CONNECTICUT BAR ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE ON LEGAL ASSISTANTS -- JUNE 1997

Connecticut attorneys agree that legal assistants play an increasingly important role in the delivery of legal services. In 1992, the Connecticut Department of Labor projected a growth of 34.2% in the paralegal field by the year 2000. To aid CBA members in locating qualified candidates for paralegal openings, the Committee on Legal Assistants provides this list of job banks maintained by degree programs and paralegal associations in Connecticut. The paralegal job banks listed here are free to employers. They are utilized by both entry level and experienced paralegals. The types of degrees granted are listed in parenthesis. The Committee on Legal Assistants is supplying this resource to CBA members to assist when hiring needs arise.

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION APPROVAL

The American Bar Association approves legal assistant programs which meet the educational standards established by its Approval Commission. ABA-approved programs require a minimum of 60 credits of education, either as a prerequisite to or as part of the paralegal education program. Additional criteria on library facilities, faculty, student services, and advisory committees must also be met. A minimum of 18 credits of legal specialty courses is required. ABA approval is a voluntary process. Of the estimated 650 paralegal education programs in existence today, the ABA has approved more than 200. This list of job banks indicates which degree programs have obtained American Bar Association approval.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR PARALEGAL EDUCATION

Membership in the American Association for Paralegal Education (AAfPE) requires that an institution's program of study be ABA-approved or in substantial compliance with ABA guidelines. This national organization of paralegal educators promotes high standards for paralegal education through discussion, conferences, publications, Task Forces and cooperation with other national, regional and local organizations. This resource indicates which degree programs are among the 244 institutional members of AAfPE.

PARALEGAL JOB BANKS

Fairfield County

Connecticut Association of Paralegals, Fairfield County
P.O. Box 134
Bridgeport, CT 06601

Norwalk Community-Technical College
188 Richards Avenue
Norwalk, CT 06854(AS)

ABA-approved
Patrick Boland
Director of Placement
Telephone: (203)857-7032
Fax: (203)857-7069

Thomas Jackson
Coordinator, Legal Assistant Program
Telephone: (203)857-7152

Hartford County

Central Connecticut Paralegal Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 230594
Hartford, CT 06123-0594

Pina Salvatore
Job Bank Chair
Telephone: (860) 275-0274
Fax: (860) 275-0343

Briarwood College
2279 Mt. Vernon Road
Southington, CT 06489 (AS)

ABA-approved, AAfPE member
Toni Esposito
Program Director or
Kristine Gradowski
Placement Director
Telephone: (860)628-4751
Fax: (860)628-6444

Manchester Community-Technical College
P.O. Box 1046
MS 8
Manchester, CT 06045-1046 (AS)

ABA-approved, AAfPE member
Nance Kriscenski
Coordinator, Paralegal Program
Telephone: (860)647-6108
MA_KRISCENSK@commnet.edu

Carl Ochnio
Career Services Director
Telephone: (860)647-6067
MA_OCHNIO@commnet.edu

Robert Henderson
Cooperative Education Director
Telephone: (860)647-6077
Fax: (860)647-6332
MA_HENDERSON@commnet.edu

University of Hartford, Hartford College for Women
1265 Asylum Avenue
Hartford, CT 06105
(BS,AS, Credit Certificate)

ABA-approved, AAfPE member
Christine Beck Lissitzyn
Legal Studies Department Chair

Deborah D. Boyle
Program Manager, Legal Studies Department
Telephone: (860)768-5688
Fax: (860)768-5693
lissitzyn@hartford.edu

Litchfield County

Northwestern Community-Technical College
Park Place
Winsted, CT 06098 (AS)

Eugene Falco
Coordinator, Legal Assistants Program
Telephone: (860)738-6480
Fax: (860)379-4995

New Haven County

New Haven County Association of Paralegals
P.O. Box 862
New Haven, CT 06504-0862

Job Bank Committee Chairs Harold W. Parritt and Donna Broadbent
c/o Yolen & Perzin
Telephone: (203)937-0555
Fax: (203)932-0006

Naugatuck Valley Community-Technical College
750 Chase Parkway
Waterbury, CT 06708 (AA)

ABA-approved, AAfPE member
Kathy Bradley Sweeney
Legal Assistant Job Developer, Cooperative Education Office
Telephone: (203)575-8223
Fax: (203)575-8003

Quinnipiac University
Mt. Carmel Avenue
Hamden, CT 06518 (BA)

ABA-approved, AAfPE member
Jill E. Martin
Professor of Legal Studies
Telephone: (203) 582-8712
Fax: (203) 582-8709
jill.martin@quinnipiac.edu

Teikyo Post University
800 Country Club Road
Waterbury, CT 06723 (BS, AS, Credit Certificate)

Peter Chepya
Director, Legal Assistant Program
Telephone: (203)596-4654
Fax: (203)575-9691