🎧The Paralegal Voice Podcast:
Paralegal Hot Topics: The ABA's Proposed Definition Changes and New Education Guidelines

In her first episode as co-host of the Paralegal Voice, NALA President Jill Francisco welcomes Chris Jennison to discuss the latest hot topics in the paralegal profession. In today’s episode, Jill talks with Chris about both his role as chair of the ABA’s Standing Committee on Paralegals and the inner workings of the ABA Approval Commission. They then focus their discussion on two trending topics: (1) the ABA’s consideration of the removal of the term “legal assistant” from the definition of legal assistants/paralegals in favor of distinct definitions for these roles and (2) changes to guidelines for the approval of paralegal education programs that would enable the development of online paralegal coursework.