Welcome

Welcome to the home page of the Houston Association of Legal Professionals (HALP), a local chapter of NALS . . . the association for legal professionals and of the Texas Association of Legal Professionals.  HALP was chartered as a chapter of NALS on January 25, 1956, and is a nonprofit, nonunion, nonpartisan, nonsectarian educational association.

Houston ALP has two primary directives:  promoting the certification programs of NALS and providing continuing education opportunities for members and nonmember legal support staff in the Greater Houston area.

We are committed to delivery of quality legal services through continuing education and increased professionalism, promoting a standard for members and recognition in the legal profession through the certification program, and providing networking opportunities for members.

This site is intended to provide visitors with information about membership in our association and its benefits; education and certification programs; local, state, regional, and national activities; and other information useful to the legal professional.

Please feel free to contact us (membership@houstonalp.org) for additional information about our association.  We welcome your feedback or questions.

Events:  Houston ALP Education Meetings 
Date: December 13, 2011
Topic: The 3 Dreaded Ds-Debt, Divorce, and Death-One of Them WILL Happen to You or Those You Love (1.0 hr. CLE)
Speakers: Liza A. Greene and Susan Myres of Myres & Associates
Specialty Track: Estate Planning/Family Law
Time: Social 5:30 p.m.; Call to Order 6 p.m.
Place: Massas Seafood Grill, 1331 Lamar, Houston (Downtown)
Menu: Salmon Croquets with house salad; key lime pie for dessert
Parking: Validated at Four Houston Center Garage only
Cost: $20 meeting with dinner; $7 meeting only; Walkins Welcome
Registration Deadline: Monday, December 12, 2011; Noon
R.S.V.P.: (reservations@houstonalp.org)

Date: January 10, 2011
Topic: Honorable Georgia H. Akers, Associate Judge, Probate Court No. 3
Legal & Ethical Implications of Limited Capacity
Menu: Chicken Picatta/House Salad/Cheesecake
Parking: Validated at Four Houston Center Garage only
Cost: $20 meeting with dinner; $7 meeting only; Walkins Welcome
Registration Deadline: Monday, January 9, 2012; Noon
R.S.V.P.: (reservations@houstonalp.org)

Date: February 7, 2012
Anthony M. Joseph, Ph.D. Associate Professor of History Houston Baptist University
Topic: Was the Constitution incoherent?
Menu: Grilled catfish, house salad, chocolate cake
Parking: Validated at Four Houston Center Garage only
Cost: $20 meeting with dinner; $7 meeting only; Walkins Welcome
Registration Deadline: Monday, February 6, 2012; Noon
R.S.V.P.: (reservations@houstonalp.org)

 

10-   Back by popular demand—Houston ALP’s Super CLE Saturdays 2011-2012! 

Super CLE Saturdays is a series of seminars based on Part 4 of the NALS Professional Paralegal Certification Exam, which will be held locally in March 2012.  Although it is based on the Professional Paralegal Exam, the sessions are ideal for all lawyer’s assistants—legal secretaries, administrative assistants, paralegals, legal assistants, or others—who are interested in broadening their knowledge of the legal field. 

The sessions include (1) Nuts & Bolts of Business Organizations (September 10, 2011), (2) Texas Civil Litigation (Advanced) (October 8, 2011), (3) Nuts & Bolts of Texas Real Estate (November 5, 2011), (4) Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property (January 7, 2012), and (5) CLE Lagniappe(February 4, 2012).  All sessions will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the offices of Fulbright & Jaworski on the 36th Floor of the Fulbright Tower.  Each session provides 7.25 hours of CLE credit for a possible total of 36.25 hours of CLE credit (meets all criteria for recertification CLE for NALS and the Texas Board of Legal Specialization), and the registration fee is $60 for each session.  (Registration form.)  If you would like to save some bucks, take advantage of our cool deal—register for the first four seminars by September 2 and get the fifth one free!  For more information, contact Marty Olson, PLS, TSC at cle@houstonalp.org.

Go to Calendar for upcoming education meeting information.

COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS

AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE

Houston ALP will collect hygiene, beauty products, and cell phones at our monthly education and business meetings for Northwest Assistance Ministries (NAM).  NAM is a nonprofit, community-based, multi-program social service agency that strives to supply basic human needs through neighbors helping neighbors.

NAM is in dire need of hygiene and beauty products.  In addition, they collect old cell phones which are provided to people who may need to be able to reach 911.  A representative from NAM will attend an education meeting to pick up the items collected and to talk with us about their organization.

More information concerning NAM can be found on their Web site at www.namonline.org. 

Wreaths Across America

 

Remember, Honor, and Teach


Help Us Reach Our Goal

 


Wreaths Across America is a non-profit organization dedicated to honoring and thanking our veterans for their service and sacrifice.  The Wreaths Across America mission is to “Remember, Honor, and Teach.”

 

The annual wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery started in 1992 is now performed around the country.  The Wreaths Across America–Houston ceremony is at the Houston National Cemetery on December 10, 2011, at 11 a.m.

 

It’s an exciting year, so we hope you will join us in our effort to honor all 59,000 heroes with their own wreath. Please share our information and spread the word so we can continue to honor our American soldiers…one wreath at a time.  Click here to donate!