Rule 20: The Florida Registered Paralegal Program*

Note: A Florida Registered Paralegal application packet is available on The Florida Bar's Web site.

A Florida Registered Paralegal is a person with education, training, or work experience, who works under the direction and supervision of a member of The Florida Bar and who performs specifically delegated substantive legal work for which a member of The Florida Bar is responsible and who has met the requirements of registration as set forth in Chapter 20 of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar.

• 20-1: Preamble
  • 20-1.1: Purpose
• 20-2: Definitions
  • 20-2.1:Generally
• 20-3: Eligibility Requirements
  • 20-3.1: Requirements for Registration
• 20-4: Registration
  • 20-4.1: Generally
• 20-5: Ineligibility for Registration or Renewal
  • 20-5.1: Generally
  • 20-5.2: Duty to Update
• 20-6: Continuing Education
  • 20-6.1: Generally
• 20-7: Code of Ethics and Responsibility
  • 20-7.1: Generally
• 20-8: Revocation of Registration
  • 20-8.1: Paralegal Committees
  • 20-8.2: Duties and Authority
  • 20-8.3: Complaint Processing
  • 20-8.4: Investigation
  • 20-8.5: Subpoenas
  • 20-8.6: Disposition of Complaints
  • 20-8.7: Review of District Paralegal Committee Action
  • 20-8.8: Files
• 20-9: Immunity
  • 20-9.1: Generally
• 20-10: Amendments
  • 20-10.1 Generally

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All Legal Assistant/Paralegal students participate in an internship program to gain hands-on training in law firms, government agencies, and judicial settings.