This section contains excerpts from our bi-monthly newsletter.

President's Message

January/February 2010

Welcome to 2010!

First, let me welcome our new Board members, Sabrina Lugo (Treasurer), Eva Gonzalez (Secretary), Lorrie Camerata (NALA Liaison), Tammy Skonie (FAPA ) and our new newsletter editor, Glenda Green We have had our first board meeting with the new Board of Directors, and we are moving forward for a great year ahead.

Our annual CLA Review class is gearing up to offer another opportunity for paralegals to study for their certification. The speaker is in place for our February dinner meeting. David Linesch, Esq. will be our speaker and his topic is "How to Protect Your Job in These Troubled Times--or if You Lose It, How to Fight Back." We are anxiously awaiting the unveiling of our new website and are very excited about the new opportunities it will bring to the members of our Association. We are also working on our annual seminar topic and, of course, are looking forward to the membership renewals and new registrations.

Along with the new year is the time for renewing your membership. We are working hard to bring our members plenty of great opportunities to gain continuing education credits, to network, and to enjoy each other for some fun this year.

Finally, I would like you to all know that we want this Association to be one that you can rely on for not only continuing education credits, but also to gain many friendships of those who are in the same demanding profession as you. If there is anything this Association can offer to our members that we do not already, we want to know. If you have any suggestions, comments or thoughts you would like to share, please feel free to contact me. This is your Association and we want it to be one that is helpful to you, one that gives you a place to gain necessary information for the paralegal field, and one to renew old and gain new friendships.

We are looking forward to an exciting year with many great opportunities ahead.

Sonja L. Behn
President