Hello! If this is the first time you are choosing to read PACE-Setters, welcome. If you are already familiar with this section of Citations, welcome back. My guess is that you have at least a tiny interest in the Paralegal Advanced Competency Exam, since you are still reading. After all, if you clicked the link by accident and weren’t a little curious, you probably would have already hit the back button!

Maybe you have started to consider pursuing PACE or you are wondering whether or not PACE will benefit you. Perhaps you have taken the initiative to order the candidate materials, but you are not sure if you are ready to move “full speed ahead” with the process. Doris S. Wente, RP and I have been invited to speak about PACE in a break-out session at this year’s MPA Annual Convention on June 14, and we look forward to the opportunity to address any questions or concerns you may have. Our break-out session will provide a brief history of the exam, PACE candidate requirements, preparing for and taking the exam, and some of the benefits of becoming a PACE Registered Paralegal.

The break-out session is a great time to grab a friend (or two) and find out if PACE might be for you. As your co-PACE Ambassadors, Doris and I are available to assist in organizing study groups and to provide encouragement to PACE candidates. Please feel free to contact either one of us at our email addresses listed below or by emailing to pace@mnparalegals.org.

Lori Brandon, RP


Co-PACE Ambassador
Lori Brandon, RP
Court Operations Supervisor
Scott County Court Administration
Scott County Government Center, JC 115
200 Fourth Avenue West
Shakopee, MN 55379
952-496-8124
jokaloma@comcast.net

Co-PACE Ambassador
Doris S. Wente, RP
Paralegal
Gislason & Hunter LLP
701 Xenia Avenue South, Suite 500
Minneapolis, MN 55416
763-225-6000
763-225-6099
dwente@gislason.com