The CACPS’ Board is continuing its efforts to implement the California Advanced Specialty (CAS) online assessment with the assistance of the National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA).  Since last fall, the Board met twice to conduct business and to discuss the progress of the curriculum-based online assessment courses for California paralegals. 

            Again, the project managers need volunteers to help write the content for each specialty.  As I previously reported, developing these courses is time-consuming and the project managers are operating on limited resources.  Nevertheless, we are running behind our target dates.  However, the good news is Kathy Miller of Orange County Paralegal Association (OCPA) and Stacey Hunt of Central Coast Paralegal Association (CCPA), has volunteered to write the modules for the California discovery online assessment.  The California discovery online assessment includes federal and state law.  Stacey and Kathy is writing the state law portion.  A paralegal successfully passing the discovery online assessment will earn the credential ACP/CAS.  CACPS’ is hoping to have the California discovery module ready to submit to NALA by April, 2008.  CACPS hopes to launch the first online assessment by mid summer or later in 2008. 

            To recap the specialty areas being developed at this time, they are personal injury, real property litigation, probate and trust administration, corporations, and California discovery. If you want to get involved and are willing to serve on one of the teams, or know someone in your organization that would like to help, please send me an e-mail at hazellange@yahoo.com or call my cell (408) 398-7532. 

            The current Board Members are: 

Paralegal:  Hazel Lange, CP, Chair, Chief Financial Office

Paralegal:  Catherine Durgin, CLA, CLAS

Paralegal:  Mary Theroux, CP, Secretary

Attorney:  Lana Clark

Attorney:  Michael Zweibel

Educator:  Vacancy

Educator:  Vacancy

 

            The CACPS’ Board is still recruiting for two paralegal educators.  Again, if you know of any paralegal educators who might like to serve on the CACPS’ Board, please send me an e-mail and phone number so I can contact them. 

            The CACPS’ Board looks forward to CAPA and CACPS working together to market the online assessment in 2008.  Once again, thanks for your support.

            If you have questions, please contact me at my e-mail and telephone number shown above.