In 2014 the ABA introduced the ABA Paralegal Education Program Approval Process Reporting System for submission of all reporting forms. The Standing Committee will no longer accept any reporting forms in paper format. All applications for approval and/or reapproval, and interim report forms, are required to be submitted through the online Reporting System. Please contact us with any questions concerning the Approval/Reapproval/Interim Report process (312-988-5757).
Once a program is approved, it is required to submit interim reports as required by the Guidelines to ensure that it continues to comply with the Guidelines. Annual fees are paid during the term of approval by all ABA approved programs. Before the end of its seven-year approval period, the institution must submit an application for reapproval if it wishes the program to retain its approved status.
ABA Approved Paralegal Education Programs are required to report major changes in their programs or operations as set out in G-104.M of the ABA Guidelines for the Approval of Paralegal Education Programs (Guidelines). All of the substantive change reporting forms should be submitted electronically and are now available in the Electronic Reporting System under the Application Tab (in blue), Create, Substantive. Several of the forms require payment of a fee. Those forms continue to be specifically identified in the Electronic Reporting System and on the Fee Schedule.
The Standing Committee administers the ABA Paralegal Education Program Approval Process Reporting System. All applications for approval and/or reapproval, interim reports and substantive change reporting forms, are required to be submitted through the Reporting System.
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