State Bar of Texas Paralegal Division And Texas’ Board of Paralegal Specialization Program.

27 Sunday Jul 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Education, Ethics, Paralegals/Legal Assistants, Professional Organizations

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State Bar of Texas Paralegal Division

https://txpd.org/

Not all state bar associations have a paralegal division. Texas Bar Association’s Paralegal Division was the first one in the United States created in 1981. Its website has lots of cool stuff, such as:

Articles at the Texas Paralegal Journal Archive at https://txpd.org/TPJ/tpj_archive.asp; and
Announcement from The Texas Board of Legal Specialization (TBLS) about its new website at www.tbls-bcp.org:

TBLS is pleased to announce the official launch of our new website specifically for the Paralegal Specialization program. This site is an informational, public-facing web site designed to promote the presence, and exclusive status, of the TBLS paralegal certification process. It also acts as an Intranet for the Board Certified Paralegal (BCP) community and Texas attorneys interested in specialized paralegal matters.

We have just concluded final stages of development and want you to have the first look this weekend of our new site at http://www.tbls-bcp.org. This is only the initial phase of the website with plans for more video, online member services and social media options. . . .

Texas Bar Now Has Fastcase and Casemaker.

29 Sunday Jun 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Casemaker, FastCase

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Texas State Bar Adds Fastcase Alongside Casemaker, by Greg Lambert, Three Geeks and a Law Blog

http://www.geeklawblog.com/2014/06/texas-state-bar-adds-fastcase-alongside.html

As the saying goes, ’Everything’s bigger in Texas.’ That phrase also applies to the State Bar membership benefits. The State Bar of Texas has agreed to add Fastcase as a member benefit on top of its already existing Casemaker access. This makes it the first Bar in the country to offer both services. In addition to adding Fastcase, the State Bar of Texas increased the level of subscription to Casemaker to include the premium services of Casecheck+, CiteCheck, and CasemakerDigest to the member benefit. That is a major coup for the Bar.

Fastcase’s access will depend upon the size of your firm. For those under 11 attorneys, you will have access to the premium Fastcase database (all states & fed), for those 11+ attorney firms, you will have access to the Texas plan. Everyone will have access to the mobile apps and to the HeinOnline integration for the covered material.

It is a great day for the State Bar of Texas and its members. Read the Fastcase and SBOT press releases below for more information.

To log in to this free benefit, members will visit the State Bar website at http://www.texasbar.com and log in with their bar number and password. The service is also available via the TexasBarCLE website at http://www.texasbarcle.com/.