May 5, 2021
2021 Membership Renewals
As renewal date approaches, the Paralegal Division of the Utah State Bar (“the Division”) would like to provide its members with a few reminders.
Renewals are a multi-step process. In addition to paying the Bar fees, as directed in the emails members receive from the Utah State Bar, the Division is required under U.C.J.A. 14-113 to receive annual certification from its members that they are employed and supervised by a licensed attorney. Additionally, annual CLE reporting is required for renewal. Complete instructions for this multi-step renewal process can be found on the Division website.
Please take the time to fill out form C-1 and/or C-2, along with the CLE Certification Form, and submit the forms through the portal as part of the renewal process.
Additionally, the Division is extending to its members between two and four “needs-based” scholarships in the form of waiver of renewal fees. If you, or a member you know, would like to apply for this scholarship opportunity, please EMAIL your application (in the form of a short explanation of the reasons you feel the member or yourself should be awarded the scholarship).
The deadline to apply for a scholarship for a waiver of renewal fees, is May 25, 2021.
2021 Membership Renewals
As renewal date approaches, the Paralegal Division of the Utah State Bar (“the Division”) would like to provide its members with a few reminders.
Renewals are a multi-step process. In addition to paying the Bar fees, as directed in the emails members receive from the Utah State Bar, the Division is required under U.C.J.A. 14-113 to receive annual certification from its members that they are employed and supervised by a licensed attorney. Additionally, annual CLE reporting is required for renewal. Complete instructions for this multi-step renewal process can be found on the Division website.
Please take the time to fill out form C-1 and/or C-2, along with the CLE Certification Form, and submit the forms through the portal as part of the renewal process.
Additionally, the Division is extending to its members between two and four “needs-based” scholarships in the form of waiver of renewal fees. If you, or a member you know, would like to apply for this scholarship opportunity, please EMAIL your application (in the form of a short explanation of the reasons you feel the member or yourself should be awarded the scholarship).
The deadline to apply for a scholarship for a waiver of renewal fees, is May 25, 2021.
July 27, 2020
The Paralegal Division of the Utah State Bar is pleased to announce the transfer of the Heather Johnson Finch Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund to Salt Lake Community College (SLCC). Special thanks to Julie Eriksson and Nate Alder for all of their hard work completing this move. Special thanks also to Utah Valley University and Salt Lake Community College for facilitating the same.
It has been nearly ten years since Heather Johnson Finch's tragic death. Heather was the consummate professional and model to what every paralegal should strive to be. She devoted more than 20 years to the paralegal profession. Her life was given to hard work and service to the legal community through countless hours of volunteering, and in 2009 she received the Distinguished Paralegal of the Year Award, Utah’s highest award for paralegals. She was serving as the chair of the Paralegal Division of the Utah State Bar at the time of her death. An avid hiker who aimed to summit the highest peak in every state, Heather died in an airplane accident in Nepal August 24, 2010, on her way to the base of Mount Everest.
To honor Heather’s life and accomplishments, the Paralegal Division of the Utah State Bar created the Heather Johnson Finch Memorial Endowed Scholarship in 2010—the first ever endowed scholarship for students pursuing undergraduate degrees in paralegal studies at Utah Valley University (UVU). At present, UVU is no longer offering the Paralegal Studies program. Therefore, in July 2020, plans were finalized to transfer the Heather Johnson Finch Memorial Endowed Scholarship to SLCC. The program at SLCC is the only paralegal education program in Utah that has been approved by the American Bar Association. Applications for the first SLCC scholarship will be accepted August 1, 2020 through September 2020.
Heather’s legacy and dedication to the paralegal profession will live on through this scholarship opportunity. Dedicated, aspiring, service-oriented students majoring in paralegal studies at SLCC will be able to benefit from pursuing the best paralegal education available, and the legal community will benefit when these students graduate and enter the workforce. Please join with the Paralegal Division of the Utah State Bar in honoring the life of one of the finest paralegals in Utah by generously donating to this scholarship.
Instructions on how to donate to the Heather Johnson Finch Memorial Endowed Scholarship at SLCC, or to apply for the scholarship, can be found here:
The Paralegal Division of the Utah State Bar is pleased to announce the transfer of the Heather Johnson Finch Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund to Salt Lake Community College (SLCC). Special thanks to Julie Eriksson and Nate Alder for all of their hard work completing this move. Special thanks also to Utah Valley University and Salt Lake Community College for facilitating the same.
It has been nearly ten years since Heather Johnson Finch's tragic death. Heather was the consummate professional and model to what every paralegal should strive to be. She devoted more than 20 years to the paralegal profession. Her life was given to hard work and service to the legal community through countless hours of volunteering, and in 2009 she received the Distinguished Paralegal of the Year Award, Utah’s highest award for paralegals. She was serving as the chair of the Paralegal Division of the Utah State Bar at the time of her death. An avid hiker who aimed to summit the highest peak in every state, Heather died in an airplane accident in Nepal August 24, 2010, on her way to the base of Mount Everest.
To honor Heather’s life and accomplishments, the Paralegal Division of the Utah State Bar created the Heather Johnson Finch Memorial Endowed Scholarship in 2010—the first ever endowed scholarship for students pursuing undergraduate degrees in paralegal studies at Utah Valley University (UVU). At present, UVU is no longer offering the Paralegal Studies program. Therefore, in July 2020, plans were finalized to transfer the Heather Johnson Finch Memorial Endowed Scholarship to SLCC. The program at SLCC is the only paralegal education program in Utah that has been approved by the American Bar Association. Applications for the first SLCC scholarship will be accepted August 1, 2020 through September 2020.
Heather’s legacy and dedication to the paralegal profession will live on through this scholarship opportunity. Dedicated, aspiring, service-oriented students majoring in paralegal studies at SLCC will be able to benefit from pursuing the best paralegal education available, and the legal community will benefit when these students graduate and enter the workforce. Please join with the Paralegal Division of the Utah State Bar in honoring the life of one of the finest paralegals in Utah by generously donating to this scholarship.
Instructions on how to donate to the Heather Johnson Finch Memorial Endowed Scholarship at SLCC, or to apply for the scholarship, can be found here: