Special Committee to Study Paralegal Regulation
At the beginning of his tenure as President of The Florida Bar, Alan Bookman appointed the Special Committee to Study Paralegal Regulation. The Special Committee was charged with studying the status of paralegals in the state of Florida. After several meetings, a public hearing, the review of written testimony, the review of rules from other states, and many hours of debate, the committee voted to recommend that the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar approve a new rule, Chapter 20, which would establish the Florida Registered Paralegal Program.
Chapter 20 was approved and added November 15, 2007, effective March 1, 2008, (SC06-1622), (969 So.2d 360), amended November 9, 2017, effective February 1, 2018 (SC16-1961).