Membership Categories
Regular
Membership:
Regular membership is available to any person
of good moral character in good standing as a member of the bar
of a state, territory, or possession of the United States. Regular
membership dues are based on year of admission in Kansas. The KBA membership year is January 1 through December
31. KBA dues are:
- Kansas Law Students: FREE
- Admitted to Kansas bar in 2008: FREE
- Life Membership (must have been a KBA member for 50 years): FREE
- Legal Assistants/Paralegals: $75
- Inactive with the Supreme Court: $75
- Regular or Government Attorney (Admitted 2005-2008): $105
- Government Attorney/Judges/Non-Lawyer Magistrates
(Admitted 2004 or prior): $150
- Regular Attorney (Admitted 2004 or prior): $210
Government employee must be a full-time city, county, state, or federal employee.
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Paralegals/Legal Assistants
Membership:
Paralegals/legal assistants may join the KBA as an Associate Member. They
enjoy all the benefits as full association members, except for the
right to vote and to hold association office. They may participate
in KBA Annual Meetings, Sections, and Committees, but as non-voting
members. Paralegals/legal assistants members receive a subscription to the Journal
of the Kansas Bar Association, and can purchase handbooks,
seminar papers, and video and audio tapes at a discount. In addition,
they can attend CLE seminars at KBA member prices -- a substantial
savings.
Qualification
Standards for Paralegals/Legal Assistants Members:
Standard I: Completion of an educational program for legal assistants
which has been approved by the American Bar Association, or offered
by an accredited institution which is in substantial compliance
with ABA guidelines for the approval of legal assistant programs.
Standard
II: Completion of a certifying examination especially designed for
legal assistants.
Standard III: Completion of either of the following:
- A baccalaureate
degree and not less than one year of in-house training as a
legal assistant; or
- A minimum
of five years of law-related experience under the supervision
of an attorney, including at least one year of in-house training
as a legal assistant.
Paralegals/legal assistants
members may join the KBA for $75.
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Student
Membership:
Kansas law students are eligible to join the KBA as student members.
They enjoy all the benefits associated with regular KBA membership,
except the right to vote in association elections or hold association
office. Students may participate in KBA Annual Meetings, Sections,
Committees, and CLE seminars. In addition, they receive a subscription
to the Journal of the Kansas Bar Association and can purchase practice
handbooks, seminar papers, video and audio tapes at a discount.
Student membership is FREE.
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the KBA today!
Inactive
Membership:
Inactive membership is available to lawyers whose Kansas license
is inactive with the Kansas Supreme Court. Members who select inactive
status receive full benefits EXCEPT they do not have the right to
vote or hold association office.
Inactive dues are $75.
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Life
Membership:
Life membership is granted to those who have been a KBA member
for 50 years. Life membership
is FREE to qualified members. Contact the KBA at (785) 234-5696
or e-mail info@ksbar.org
for more information.
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