Legal Assistants/Paralegals of Southern West Virginia

Legal Assistants/Paralegals of Southern West Virginia ("LAPSWV") is a non-profit organization established in 2004 in Charleston and Huntington, West Virginia.

LAPSWV promotes high standards in the legal assistant profession, establishes networking resources for legal assistants/paralegals, and provides integrity in the legal community. LAPSWV also contributes to the community by participating in a number of charitable programs.  LAPSWV strives to raise professional standards in the legal assistant/paralegal profession by providing opportunities for personal growth and development through educational experiences and the networking with other professionals.

Legal Assistants/Paralegals of Southern West Virginia was founded:

• To further education among members of the legal assistants/paralegal profession;
• To provide a forum for the exchange of viewpoints on matters involving the legal assistant/paralegal profession;
• To promote and involve the legal assistant/paralegal in the development of guidelines on the standardization of the legal assistant profession;
• To establish good fellowship among association members, the National Association of Legal Assistants, Inc. (“NALA”) , and members of the legal community;
• To encourage a high order of ethical and professional attainment;
• To cooperate with bar associations and other law related organizations; and
• To support and carry out the programs, purposes, aims and goals of the NALA .