPA.org

2007 NALS Award of Excellence Winner

Jeannie Shaw, PP, PLS (Gulf Coast ALSP)

Jeannie Shaw, PP, PLS
(Gulf Coast ALSP)