North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 27 - STATE BAR › Chapter 01 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR › Subchapter G › Section .0100 - THE PLAN FOR CERTIFICATION OF PARALEGALS › Section 01G .0118 - CERTIFICATION COMMITTEE

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) The
				  board shall establish a separate certification committee. The certification
				  committee shall be composed of seven members appointed by the board. At least
				  two members of the committee shall be lawyers, licensed and currently in good
				  standing to practice law in this state, and two members of the committee shall
				  be certified paralegals. The remaining members of the committee shall be either
				  lawyers, licensed and currently in good standing to practice law in this state,
				  or certified paralegals. The paralegals appointed to the inaugural committee
				  shall be exempt from the certification requirement during their initial term
				  but each such member shall be eligible, during the shorter of such initial term
				  or the alternative qualification period, for certification by the board upon
				  the board's determination that the committee member meets the requirements for
				  certification in Rule .0119(b).
(b)
				  The chair of the Board of Paralegal Certification shall appoint one member of
				  the committee to serve for a one-year term as chair of the committee and one
				  member of the committee to serve for a one-year term as vice chair of the
				  committee. The chair and vice chair may be reappointed to multiple terms in
				  these positions.
(c) Members shall
				  hold office for three years, except those members initially appointed who shall
				  serve as hereinafter designated. Members shall be appointed by the board to
				  staggered terms and the initial appointees shall serve as follows: two shall
				  serve for one year after appointment; two shall serve for two years after
				  appointment; and three shall serve for three years after appointment.
				  Appointment by the board to a vacancy shall be for the remaining term of the
				  member leaving the committee. All members shall be eligible for reappointment
				  to not more than one additional three-year term after having served one full
				  three-year term, provided, however, that the board may reappoint the
				  chairperson of the committee to a third three-year term if the board determines
				  that the reappointment is in the best interest of the program. Meetings of the
				  certification committee shall be held at regular intervals at such times,
				  places and upon such notices as the committee may from time to time prescribe
				  or upon direction of the board.
(d)
				  The committee shall advise and assist the board in carrying out the board's
				  objectives and in the implementation and regulation of this plan by advising
				  the board as to standards for certification of individuals as paralegals. The
				  committee shall be charged with actively administering the plan as follows:
(1) upon request of the board, make
				  recommendations to the board for certification, continued certification,
				  denial, suspension, or revocation of certification of paralegals and for
				  procedures with respect thereto;
(2) draft and regularly revise the
				  certification examination and
(3)
				  perform such other duties and make such other recommendations as may be
				  delegated to or requested by the board.