Positions and Issues - Regulation
This page documents non-lawyer and paralegal regulation and state-level certification throughout the United States. If you have updates, historical documents, or other relevant information to add to this page, please send it in an email to positionsdir@paralegals.org with the subject line “Regulation Webpage.”
For a historical overview, please see the NFPA Regulation Chart by State document, last updated October 2019. (sunsetted 2022)
Position Statements:
State Level Voluntary Paralegal Certifications
- California Certified Paralegal (CCP)
- Delaware Certified Paralegal (DCP)
- Florida Registered Paralegal (FRP)
- Illinois Accredited Paralegal (ILAP)
- Indiana Registered Paralegal (IRP)
- Certified Kentucky Paralegal (CKP)
- Louisiana Certified Paralegal (LCP)
- Minnesota Certified Paralegal (MnCP)
- New Jersey Certified Paralegal (NJCP)
- New York State Certified Paralegal (NYSCP)
- North Carolina Certified Paralegal (NCCP)
- Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA) Certified Paralegal
- Oregon Certified Paralegal (OCP)
- Pennsylvania Certified Paralegal (Pa.C.P.)
- South Carolina Certified Paralegal (SCCP)
- Texas Board of Legal Specialization Certified Paralegal (TBLS)
- Virginia Registered Paralegal (VARP)
- State Bar of Wisconsin Certified Paralegal (SBWCP)
State Level Regulation of Non-Lawyer Professionals
- Arizona Legal Paraprofessional Program
- Arizona Legal Document Preparer Program
- California Legal Document Assistant
- Minnesota Legal Paraprofessional Practice Pilot Project
- Oregon Legal Paraprofessional Licensing
- Utah Licensed Paralegal Practitioner Program
- Utah Office of Legal Services Innovation
- Washington Limited License Legal Technician
State Level Proposals and Workgroups for Non-Lawyer Professionals
- California Paraprofessional Working Group
- Colorado Paraprofessionals and Legal Services Subcommittee
- Connecticut State of the Legal Profession Task Force
- Florida Final Report of the Special Committee to Improve the Delivery of Legal Services (2021)
- Illinois: Chicago Bar Association/Chicago Bar Foundation Task Force on the Sustainable Practice of Law & Innovation
- New Mexico Ad Hoc Licensed Legal Technicians Workgroup (2019)
- New York Commission to Reimagine the Future of New York’s Courts (2020)
- State Bar of North Carolina Issues Subcommittee to Study Regulatory Change
Historical Documents:
- Minnesota State Bar Association Alternative Legal Models Task Force Report (2017)
- Wisconsin Supreme Court denies Licensure & Regulation petition (2008)
- Wisconsin Paralegal Task Force Final Report (2004)
- California: Status of Laws Affecting Paralegals in California (2002)
- Minnesota: Specialized Legal Assistants Study Committee (1994)
- Texas: General Guidelines for the Utilization of the Services of Legal Assistants by Attorneys (1993)