If your local association has no outreach to student members, start one. Prove your abilities and your genuine interest to a paralegal education program director before applying for a more time-consuming position. The primary barrier to becoming an adjunct instructor may be beyond your control. If that's the case in your community, inquire about becoming a guest lecturer, rather than the instructor of record. Nationwide, nonattorneys who direct para-legal programs usually hold master's degrees.
Paralegal educators agree teaching is worth the extra effort.
I feel the dream, and I return to my workplace refreshed and enlightened by my students. Frances Beall Whiteside lives in Dallas, where she's been active in paralegal education since 1990. She edited NFPA's PACE Study Manual.