Established in September 2024, the Legal Community Support Staff Committee (LCSSC) was created to strengthen and support the vital role of legal assistants, paralegals, and other support professionals within the Shreveport Bar Association and the broader legal community. The committee is dedicated to promoting the interests of non-attorney members who contribute to the administration of justice and the practice of law, including paralegals, legal assistants, law students, and others interested in the legal profession.
Through collaboration and targeted initiatives such as membership development, continuing education, service through high school outreach, maintaining a job bank, and promoting events through social media and publicity the LCSSC works to build a strong, connected, and engaged support staff community. These efforts help ensure that professionals with legal support are recognized, supported, and empowered as an essential part of the legal profession.
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Who is eligible to be an LCSSC member:
- ACTIVE/VOTING MEMBERS
Active/voting membership is open to any individual who meets at least one of the following requirements:
- Any individual who has a minimum of one (1) year of paralegal/legal assistant experience under the supervision of a licensed attorney, who attests that such person is qualified.
- Any individual who has successfully completed a curriculum of training as a paralegal or one who is certified by a university, college, junior college or other approved school as having successfully completed a full course of studies prescribed for training as a paralegal.
- Any individual who has successfully completed the Certified Paralegal (CP) examination administered by the National Association of Legal Assistants, Inc.
- Any individual currently employed in the legal field or who has worked in the legal field for at least three (3) years.
- STUDENT MEMBERS
Student membership is open to any individual who meets at least one (1) of the following qualifications:
- Any individual who is a student in good standing in an approved University, college, or junior college or other approved school pursuing a course of legal studies.
- Not currently employed as a paralegal/legal assistant.
Meet your LCSSC Board Members:
Member of SBA Law Day Committee
Committee Chairs:
