Membership Activities and
Benefits
Bimonthly dinner meetings with speakers on substantive
topics
Law Day Luncheon held at the SunTrust Executive Dining Room in recognition of
Law Week
Brown Bag Lunches with speakers on various topics
Study groups and materials to prepare for the CLA
examination
Bi-annual statewide joint seminars with other VAPA associations
Quarterly newsletter (RPA On the Record) with
information on meetings and seminars, and updates on the
profession newsletter link
Job Bank (free to members, local firms, governments, and corporations)
Discounts on new subscriptions to Legal
Assistant Today
Networking opportunities
Waiver of NALA's $15 initition fee if joining NALA
Volunteer Opportunities at Central Virginia Legal Aid Society
and much more!
Membership application (including status descriptions and qualifications) in Word or PDF formats.
Our membership brochure is available in PDF format only , but most of the information contained in the brochure is available elsewhere on this site.
Annual Membership Dues
Membership dues are as follows:
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Active |
Provisional |
Student |
Retired |
Associate/
Sustaining |
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As of January 1, 2006: |
$75 |
$50 |
$25 |
$25 |
$100 |
Annual dues will be billed in January for renewals. Renewal application in PDF or Word .
If you have any questions, please contact Amy Loar, RPA's Second Vice President (Membership) for 2008, at (804) 783-6828 or by email at aloar@williamsmullen.com.
RPA's Job Bank
RPA coordinates a job bank that is free for RPA members, local law firms, corporations, government agencies, and any other organizations that employ paralegals in the Richmond metropolitan area. Please note that this service is not available to local paralegals who are not RPA members.
Employers with positions to list in the Job Bank should contact the Job Bank coordinator at jobbank@richmondparalegals.org with information about the position(s). RPA members seeking information on open positions should check the Job Bank by clicking the link on the home page or this link: http://www.richmondparalegals.org/Job_Bank.pdf or contact the job bank coordinator at jobbank@richmondparalegals.org.
Discount Information for Subscriptions to
Legal Assistant Today
Through your membership in RPA, you are entitled to receive a one year subscription (six issues) to Legal Assistant Today at the special discount price of $39.98 (the regular rate is $47.98). For more information of the magazine, you may visit Legal Assistant Today's web site at http://www.legalassistanttoday.com/
You can order by calling James Publishing at 1-800-394-2626, or mailing your name, address, phone and fax number along with payment (check, VISA, Mastercard, or AMEX number and expiration date) to:
James Publishing, Inc.
P.O. Box 25202
Santa Ana, CA 92799-2626
Please make sure that you include the following information in your order: "Priority Association Code VA1," to get your discount (RPA also earns $10/subscription, but only if you give this code). Also, please note that this special offer is good for NEW subscriptions only.
RPA's home page
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