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New members are welcome to apply for membership anytime during the year. KPA yearly membership begins on January 1 of each calendar year. The renewal period for 2024 for current members will begin in November 2023, after the KPA annual conference. Please click here for Membership Qualifications.

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Active Member - $50.00 (USD) Subscription period: 1 year, on: January 1st No automatically recurring payments Any paralegal who is currently employed as a paralegal performing substantial legal tasks under the supervision and direction of a licensed attorney who lives or works within the Commonwealth of Kentucky, does not have a felony conviction or a conviction for a crime involving moral turpitude, AND meets one of the criteria: (a) A bachelors degree, associates degree, or post-baccalaureate certificate in Paralegal Studies from a program approved by the American Bar Association (“ABA”) or a Paralegal Studies program that is not ABA-approved but meets the substantive legal studies requirements pursuant to the ABA guidelines; OR (b) A bachelors degree in any field AND one (1) year of full-time work experience as a paralegal performing substantive legal tasks under the supervision and direction of a licensed attorney. Said experience must be attested to by the paralegal’s supervising attorney and verified by the Membership Committee; OR (c) An associates degree in any field AND completion of twenty-four (24) substantive legal credit hours within an ABA-approved Paralegal Studies program or a Paralegal Studies program that is not ABA-approved but meets the substantive legal studies requirements pursuant to the ABA guidelines AND one (1) year of full-time work experience as a paralegal performing substantive legal tasks under the supervision and direction of a licensed attorney; OR (d) As of the date of the application, a minimum of five (5) years work experience as a paralegal performing substantive legal tasks under the supervision and direction of a licensed attorney.

Adjunct Member - Free Subscription period: 1 year, on: January 1st No automatically recurring payments Any paralegal program director or educator of an ABA-approved paralegal program or a paralegal studies program that is not ABA-approved but meets the substantive legal studies requirements pursuant to the ABA guidelines.

Associate Member - $25.00 (USD) Subscription period: 1 year, on: January 1st No automatically recurring payments Any person who would otherwise meet the requirements for Active membership who meets one (1) or more of the exceptions: (a) Does not live or work within the Commonwealth of Kentucky; OR (b) Is not currently employed as a paralegal or performing substantial legal tasks under the supervision and direction of a licensed attorney; OR (c) Has not met the minimum of one (1) year full-time work experience as a paralegal performing substantive legal tasks under the supervision and direction of a licensed attorney; OR (d) Has not met the minimum of five (5) years full-time work experience as a paralegal performing substantive legal tasks under the supervision and direction of a licensed attorney; (e) Has been convicted of a felony and more than five (5) years have passed since the successful completion of all court ordered sentence, programs, probation and/or parole prior to applying for membership and who has been determined by the Membership Committee to be rehabilitated and possesses good moral character as defined in Kentucky SCR 2.011; OR (f) Any current or former KPA Active member that no longer meets all of the Active membership requirements, including paralegals retiring from the paralegal field, shall continue as an Active member for the remainder of the membership year.

Student Member - Free Subscription period: 1 year, on: January 1st No automatically recurring payments Any student enrolled in a Paralegal Studies program that would allow them to meet the qualifications for Active membership upon completion of such program.

Sustaining Member - $100.00 (USD) Subscription period: 1 year, on: January 1st No automatically recurring payments Any attorney, law firm, business entity, educational institution or Bar Association that shares the goals and purposes of the KPA set out in Article II of the KPA Bylaws.

Kentucky Paralegal Association
P. O. Box 2675
Louisville, Kentucky 40201-2675