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History PANO’s
organization was patterned after the National Association of Legal
Assistants (NALA). The
original purpose of PANO was to provide a network for local paralegals to
share information concerning areas of practice.
Jean A. McIntyre recalls many of PANO’s charter members were the
paralegal in the office. Rather
than ask supervising attorneys questions and risk leaving the impression
that U.T. wasn’t teaching practical information, members called each
other. PANO filled a great
need; so, its membership mushroomed. Initially,
PANO membership was open to individuals who had been continuously employed
as a paralegal for at least thirty days; individuals pursuing a course of
study in legal assisting; and graduates of a legal assisting program.
Over the past quarter-century, the criteria for membership have
been refined. In
July 1978, PANO’s members made their first major decision: which
national organization with which to affiliate.
The members chose NALA because it was Avery
strong. By doing so, PANO not
only became the nation’s first local association affiliated with NALA,
but they gained exposure to developments within the profession on a
national scale as several PANO members were quite active in the national
organization in the late 1970s.
When information about NALA’s Certified Legal Assistant Examination
arrived in Toledo, it seemed only natural that Anne Paul and Jean A.
McIntyre, two of PANO’s charter members, sat for the Spring, 1979 CLA
exam at the Commodore Perry Hotel. They became the first two of a long
series of PANO members to successfully endure the two-day examination. At the annual meeting in June 2004, the membership voted to change its name from the Toledo Association of Legal Assistants to the Paralegal Association of Northwest Ohio. Charter
Members
Members
of the University of Toledo’s Legal Assisting programs first two
graduating classes formed the Toledo Association of Legal Assistants
(PANO), a professional organization for paralegals, in 1977. Joan
E. Young, a paralegal at Owens-Illinois, hosted PANO’s organizational
meeting in August 1977. It
was attended by the following people: Legal Assistant of the Year Awards:
PANO
has made it a tradition to award an outstanding legal assistant annually
for their contributions to the profession and work as a legal assistant.
Criteria for selecting the recipient include education (both
college and continuing education), experience as a legal assistant,
service to the profession (at local, state and national levels), and
service to the community (legal and non-legal).
Here is the history of the past recipients:
1989:
Claudia Sundberg, CLA |
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