Welcome to the Tampa Bay Paralegal Association's website! Please bookmark this page and check back often for the latest in news regarding TBPA. If you are a member, please log into the website and go to the "Member Center" for further information, including the Job Bank and Newsletter. If you are unable to login, please contact the Technology Chair.
 Save the Date for the TBPA 2012 Seminar!
The TBPA 2012 Seminar will be held on Friday, October 5th at the Hilton at Carillon Park in No. St. Petersburg.
Check the TBPA Seminar website periodically for updates, including the seminar session topics, speakers and sponsors.
If you have any suggestions, please contact our 1st VP & Seminar Chair, Emily Merlin at seminar@tbpa.org.
 TBPA Monthly Luncheon
Please join us for our May Monthly Luncheon held on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 from 11:45 am to 1:00 pm at The Tampa Club, 42th Floor, 101 E. Kennedy Blvd., in downtown Tampa. Our guest speaker will be Dr. Sheila M. Merchant, Hillsborough Community College Paralegal Assisting Program whose presentation will be on Ethics and the Paralegal. Please see the attached Luncheon Notice and Reservation Form for further details. Be sure to RSVP your attendance to Leslie Matthews by Wednesday, May 9, 2012 by sending her an email confirming your attendance and mailing her your luncheon check.
The Tampa Club will validate your parking ticket for a reduced price of $2.00 between the hours of 11:30 and 2:30.
You may also send an RSVP via this website for registering for this luncheon. In order to ensure receipt of your registration, please make sure that you have received a reply from Leslie Matthews, and don't forget to mail your check for the luncheon fee. Click here to RSVP now!
*Guests are limited to two (2) attendances per year. Click here to learn how to become a member.
 TBPA ProBono/Community Service Projects
TBPA is conducting gift basket raffles during the May and June Monthly Membership Luncheons for funding the purchase of items for the 2012 Military Paralegal Outreach Program (“Operation Military Pride”) care packages. This year TBPA is supporting the military legal personnel stationed in Honduras. Please bring cash for entering into the raffle to support our military paralegals.
For additional information regarding any of the TPBA ProBono/Community Service Project, please contact Jan Brown, ProBono/Community Serivce Committee Chair or check the ProBono/Community Service webpage.
 NFPA 2012 Scholarships Now Being Accepted
NFPA will again co-sponsor the 2012 Scholarships with Thomson Reuters! Over the years, these scholarships have assisted many paralegal students to obtain their paralegal degrees.
This year there are two (2) scholarships to be awarded: First Place Scholarship is $3000 and Second Place Scholarship is $2000! A travel stipend will also be provided to scholarship recipients to travel to the NFPA Annual Convention to be held in Anchorage, Alaska from September 27-30, 2012!
Links are provided below for the Scholarship Application and procedures.
The Scholarship deadline to submit the application with all required documentation is July 1, 2012. Scholarship winners will be notified by August 17, 2012!
Scholarship Application:http://paralegals.org/associations/2270/files/2011content/2012_Thomson_Reuters_Scholarship_Application.pdf
Scholarship Procedures (Scroll towards bottom for Scholarship):http://paralegals.org/associations/2270/files/2011content/Award_Procedures_20110331.pdf
If you have any questions relating to the scholarship applications or process, please feel free to contact Patricia Lyons, RP, NFPA Education Coordinator at (401) 254-5602.
TBPA Paralegal Mentors
TBPA Mentor Committee is working with the Hillsborough Community College to pair paralegal students with working paralegals for an interview by the students. If you want to participate as a Mentor in this program or if you'd like to be assigned to a Mentor, please contact Lydia Harrod. Also, you can download the application and provide it to the TBPA Mentor Committee.
TBPA Membership Benefits
TBPA has been working diligently to provide more Membership Benefits. One new benefit is being offered by Mutual of Omaha for insurance coverage at preferential rates or with no-cost benefit enhancements that are not available to the general public. To learn more about this new benefit, please click here to view the Mutual of Omaha program flyer or see further details at this webpage specifically for TBPA Members.
 TBPA Newsletter
Check out the latest edition of TBPA's Newsletter, "The Reporter" under the "Member Center." If you are not able to log into the Member Center, please contract the Technology Chair.
 Moved?
Have you moved or changed jobs and need to provide updated contact information to TBPA? Contact our Membership Chair.
Job Bank
If you have a paralegal position that you would like posted on our website or printed in our monthly newsletter, The Reporter, please contact our Job Bank Committee Chair, Pam Shaffer.
Contact Information
As a member-driven organization, we love to receive input and feedback from our members. Please feel free to contact us with any comments or suggestions.
President: Yvonne DeAntoneo
Address: P.O. Box 2840, Tampa, FL 33601
Send an email to Yvonne: Email
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