We invite you to join the Sacramento Legal Professionals Association. Membership is open to all legal professionals — paralegals, legal secretaries, legal assistants, practice assistants, attorneys, and all other legal staff.
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Included With Your Membership
Statewide Education Through Legal Professionals Incorporated
Joining the Sacramento Legal Professionals Association makes you a member of Legal Professionals Incorporated (LPI) — so LPI’s full education program comes with it, free or at significant member discounts.
Free to Members
Continuing Legal Education
Live webinars, workshops, and seminars covering civil litigation, probate, family law, criminal law, ethics, calendaring, law office administration, and more. Past sessions are also available through the Webinars on Demand library.
Member Discount
LPI University
Comprehensive multi-week training courses, including Beginning Legal Secretarial Training, Probate for Beginners, Advanced Discovery, Trial Preparation, Federal Court Practice, and more.
Member Discount
Legal Technology Training
Training in the Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Acrobat, Best Authority, AI and emerging legal technologies, plus practical tips and tricks for the legal office.
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Applications & Forms
Membership Renewal
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Choose Your Category
Membership Requirements
Active
For persons with at least one year of legal experience. Upon application and approval, active members also become members of Legal Professionals Incorporated, receiving its quarterly magazine and discounts on statewide conferences, webinars, and multi-week classes.
Full voting rights and eligibility for office.Student
For persons training to become a legal professional. Upon completing the required active legal office employment, student members may advance to active membership with all attendant rights and obligations.
Status may be retained up to one year after becoming employed. Not eligible for office or voting, but may serve on committees.Associate
For persons who wish to become a legal professional but have not yet met the one-year legal experience requirement. Upon completing the required employment, associate members may advance to active membership.
Status may be retained up to two years after becoming employed. Not eligible for office or voting, but may serve on committees.What You Receive
Member Benefits
Continuing Education
The Sacramento Legal Professionals Association offers quality educational programs presented by experienced attorneys and other legal professionals, at a discount to members. We’ll help you meet your MCLE and California Certified Legal Secretary (CCLS) requirements.
Networking
Through educational meetings, seminars, conferences, and events throughout the year, you’ll meet legal professionals just like you — all looking to sharpen and hone their skills.
Publications
Members receive the Sacramento Legal Professionals Association’s periodic bulletin, The Legal Eagle, as well as Legal Professionals Incorporated’s quarterly magazine, The Legal Professional®, delivered electronically.
Additional LPI Member Benefits
As an active member, you are automatically a member of Legal Professionals Incorporated, which offers its own educational, publication, and program discounts. See the current list at legalprofessionalsinc.org/member-benefits.
Statewide Affiliation
Legal Professionals Incorporated
Educating California’s legal support professionals since 1934.
The Sacramento Legal Professionals Association is a local chapter of Legal Professionals Incorporated (LPI), a statewide nonprofit educational organization serving legal support professionals throughout California. LPI administers the California Certified Legal Secretary (CCLS) certification, publishes The Legal Professional®, and hosts quarterly conferences, webinars, and multi-week educational classes open to members across the state.
One membership, two levels of support. Your dues payment covers both your local Sacramento Legal Professionals Association membership and your statewide LPI membership — so you receive the benefits of both with a single application.
More at legalprofessionalsinc.org or on our About LPI page.