MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES

The Philadelphia Association of Paralegals offers five (5) membership categories so that our members are comprised of a diverse group of individuals and organizations.

They are as follows: 

1. Voting Members: Any person who is employed as a paralegal may apply to become a Voting Member and upon approval of application will be entitled to one vote on all matters which require the vote of members of PAP.
    
2. Associate Members: Any person who has completed a course of paralegal study, but who is not employed as a paralegal at the time of application for membership or any person who has been employed as a paralegal, but who is not employed at the time of annual renewal of membership may become an Associate Member and upon satisfaction of the requirements for a Voting Member, may become a Voting Member. Associate Members are considered non-voting members of PAP.
    
3. Individual Sustaining Members: Any individual who is not accommodated by the Voting Member or Associate Member classes of membership but who is interested in supporting the purposes of the Association may become an Individual Sustaining Member. Individual Sustaining Members are non-voting members of PAP.
    
4. Institutional Sustaining Members: Any partnership, association, corporation or other entity interested in supporting the purposes of the Association may become an Institutional Sustaining Member. Institutional Sustaining Membership is a non-voting membership class.
    
5. Student Members: Any person who is enrolled in a formal course of study intended to lead to a position as a paralegal. Student Members are non-voting members of PAP. Student membership is convertible to a Voting, Associate or Sustaining Membership category when the member's status changes upon completion of the course of study.