Message from the President

Welcome TPA Members and Visiting Guests to our Website!

It isn’t often I get a captive audience where I can promote the benefits and rewards of the paralegal profession AND combine that with the opportunities that abound within the Tennessee Paralegal Association!  The Tennessee Paralegal Association (TPA) is a nonprofit, statewide, professional association with its membership comprised of persons who are employed as paralegals, students in recognized paralegal educational programs, and partners and allies of the paralegal profession. 

TPA has 4 statewide local chapters that encompass paralegals in the southeast, central, east and west regions of Tennessee, from Chattanooga to Memphis, Nashville to Knoxville and all points in between!  Members of TPA are also affiliates of the National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) and subscribe to NALA’s Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility.

Our goal at TPA is to educate, motivate and inspire paralegals to pursue excellence in their profession.  TPA strives to provide our members with opportunities that not only increase their personal growth within the paralegal profession, but also provide them with a sense of camaraderie, commonality, and friendship with their paralegal peers. 

TPA provides our members with opportunities for (1) continuing legal education and training in specialty areas, (2) mentoring our next generation of paralegals, and (3) participating in forums for leadership, community service and networking.   

TPA sponsors two major seminars each year on a broad range of legal topics.  Each Chapter hosts monthly meetings with speakers on pertinent topics, that in many cases, also provide for CLE credit to maintain certification. 

TPA is the place for you to Think Prepare Achieve your personal and professional goals.  I look forward to helping each of you in that journey!

Sherri Fawver, CP
Certified Paralegal
President Tennessee Paralegal Association