• Education

    Our 3-tier approach targets students, the gap between school and career, and continuing education.

  • Mentoring

    We match experienced paralegals with paralegal students and new paralegals to provide guidance and growth.

  • Networking

    We provide opportunities for paralegals across the First Coast to come together in fun and in service.

  • Community

    We give back to the First Coast by volunteering our time and by giving charitable donations.

A Message From Our President

Welcome and thank you for visiting our website. The First Coast Chapter is the newest chapter of the Paralegal Association of Florida, Inc. ("PAF") - officially approved by PAF on May 9, 2011. We are based in Jacksonville, Florida and serve the paralegals in Duval, St. Johns, Nassau, and Clay counties. Despite such a short history, we have accomplished much and already have close to 90 members.

The First Coast Chapter is "member-driven" and our members are enthusiastic about what we can accomplish here on the First Coast—especially with the support and resources of PAF. We invite you to browse our website to see who we are, what we do and what we can offer you as a fellow paralegal. And if you aren't a member already, please consider joining—together we'll make this association the best that it can be!

Read more on our President's Page.

Meet our Board Members

With this being our first year as a chapter of PAF, there is a lot to be done. Meet the people who are leading our chapter this year, and who are setting the standard for those that will follow.

Get Involved!

Do you want to get to know your fellow members and make a contribution to PAF? Then get involved and join one of our committees. Everyone has something to offer!

PAF-FCC Annual Meeting

On May 17, 2012, join us for our Annual Meeting and a CLE seminar, "Electronic Discovery: Rules, Requests and Processes," which is approved for 2.0 hours of CLE credits. We look forward to seeing all of our members there!

NALA CP Exam Study Group

Are you gearing up to take the CP exam? If you are and you're interested in study partners, please contact Jessie Cooper. We already have several people interested in joining a study group.