Fort Worth Paralegal Association

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The purpose of the FWPA is to promote the professional objectives and goals of paralegals, to encourage, promote and conduct programs of continuing education and professional development and to promote the advancement of high standards of integrity and professionalism for paralegals to the end that both the public and the legal profession are better served.

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President's Message

This Memorial Day, we honor and remember the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. Their courage and dedication inspire us to live with gratitude and purpose. As I reflect on this day, I know we all have family and loved ones who have made the ultimate sacrifice. I think it is honorable that our Nation has two holidays specifically honoring those who have given everything in service to their Country.

Key Points to Remember on this day of remembrance:

  • Gratitude: We owe a debt of gratitude to those who have served and sacrificed. 

  • Reflection: Memorial Day is a time to reflect on their bravery and dedication. 

  • Purpose: Let their legacy inspire us to live with purpose and gratitude. 

  • Never Forget: We must never forget the cost of freedom and the lives given to protect it. 

As we enjoy the freedoms secured by those who gave everything, let’s take time this Memorial Day to pause and remember. Whether through a moment of silence, attending a local ceremony, or sharing one of these Memorial Day quotes, each act of remembrance helps ensure that their sacrifices are never forgotten.

Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

"How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes."
- Maya Angelou

Their sacrifice was the ultimate act of love for their country. May we always remember them.” — Unknown

In the face of impossible odds, people who love their country can change it.” — Barack Obama

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” — John 15:13

"Spirit, that made those heroes dare

To die, and leave their children free,

Bid Time and Nature gently spare

The shaft we raise to them and thee."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Memorial Day is more than a long weekend—it’s a day to pause, reflect, and remember the ultimate sacrifices made by our Nation’s heroes. For the soldiers who fell in battle, their legacies live on in the freedoms we enjoy today. May the spirit of Memorial Day remind us of the price of freedom and inspire us to live with gratitude, compassion, love, and understanding.

This Memorial Day, may we all strive to live lives worthy of their sacrifice.

--Michele Rayburn, FWPA President

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Upcoming CLE Events Links

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QR Code Check-In!

Look for your confirmation e-mail to have a QR Code to check-in at the next GMM - just have it on your phone or a print out to scan at the door!

Featured Patron

Upcoming GMM

FWPA June GMM

Registration Opens June 1st

Speaker: 

Tex Quesada, Esq.

Sommerman, McCaffity, Quesada & Geisler


Topic:

Civil Litigation 

June 26, 2025 - 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.

1.0 hr. CLE / (TBLS pending)

Sponsored by

TBA

$20.00 FWPA members/$22.00 non-FWPA members

Reservation deadline Tuesday Prior: June 24th-5:00 P.M.

 For questions, contact Susan Davis, TBLS-BCP - 1st VP (Programs)

FWPA-FirstVicePresident@fwpa.org

*PAYMENTS ARE ONLINE OR BY CHECK.  ALL registrations for RSVPs must be made online.  Online payments are online through the website or by check. Checks must be mailed 1 week prior to the lunch.  Payment not received prior to the lunch will require payment to be made at the door. 

Due to food count requirement on TUESDAY, ANY at-door registrations and payments are discouraged. ($22 members/$24 non-members)

Checks and exact change accepted only at the door. There is a $25 charge for returned checks.  Refunds cannot be given for non-attendance.
Refunds/credit cannot be given for non-attendance.

See the RSVP and Payment Policies section below. 

Texas Bar College CLE!

GMM Charity

Go to https://www.thetrevorproject.org/Show LGBTQ+ young people their lives are worth saving.

 The Emergency Lifeline Campaign will mitigate any damage that might be caused by these anticipated federal cuts and fuel our suicide prevention and crisis services as well as other life-saving programs.  Make a gift today like your kid's life depends on it. Because for someone, it does.

Donate: https://give.thetrevorproject.org

GMM / CLEs RSVP and Payment Policies

 RESERVATIONS ARE ONLINE ONLY   Due to our advance food count requirement, all RSVPS need to be made on the TUESDAY prior by 5:00 p.m.  (E-mail requests to RSVP will not be valid.)

PAYMENTS ARE ONLINE OR BY CHECK   GMM payments are online through the website or by check. (Instructions for mailing checks are given when you register online.) Payment not received prior to the lunch will require exact payment amount to be made at the door.  (Eff. Jan. 1, 2022.)

ANY at-door registrations and payments are discouraged.

(GMMs $22 members/$24 non-members) 

There is a $25 charge for returned checks.

Refunds / credits cannot be given for non-attendance.

Job Bank


FWPA has a Placement Chair to assist you! 

Submit your PDF resume to the FWPA Placement Chair

fwpa-placement@fwpa.org


Have a job opening? Click here to go to the "Job Bank" page

and submit your form!

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TVAS Volunteer opportunities -

go to the TVAS page - here!

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