MembershipAAfPE bylaws provide for six classifications of membership: Institutional, Associate, Affiliate, Sustaining, Individual, and Honorary.
With almost 400 members, AAfPE is the nation’s largest and continuously operating organization dedicated to promoting quality paralegal and legal studies education. AAfPE members enjoy access to a wealth of resources including:
AAfPE's membership includes hundreds of universities, colleges, and other institutions of higher learning throughout the United States and in Canada. Since 1981, AAfPE's member schools have trained thousands of paralegal students each year to help increase, improve, and support access to the legal system in their communities. All new applications for membership must be completed electronically using the provided application form, along with specified supporting documentation. All application material must be sent in a single email to [email protected]. Applications will not be processed until the non-refundable application processing fee and first year's dues are paid. Please allow 4-6 weeks for processing. Membership dues are assessed on a calendar year basis and are payable by January 1 of each year. Invoices will be sent to all current members by AAfPE Headquarters staff during the fall of the preceding year. Dues may be paid by check, VISA, MasterCard, or American Express. If paying by check, submit your application and attachments electronically and send your check to: AAfPE Headquarters Credit card payments can be sent via fax to: 407-774-6440. Where new applications for membership are made part-way through the year, an allowance is made to adjust dues for the first year of membership only. Please see the pro-rated dues table for new membership applications submitted during the calendar year and base your first-year's dues remittance on this table. Please see below for more information on AAfPE's Membership Types. Member TypesInstitutional MemberInstitutional Membership is available to schools offering paralegal and legal assistant education programs that are 1) approved by the American Bar Association or 2) institutionally accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the Commission on Higher Education Accreditation of the United States Department of Education or a comparable agency. As an Institutional Member, one representative from that school is able to vote at the annual business meeting, but anyone teaching in the program may take advantage of the many membership benefits AAfPE offers.
Institutional members of AAfPE also exercise a voice on decisions affecting the paralegal profession and may use AAfPE membership for advertisement or endorsement purposes.
Dues are $519.75 annually (January 1 – December 31)
Sustaining MembershipLaw firms, agencies, organizations, consultants, paralegals or other individuals or entities interested in paralegal education may join as Sustaining Members.
Dues are $525 annually (January 1 – December 31) Download the Sustaining Membership application
Individual Membershipparalegal program educators or administrators who foster paralegal and legal studies education and endorse the policies of the Association but who are not currently associated with any institution. Individual memberships cannot be used as a substitute for Institutional or Sustaining membership. This is a non-voting membership category.
Dues are $31.50 annually (January 1 – December 31) Download the Individual membership application
**REMINDER** All new applications for membership must be completed electronically using the provided application form, along with specified supporting documentation. Applications will not be processed until the non-refundable application processing fee and first year's dues are paid. Please allow 1-2 weeks for processing. Where new applications for membership are made part-way through the year, an allowance is made to adjust dues for the first year of membership only. Please see the pro-rated dues table for new membership applications submitted during the calendar year and base your first-year's dues remittance on this table. Membership dues are assessed on a calendar year basis and are payable by January 1 of each year. Invoices will be sent to all current members by AAfPE Headquarters staff during the fall of the preceding year. Dues may be paid by check, VISA, MasterCard, or American Express. If paying by check, submit your application and attachments electronically and send your check to: AAfPE Headquarters |