Join AAfPE Today!

AAfPE's membership includes hundreds of universities, colleges, and other institutions of higher learning throughout the United States and in Canada. Since 1981, AAfPE's member schools have trained thousands of paralegal students each year to help increase, improve, and support access to the legal system in their communities. 

All new applications for membership must be completed online and include any specified supporting documentation. Applications will not be processed until all supporting documentation has been received and the non-refundable application processing fee and first year's dues are paid. Please allow 1-2 weeks for processing.

Where new applications for membership are made part-way through the year, an allowance is made to adjust dues for the first year of membership only. Please see the pro-rated dues table.

Membership dues are assessed on a calendar-year basis and are payable by January 1 of each year. Invoices will be sent to all current members by AAfPE Headquarters staff during the fall of the preceding year. Dues may be paid by VISA, MasterCard, or American Express. Credit card payments may be made online by logging into your account.

Institutional Member- School Memberships

Institutional Membership is available to schools offering paralegal and legal assistant education programs that are 1) approved by the American Bar Association or 2) institutionally accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the Commission on Higher Education Accreditation of the U.S. Department of Education or a comparable agency. As an Institutional Member, one representative from that school may vote at the annual business meeting, but anyone teaching in the program may take advantage of AAfPE's many membership benefits.

• AAfPE Listserv for questions, solutions, and resource-sharing

• Access to real-life resources, syllabi, assignments, and assessment templates in the ERL

• Stay current with The Legal Educator (double-blind peer-reviewed professional journal)

• Online membership directory to easily connect with peers

• Discounted registration fees for AAfPE conferences (regional and national)

• Opportunity to stand out by forming a chapter of Lambda Epsilon Chi (LEX) honor society

Institutional members exercise a voice on decisions affecting the paralegal profession and may use AAfPE membership for advertisement or endorsement purposes.

Dues are $545.75 annually (January 1 – December 31).