Membership Application

If you would like to submit your application and check via mail, please makes checks payable to: Maryland Association of Paralegals, Inc., and mail your check and completed application to:

550 M Ritchie Hwy PMB# 203
Severna Park, MD  21146

Name:
Title:
New or Renewing Member:



Employer:
Area of Specialty:
   
Work Address:
Work Phone:
Work Email:
   
Home Address:
Home Phone:
Home/Alternate Email:
   
Preferred Address and Email Address (select one):

Please indicate at which address and email you prefer to receive correspondence and updates from MAP and NFPA (Please note: MAP does NOT engage in selling members' information to third parties).
   

Years of paralegal experience: Does your employer pay your dues?
Highest level of education: Formal paralegal training:
Degree: School:
       

Areas where you prefer to attend membership meeting:

PLEASE NOTE: You are eligible to attend ANY event in ANY area! (If you live in one county/area and work in another, please place a “W” for work area and “H” for your home area, or select "No interest".)
Baltimore Metro (Baltimore City, Baltimore, Harford and Carroll)




D.C. Metro (Prince George’s, Montgomery and Frederick)




Central Maryland (Anne Arundel and Howard)




Southern Maryland (Charles, Calvert and St. Mary’s)




Upper Eastern Shore (Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne’s, Caroline and Talbot)




Lower Eastern Shore (Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset and Worcester)




Western Maryland (Garrett, Allegany and Washington)




   
       
Select the appropriate membership category: All memberships expire on December 31st of each calendar year (the amount in parentheses indicates the amount due at time of application, if you are joining MAP after July 1st of a calendar year).
Active Membership (voting)
$80.00 ($40.00 after July 1st)
Practicing paralegals
*Practicing paralegals working for a local, state or federal agency- $60.00 ($30.00 after July 1st)
Verification of employment required upon application and renewal.
Student Membership (non-voting)
$40.00 ($20.00 after July 1st)
Presently enrolled in a paralegal program and not working as a paralegal. Verification required upon application and renewal. You may hold this level for a period of four years.
Sustaining Corporate Member (non-voting)
$150.00 ($75.00 after July  1st)
Any firm or business interested in supporting the paralegal profession.
Sustaining Individual Member (non-voting)
$80.00 ($40.00 after July 1st)
Any individual who has graduated from a paralegal program but is not yet a practicing paralegal or an individual who is interested in supporting the paralegal profession.
Payment Method: (Submitting this form will automatically bring you to a PayPal payment page - if you are paying by check, please submit this form and ignore the payment page. Please make your check payable to Maryland Association of Paralegals, Inc., and mail it to:

550 M Ritchie Hwy PMB# 203
Severna Park, MD  21146



** PLEASE NOTE:  $25 of your annual membership dues to MAP provides you with a one-year joint membership in the National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA) and $4 of the $25 NFPA dues pays for your one year subscription to the National Paralegal Reporter, NFPA’s quarterly magazine.
       
Please indicate on which committees
you would like to volunteer:







By submitting this application you hereby swear and affirm that you will abide by the Maryland Association of Paralegals, Inc.’s Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility (Code) and Association Bylaws and that all information provided in this application for membership and all supporting documentation provided for the purpose of joining or renewing membership is true and correct to the best of your knowledge, information and belief.  Failure to abide by the Bylaws or Code or falsification of any information provided will result in the immediate termination of membership with no entitlement of reimbursement.
   
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