This membership was designed as a specialized resource for paralegals and legal assistants to set you up for success with exclusive access to OAJ's network of legal professionals, specialized educational opportunities, social events, and more.


Networking
With an annual paralegal convention, social events, and more throughout the year, OAJ makes it easy to grow your network with access to a robust community of legal professionals across the state and across state lines.

Training & Education
Discounted rates on webinars and in-person professional development help you improve the quality and ease of day-to-day tasks to optimize your firm's performance. 

Sections
The Paralegal Section connects you with other paralegals and legal support staff to meet and communicate regularly for collaboration and experience-sharing.

Listservs
The knowledge and experience of OAJ's network of legal professionals is just one click away with exclusive listservs.

 

 

 

Conditions of OAJ Memberships

Operating Articles and Bylaws

Article III of OAJ's Code of Regulations, Membership, Section 1, provides the following requirements and parameters for paralegal and legal assistant membership:

"A paralegal or legal assistant who:

                        (1) is actively engaged as an auxiliary to the practice of law;

(2) is employed by an attorney member of the Association who sponsors the paralegal or legal assistant; and

(3) does not contribute any time or work to the representation of insurance defense in civil litigation or defendants in the Worker’s Compensation system;

(4) adheres to the objectives of this Association and to the qualifications of such membership, and

(5)  is of good moral character and adheres to the ethical rules of the legal profession and does not impugn the honor or dignity of the profession of law. 

                         Paralegal and legal assistant members shall not:

  1. have the right to hold office or be a member of the Board of Trustees within the Association;
  2. have voting rights for any election of the Association;
  3.  be permitted to participate within any of the Association’s other sections or caucuses; or
  4. have access to the same listservs as attorney members.

The Board of Trustees may establish policies and procedures for Paralegal and Legal Assistant members to select their own leadership for the membership category. This membership category must use a firm-owned or firm-managed email address for the membership category’s listserv access.

Sponsorship shall be the continual responsibility of the individual attorney member, and such sponsoring attorney member shall be ultimately responsible for the good standing of his/her sponsored paralegal/legal assistant member, including but not limited to the payment of membership dues.  Should a member of the Paralegal & Legal Assistant membership category no longer meet the criteria within Section 1, subsection H, that person shall be removed from membership, effective immediately."

Applicants will be notified within 60 days of submission if the application cannot be processed for any reason.

Problems or Questions? Contact OAJ's Membership Department at 614-341-6800 or by email at selliott@oajustice.org. 

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