W A L P
Wisconsin Association for Legal Professionals
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Welcome to those of you who are visiting our site. Since the Wisconsin Association for Legal Professionals (WALP) is one part of a multi-level association, we are constantly striving to offer education and benefits of interest to our members in the legal community statewide. We thank you for your interest in our Association and encourage you to make contact with our membership director, Darla Stephenson, to learn more about available educational or networking opportunities in your area of our state. Please check What's Happening in WALP for the latest announcements or Calendar of Events for meeting and educational conference dates. * * * * * * * * * The Wisconsin Association for Legal Professionals was chartered in 1967 as a member of NALS, Inc. (NALS). It is a non-profit association composed of local chapters. Local chapters are a part of the Wisconsin Association for Leal Professionals and NALS. Per capita tax is paid to both associations. A local chapter is governed by its own bylaws and its programs are based upon the purposes of NALS and the Wisconsin Association for Legal Professionals. Legal education workshops, seminars and professional courses are offered by the local, state and national associations. Each year the Wisconsin Association for Legal Professionals presents a scholarship to a student in the legal field based on need, ambition and merit for the purpose of furthering his/her education. | President’s Message
Welcome to a New Year! With the start of each year we turn a new page on another chapter in the history of WALP. What we “write” on those pages over the coming year is up to each and every one of us. In the years I have been involved in WALP I have witnessed a huge transformation in the way we communicate through the development and implementation of our website. NALS is also offering exciting new educational opportunities through the use of webinars, many of which are now being offered at no, or very little, cost to the members. Now, more than ever, in every area of our lives we are being asked to do more with less. I think it is an important time to take renewed pride and commitment in our profession. Membership in a professional association can help you achieve and maintain professional certifications. Through our participation in education and certification programs we continually demonstrate our commitment to the future of our profession. You decide where we go from here . . . Anne Ihde 2010-2011 WALP President
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WALP MISSION STATEMENT
We are committed to the delivery of quality legal services by providing continuing education and up-to-date information, certification programs and networking opportunities to members and non-members of our tri-level association.
WALP VISION STATEMENT
Wisconsin Association for Legal Professionals is the association for providing information and education through its affiliated with NALS, local chapters of Wisconsin Association for Legal Professionals, other chapters of NALS and related professional associations.
THE MEANING OF THE NALS LOGO
The three-sided triangle brings to mind the tri-level nature of a unified organization. As an organization, our three areas of emphasis are education, certification and networking. Internally, three qualities in your members are that they are professional, ethical and valued.
The rings within the triangle represent different things to different people, but all of these things lead back to NALS. For instance, the ripple effect NALS has on the legal community is very positive as the Association works externally (and vice versa). As information moves back and forth, internally to externally, and vice versa, NALS' mission is strengthened.
Another way to interpret the rings might be a thumbprint - the mark each individual member makes within NALS and on the legal community as a member of NALS.
A third interpretation of the rings might be the solar system, whereby members are linked in a network, with the 5 rings signifying the chapter, state, NALS, the member's professional and personal lives, and the Resource Center.
