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Corporation Service Company (CSC) Conducting Survey - Overview of UCC Article 9

Corporation Service Company® (CSC®) is calling on all UCC professionals to complete a new survey. Anyone who manages Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) searching and filing transactions under Article 9 is invited to participate by visiting this link.

CSC's goal with this survey is to assemble the first-ever comprehensive overview of UCC Article 9 best practices and insights. UCC professionals at all levels with lenders, leasing enterprises, factoring organizations and law firms can provide valuable feedback that may finally answer the burning question: What are your peers doing?

"People want to know how other companies are managing challenges related to the 2010 Amendments to UCC Article 9," said Mark Rosser, vice president for CSC. "They want to know how others gauge and mitigate risk with their UCC searching and filing work, where they get their news, where they network ... these questions have answers! And we want to help answer them."

The survey takes less than 15 minutes to complete, and all respondents will be entered in a random drawing for one of four tablets: the Amazon® Kindle Fire, the Apple® iPad, the Google® Nexus, and the Samsung® Galaxy. Partial survey results will be released at the end of this year, but only survey participants will receive exclusive access to the full results.

To learn more about the survey, please visit http://www.cscglobal.com/uccsurvey.

APC Board Releases 2 New Courses ...

Family Law - Division of Property
and Spousal Support

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The NALA Advanced Paralegal Certification Board has released Family Law - Division of Property and Spousal Support. The second of four advanced programs for family law paralegals, this course concentrates on practice and procedure in the area of alimony and property division. Modules in the course cover the general topics of the legal framework through which alimony and property division obligations are imposed and enforced; property and support during marriage; identification of property for purposes of drafting agreements and litigation resolution; premarital and marital agreements; basic principles and particular issues in property distribution; alimony awards and agreements; discovery issues and alimony and property distribution; income tax consequences to awards; and modification and enforcement of alimony and property division agreements and orders.

Click here to open "Role of the Paralegal" in division of property and spousal support matters. This is the basis for the advanced course.

Upon successful completion of this course, including all course requirements, qualified Certified Paralegals will receive an Advanced Certified Paralegal (ACP) credential in Family Law - Division of Property and Spousal Support. 20 hours of CLE credit is also awarded.

The APC Board has determined that an ACP designation in Family Law will be awarded to Certified Paralegals who complete the following courses:

*   Child Support, Visitation and Child Custody
*   Division of Property and Spousal Support
*   Adoption and Assisted Reproduction
*   Dissolution Case Management

Successful completion of all 4 courses will lead to a certification in Family Law.

And ...

Business Organizations:
Noncorporate Entities

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The Advanced Paralegal Certification Course on Noncorporate Entities presents essential concepts related to the historical development, governing law, formation, operation, taxation, and advantages and disadvantages of noncorporate business entities.

The course is organized into ten modules, as follows:

*   Introduction and Sole Proprietorships
*   General Partnerships
*   Limited Partnerships based on the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 1985
*   Limited Liability Companies
*   Limited Liability Partnerships
*   Limited Partnerships based on the
      Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2001
*   Other Noncorporate Entities
*   Special Issues
*   Taxation
*   Comparison and Selection of Business Forms

Click here to open "Role of the Paralegal" for those working in business and corporate law. This is the basis for the advanced course.

This course is one of two Advanced Paralegal Certification courses for paralegals working with corporations and business organizations. The first, Business Organizations: Incorporated Entities, was added to the lineup of Advanced Paralegal Certification Courses in 2008.

Certified Paralegals who successfully complete this APC course, and all requirements, are entitled to earn 20 hours of CLE credit, in addition to award of the Advanced Certified Paralegal credential.

NALA Members Featured on Paralegal Voice

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A recent edition of the Paralegal Voice featured former NALA board members Kathy Miller, ACP, CAS, and Karen Trumpower, ACP, presenting their research on legal apps for paralegals. Miller and Trumpower presented 90 Apps in 90 Minutes at the NALA Convention in July and have done the research and tests to determine the best apps for successful paralegals. The app experts break down and organize their top apps into seven categories: fax/scan, publications, research, note-taking, PDF and PDF-signature, security, games, and miscellaneous. They also take into account the platforms each app is compatible with (iOS vs. Android) and price.

Tune in to hear what Miller and Trumpower consider the best apps for paralegals, how to use them, and how to stay updated on app technology.

Click the image above or click here to listen to this program.

A Great Holiday Gift ...

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Recently, Church Hill Classics started offering custom frames for the NALA certificates.

Frames are offered in various sizes and prices, and include matting.

Click on the image for further details or click here. You may also call Church Hill Classics at 1-800-477-9905.

Church Hill Classics is located in Monroe, Connecticut.