EXHIBIT 31 (a)


                    CERTIFICATION BY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                       PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


I, Brett Merl, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-KSB of Legal Club of America
     Corporation;

2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of
     a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
     statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
     were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
     report;

3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
     information included in this report, fairly present in all material
     respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of
     the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this
     report;

4.   The small business issuer's other certifying officer and I are responsible
     for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
     defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a -15(e) and 15d -15(e)) and internal
     control for financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a -
     15(f) and 15d - 15(f)) for the small business issuer and have:

          a.   designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
               disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
               supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
               small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries,
               is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
               during the period in which this report is being prepared;

          b.   designed such internal control over financial reporting, or
               caused such internal control over financial reporting to be
               designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
               regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
               preparation of financial statements for external purposes, in
               accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

          c.   evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer's
               disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report
               our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
               controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by
               this report based on such evaluation; and

          d.   disclosed in this report any change in the small business
               issuer's internal control over financial reporting that occurred
               during the small business issuer's fourth fiscal quarter, that
               has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
               affect, the small business issuer's internal control over
               financial reporting; and

5.   The small business issuer's other certifying officer and I have disclosed,
     based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
     reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors and the audit committee
     of small business issuer's board of directors (or persons performing the
     equivalent functions):

          a.   all significant deficiencies and material weakness in the design
               or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which
               are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business
               issuer's ability to record, process, summarize and report
               financial data and have identified for the small business
               issuer's auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls;
               and

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          b.   any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
               other employees who have a significant role in the small business
               issuer's internal control over financial reporting.


Date: September 26, 2003               /s/ BRETT MERL
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                                       Brett Merl,
                                       Chairman and CEO


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