PANV Membership

1. Active Member: A person who is employed as a paralegal or who is performing duties of a paralegal nature, either full-time or part-time and who works or resides in Virginia. If an Active Member becomes unemployed or takes a leave of absence at any time during the period for which he/she has paid annual dues as an Active Member, such member shall remain an Active Member for a period of one year after the beginning of the period of unemployment or leave of absence, or until the expiration of his/her current membership, whichever is longer.

All Active Members shall have all the rights and privileges of this Association, including the right to vote and hold elected or appointed office.

2. Associate Member: A person who has successfully completed a curriculum of training as a paralegal or who is certified or degreed by a university, college, junior college or other school as having successfully completed the full course of studies prescribed for training as a paralegal and who is not currently employed as a paralegal. An Associate Member may also be a person who has been previously employed as a paralegal and who is not currently working, regardless of whether or not such person has completed a curriculum of training as described above. This definition shall not apply to Active Members who become unemployed or take a leave of absence during the year for which they have paid their annual dues.

Any person, who has previously held Active Membership in this Association but has failed to meet the requirements thereof, may apply for Associate Membership.

Associate Members shall have all the privileges of this Association, except that they shall not have the right to vote or hold elected or appointed office.

3. Student Member: A person who is either a full-time or part-time student in good standing at any university, college, junior college or other school pursuing a course of studies as paralegal. Any person seeking Student Membership in this Association must submit, at the time of application, verification of enrollment in a paralegal program. Student Members shall have all the privileges of this Association, except that they shall not have the right to vote or hold elected or appointed office.

4. Corporate Member: Any company or corporation, partnership, organization or other entity, including law firms, vendors, etc., interested in supporting the Association. Corporate Members shall have all the privileges of this Association, except that they shall not have the right to vote or hold an elected or appointed office.

MEMBERSHIP ANNUAL DUES

Active Member (Voting)	$75
Associate Member (Non-Voting)	$65
Student Member (Non-Voting)	$40
Corporate Member (Non-Voting)	$100

You may download a copy of our Membership Application at http://www.panv.org/PDF/member-app.pdf

Membership Chair: Karen Axell, RP®, (kaxell@earthlink.net)

For List of NFPA Member Benefits go to: www.paralegals.org, click on "Membership," then "Member Benefits."