PACE
PACE SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE EXTENDED!!!
MPA has decided to extend the deadline for PACE scholarship applications until September 15, 2009 due to a lack of response. There were no applications submitted by the original deadline of August 1st. Don’t miss this opportunity – apply today.
The scholarship for the cost of the PACE Exam™, the PACE Study Manual and PACE application materials.
To be eligible:
1) you must be a current Voting Member (this includes Greater Minnesota Voting Members as well)
2) maintain your Voting Member status in 2010
3) take the exam by October 1, 2010
4) you must meet the education/experience requirements by June 1, 2010
The deadline for applications is September 15, 2009. (Click here to download the application.)
Applications will be reviewed and scored by PACE Ambassadors from other NFPA member paralegal organizations.
Contact PACE Ambassador, Debra A. Jones, RP at djones@greeneespel.com if you have any questions.
In 1992, the National Federation of Paralegal Associations ("NFPA") adopted a resolution establishing a position on regulation of the paralegal profession. In 1994, that position was modified to endorse the establishment of the Paralegal Advanced Competency Exam. ("PACE"). With the assistance of the Professional Exam Service, NFPA developed a computer generated two hundred question multiple choice exam designed to be taken within a four hour time period. Test question are based on federal law and address topics such as the administration and development of client legal matters, legal research, legal writing, office administration and ethics.
The purposes of PACE are to provide the groundwork for expanding paralegal roles and responsibilities, to provide the public and legal community with a mechanism to gauge the competency of the experienced paralegal; and to provide a standard for states considering regulation of experienced paralegals.
Any member interested in sitting for a PACE exam should contact the MPA PACE Ambassador.
