PURPOSE
The primary purpose of Maricopa County Association of Paralegals (MCAP), fka LAMP, is to provide high quality continuing legal education (CLE) at a minimal cost to its members, students, and others in the legal community. Our monthly meetings are one-hour evening or two-hour Saturday morning CLE seminars and are free to members and paralegal students in ABA-approved programs. In addition to promoting legal education, MCAP also seeks:
- To provide a forum for its members to share and exchange experiences, ideas, opinions, and expertise;
- To encourage a high degree of ethical and professional conduct;
- To promote and encourage the formal training and voluntary certification of legal assistants;
- To cooperate and work with bar associations;
- To advance the understanding of the legal community and general public concerning the utilization of legal assistants;
- To support and carry out the programs, purposes, aims and goals of the National Association of Legal Assistants, Inc. (NALA); and
- To establish a good fellowship among its members, other legal assistant associations and members of the legal community.
STRUCTURE
MCAP is managed by six officers, and the officers for 2011-2012 are:
President, Pamela Acker
1st Vice President (Education), Ann Pearson
2nd Vice President (Membership), Monica Rapps
Secretary, Heidi Holmes
Treasurer, Claudia Bethge
Debbie Beliveau, NALA Liaision
Our officers are elected annually by our voting members.
