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Road to NALA CP Exam: Could We Have Gone to Vegas?

By Lynne DeVenny

I've done the preliminary research regarding NALA's Certified Paralegal exam and gained a partner in crime, I mean, a study buddy.

Now it's time to convince The Boss that his two senior paralegals (hey, it's not only because we're the oldest paralegals in the office) should become NALA Certified Paralegals, and eventually Advanced Certified Paralegals under the umbrella of the firm's continuing education provisions.

So I try the old, "Hey, remember when I brought up the subject of national paralegal certification, like, three years ago, and you said 'Yes'?"

The Boss: "No."

Me: "Oh."

Me: "Well, it's kind of like taking a bar exam for paralegals. It's really hard, and we need a refresher course because we last attended school, like, a hundred years ago. We'll be tested on ethics, legal research, and substantive law."

The Boss: "Oh, okay, go for it."

Me: "Don't you want to know anything else about it? Like, we could have gone to the Short Course in Las Vegas last year, but this year the Short Course is in Charlotte, so it's, like, fate that we decided to do it now?"

The Boss: "No."

Crap. Well, no, not crap, because the firm's paying, but crap, because I had this whole long speech prepared, and I had only gotten through the preliminary nervous babbling before I got to the good parts.

If I'd known it was going to be this easy, I would have started last year and aimed for a trip to Vegas.
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Stay tuned for a future post in which I convince myself I have to have an iPad to study properly. (The type is really small in case my husband divorces me for bringing home an iPad, like it's a stray puppy or something.)

Full post as published by Practical Paralegalism on August 26, 2010 (boomark / email).