Legal Assistants of Wyoming

A resource for paralegal professionals.

PO Box 155
Casper, WY 82602

Email:
legalassistantsofwyoming@gmail.com

Affiliated with NALA since 1990.

Upcoming events

2021 LAW Fall Seminar (session 1 of 2)

Fri, September 24, 2021 12:30 PM • The Best Western Plus Frontier Inn - Cheyenne, WY

2021 LAW Fall Seminar (session 2 of 2)

Sat, September 25, 2021 8:45 AM • The Best Western Plus Frontier Inn - Cheyenne, WY

President - Shannon Rezanina, ACP

President Elect - Amanda Flanagan

Treasurer - Amanda Nelson, ACP

1st Vice President - Brooke Brown, CP

2nd Vice President - Tammy Wuertley, ACP

Secretary - Noelle Paden, CP

NALA Liaison - Annette Fredrickson

Region 3 Director - Marcia Neumiller, ACP

Region 4 Director - Vacant

WECOME NEW BOARD MEMBERS!

President - Amanda Nelson, ACP

President Elect - Shannon Rezanina, ACP

Treasurer - Jayme Bjorklund, ACP

1st Vice President - Tammy Wuertley, ACP

2nd Vice President - Savannah Hernandez

Secretary - Brooke Brown, CP

NALA Liaison - Barbara Heisner, CP

Region 3 Director - Kapri Scoffield

Region 4 Director - Taylor Roybal

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The American Bar Association recently changed its definition of a paralegal. The change eliminated the words "legal assistant" from the definition.

See the entire revised definition below.

WHAT IS A PARALEGAL?

"A [legal assistant or] paralegal is a person, qualified by education, training or work experience who is employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency or other entity and who performs specifically delegated substantive legal work for which a lawyer is responsible."

The words in red above were removed in Feburary 2020 from the definition of a paralegal by the American Bar Association's policy making body, the House of Delegates. The recommendation to remove the words "legal assistant or" was made by the ABA's Standing Committee on Paralegals.

Please visit our Resources page for more information.

LAW has been an affiliate member of the National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) since LAW's inception in 1990. For more information, visit the NALA website at www.nala.org.

PURPOSE

Legal Assistants of Wyoming (LAW) is a nonprofit organization established in October 1990 to promote continuing education, professionalism and networking to paralegals throughout Wyoming.