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Follow these steps to complete the application process:

1. Submit documents

Completed application (online or by mail/email)
Verification of Fulfillment of Membership Criteria
Required supporting documents (if applicable)

Send a copy of the signed, completed application to the Membership Chair via email or by mail to the address listed on the application. Email your verification and supporting documents OR upload them to your member profile (profile > edit > upload documents.)

2. Pay dues

Pay the applicable membership dues + $10 initiation fee. Pay online OR mail a check payable to CAPA to the address listed for the Membership Chair.

3. Get the most out of membership!

Get involved! Check out the calendar and register to attend a luncheon or CLE.

Want to learn about or serve on a committee? Contact a Board Member or Committee Chair.

Need a mentor, or just a buddy to attend CAPA events with you? Contact the Mentor Program.

Membership Committee ChairS

Francesca D. Romans, ACP, TBLS-BCP

Email the Membership Committee

APPLY online (below) or send the appropriate application form to the Membership Chair.

PLEASE READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. Failure to submit the required documentation and/or payment will delay your application. Questions? Email the Membership Chair.

QUICK LINKS TO FORMS

Mail-in Applications:

Voting or Associate Membership Application

Student Membership Application

Emeritus/Lifetime Application

Sustaining Member Application

Verification of Fulfillment of Membership (FOM) Criteria:

Voting Member Verification of FOM

Associate Member Verification of FOM

Student Member Verification of FOM

ONLINE APPLICATION

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By completing and submitting a CAPA membership application, you agree as follows:

"I understand that the Capital Area Paralegal Association ("CAPA") may contact my employer (or school, if I am applying for Student Membership) to verify my employment (or enrollment, if I am applying for Student Membership). I further understand that all information on this application is the property of CAPA. None of the information on this application will be released to any source outside CAPA, the Paralegal Division of the State Bar of Texas, the National Association of Legal Assistants, Inc., or the Texas Alliance of Paralegal Associations, except as authorized by the CAPA Board of Directors."

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Associate Member - $40.00 (USD) Subscription period: 1 year, on: January 1st No automatically recurring payments ______________
QUALIFICATIONS: To qualify for Associate Membership, the applicant:
(i) must be employed as a paralegal but has not yet satisfied the requirements of Voting Membership,
(ii) is presently employed as a coordinator of the paralegal program in a law firm, governmental agency, or corporate legal department,
(iii) is not currently employed as a paralegal but has completed a paralegal training program, or
(iv) has previously been employed as a paralegal but is not employed at the time of application.

Applicants requesting Associate Member status are REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE VERIFICATION OF MEMBERSHIP FULFILLMENT OF CRITERIA AND EMPLOYMENT STATUS FOR ASSOCIATE MEMBERS.

ONLINE ONLY TEST APPLICATION - $65.00 (USD) Subscription period: 1 year, on: January 1st No automatically recurring payments

Student Member - $30.00 (USD) Subscription period: 1 year, on: January 1st No automatically recurring payments ______________
QUALIFICATIONS: To qualify for Student Membership, the applicant must be currently enrolled in a paralegal / legal ssistant / lawyer's assistant program and is REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PROOF OF ENROLLMENT ON THE STUDENT PROGRAM VERIFICATION.

Upon completion of the training program and receipt of a certificate thereof, a Student Member may either immediately submit a change of status form to apply for Voting Membership or Associate Membership, or apply for Voting Membership or Associate Membership at the beginning of the next calendar year.

Student Member (Internal UT Only) - Free Subscription period: 1 year No automatically recurring payments

Sustaining Member - $100.00 (USD) Bundle (up to 6 members) Subscription period: 1 year, on: January 1st No automatically recurring payments ______________
QUALIFICATIONS: To qualify for Sustaining Membership, the applicant must be a lawyer, law firm, agency, paralegal training program, business, or institution which shares the purposes of CAPA as set forth in Article II of CAPA's Bylaws.

SOLICITATION AND PRIVACY POLICY: No member of CAPA shall distribute, sell, or otherwise make membership lists available to non-CAPA members without prior Board Approval.

Voting Member - $65.00 (USD) Subscription period: 1 year, on: January 1st No automatically recurring payments ______________
QUALIFICATIONS: To qualify for Voting Membership, the applicant must:

(1) be currently employed as a paralegal / legal assistant or working at least 30 hours per week as a freelance paralegal / legal assistant, AND

(2) meet ONE of the following criteria:

(a) have received a four-year degree;
(b) have completed a paralegal / legal assistant program;
(c) have five (5) years of paralegal experience; or
(d) have received NALA, TBLS, or NFPA certification.

All NEW Applicants applying under (c) above and all RENEWING Voting Membership applicants are REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE VERIFICATION OF FULFILLMENT OF MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA FOR VOTING MEMBERSHIP AND SUPERVISING ATTORNEY
VERIFICATION.

All NEW Applicants applying under (d) MUST SUBMIT A COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE; those applying under (a) or (b) MUST SUBMIT A COPY OF THEIR TRANSCRIPT OR A SIGNED, NOTARIZED STATEMENT FROM THE REGISTRAR OF THE SCHOOL OF ATTENDANCE.

Evidence of qualifications (a) through (d) above are required at the time of INITIAL application ONLY.

Updated 2020.12.10

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