Greetings TBPA members!

Here we are nearing the end of the first quarter of another year and not only is nature all around us extraordinarily beautiful and busy this time of year, but so is your TBPA Board of Directors. As expected, your TBPA Board has been hard at work in attempting to line up speakers and subjects of interest for the Monthly CLE Events as well as planning the next TBPA Seminar. Also, we have been busy with the 2021 Membership Renewals and enhancing Member Benefits. And to continue keeping you all up to date, here are a few important announcements:  

UPCOMING EVENTS FROM OUR STATE AND NATIONAL AFFILIATIONS: 

• NFPA Region III meeting will be held on May 22, 2021 and hosted by TBPA. We will provide further details and report to you on the outcome of the meeting.
• NFPA Joint Conference will be an entirely virtual event held on June 11 – 13, 2021. This three-day Conference will deliver top-quality speakers and educational content available to our members, plus a few board members will be attending for the Regulation, Certification and Leadership portions of the Conference. Please consider attending. Further information will be shared so you may make plans to attend virtually.  
• FAPA Seminar which was scheduled for May 16, 2021 at Keiser University Ft. Myers Campus is being rescheduled since Keiser University is not having events on campus at this time due to the continuing pandemic. The rescheduled date will be announced in near future. Many of our TBPA Members do attend these quality seminars, so we will keep you informed as information is released.
• NALA’s 46th Annual Conference & Expo will take place on July 22- 24, 2021 which will be virtually hosted in Louisville, Kentucky. Mark your calendars and we will provide updates as they are released.

Remember, part of your TBPA Membership includes automatic membership with NFPA and FAPA, and affiliate membership benefits with NALA!

TBPA MONTHLY CLE EVENTS: 

TBPA is continuing to offer the opportunity for 1 CLE Credit Unit via Recorded Video Presentation Events to TBPA Members and Guests. This has been going extremely well and we'll continue do so until it is safe to return to in-person meetings, which we hope will commence shortly. When the University Club is safely able to open their meeting rooms to full capacity to hold our luncheon Monthly CLE Events, we will continue to offer a Video Only RSVP Registration option at a special rate to both Members and Guests, however, limiting the number for our Guests to two registrations in any given year, since this will be a new TBPA Membership Benefit. We encourage you to utilize this video option if you are not able to attend the luncheons in-person, such as due to an underlying health concern with the return of social gatherings, work conflicts, working outside of downtown Tampa, or on vacation.

CALL FOR CLE TOPICS AND/OR SPEAKERS: 

We are always striving to provide quality Monthly CLE Events, so if you are interested in hearing about a particular topic or know of an outstanding speaker, please let me know or you can reach out to our 1^st Vice President at monthlycle@tbpa.org with your suggestions.

OTHER ASSOCIATION EVENTS: 

Be sure to check out the many webinars available to you from our state and national associations, FAPA, NFPA and NALA, so you can stay on target to meet your CLE credit requirements. For your convenience, we have links to these FAPA, NFPA and NALA websites on our main webpage www.TBPA.org. Also, the Florida Bar is holding virtual CLE Events via its FRP Program Enrichment Committee which are free at this time, so don’t forget to check out the FRP Corner on the Florida Bar Association website.

NEW MEMBERS WELCOME: 

We welcome all Guests to join TBPA and enjoy the many benefits TBPA Membership offers.  If you know of any fellow paralegals in the community who are not yet members of TBPA, please let them know about our legal association and ask them to please check out our Membership webpage for details. They may contact our Membership Chair at membership@tbpa.org with any questions.

With Spring arriving soon and more Floridian’s being vaccinated against COVID-19, we hope to see an abundant of opportunities to get involved in the legal community with the possibility in getting back to in-person events, including our Monthly CLE Events with luncheons. We hope that everyone finds encouragement to stay positive and practice good habits to remain healthy in mind, body and spirit!  As always, if you have any concerns or questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to myself or any member of the TBPA Board.

Don’t forget to join/like the TBPA Facebook page and LinkedIn group page. Just click on the icons in the email sent (or click on the icons listed to the right on this main webpage) and you will be linked to those website pages.

Thank you, be well and stay safe!