VTLA Paralegal Members

Welcome! If you are a paralegal/legal assistant/legal secretary/legal administrator for a VTLA attorney member, you are welcome to join VTLA as a Legal Staff Member.  Membership provides you with professional benefits and a social support network within the Association. Gain from the experience of others in many ways: through interactive seminars, one-on-one discussions, and access to a network of fellow paralegals and legal assistants across Virginia.

Membership Activities

• Professional, Educational, and Social Events during the year
• Exclusive Listserves
  • general listserve open to all, and exclusive plaintiff personal injury listserve
• Annual Charity Drive - Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance details coming soon!

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2026 Events 

• Webinars for Paralegals: 
  • June 23 Helping Disability Clients Manage Large Settlements and Workers' Comp Benefits free to members & students!
• Learning Lab Webinar Series provides immediate, practical, “bite-sized” information to use in your practice right now
  • June 18 Don’t Take a Wrong Turn - Know the Rules In VA/DC/MD
• VTLA's Route '26 helps you to adjust, improve, and even change the way you handle your cases:
  • The Pre-Litigation Strategy Lab: Turn Intakes into Income Recording
  • August 27 Discovery is a Highway: Winning Best Practices
• November 17 Annual Paralegal Seminar

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Paralegal On-Demand Resources

• Prior Learning Labs
  • Let's Talk MedPay: Things You Never Knew (or Forgot)
  • Rule 4:10 Exams Tips & Tricks
  • Military Liens and Medicare Conditional Payments
  • Contrib in the Commonwealth: Challenges, Compromises, and Client Consequences
  • Helping Disability Clients Manage Large Settlements free to members & students!
• Prior Seminars:
  • Beyond 50/50: Mastering Complexity in Equitable Distribution
  • Insurance Update: Coverage for the Modern Era
  • Auto Cases Bumper to Bumper
  • Don't Slip and Fall in Your Next Premises Liability Case
  • Lien on Me: Personal Injury Liens in Virginia
  • Sources of Coverage 
  • All on-demand programs

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If you want to become more involved, we invite you to join the Paralegal Leadership Committee. The leadership committee works together to bring our excellent educational programs, community service opportunities, and social events to the legal staff community. Serving on the committee is a springboard into higher leadership. More information about leadership can be found here.

Membership Benefits

VTLA Legal Staff members receive VTLA’s Journal, the Directory of Members & Services, access to MyVTLA, the monthly Law Letter, paralegal listserves, and VTLA's HotDocs library, discounted registration fees for paralegal-only programs, and other VTLA seminars. Become a member today by clicking HERE.

Paralegal Listserve Guidelines