Search results
The October 5, 2024, paralegal certification exam application is now available! Please login to the member portal to create an account and complete the application. If you are retaking the exam, please do not create a new account - use the CP# you were previously assigned.
- Certification
The North Carolina State Bar’s Plan for the Certification of...
- For Paralegals
Everything you need to know about how to get certified -...
- Certification
The North Carolina State Bar’s Plan for the Certification of Paralegal is a self-funded, voluntary certification program of the North Carolina State Bar, the regulatory agency for North Carolina lawyers.
Everything you need to know about how to get certified - qualifications, forms, costs, important dates, and information about the certification examination. Get Certified.
The State Bar's voluntary paralegal certification program was created to establish standards for the certification of qualified individuals as "North Carolina Certified Paralegals." The program promotes both the proper utilization of paralegals by lawyers and the continuing education of paralegals.
The UNC Paralegal Program is consistently among the highest-ranked programs in the North Carolina State Bar’s report of Certification Exam passage rates. The North Carolina State Bar has designated UNC-Chapel Hill as a qualified paralegal studies program.
State Bar (“State Bar”), Legal Assistant Division members and paralegals across the state will soon be welcoming a North Carolina certification program to establish practice standards for the paralegal profession.
The North Carolina State Bar has designated UNC-Chapel Hill as a qualified paralegal studies program. Upon completion of the program, participants are eligible to take the North Carolina State Bar Paralegal Certification Exam.