STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

Student Paralegal Association

The Eastern Kentucky University Student Paralegal Association (SPA) is a student-oriented professional association designed to foster scholarship and leadership in the Paralegal Program. The association is composed of paralegal majors and people interested in the paralegal field. The primary objectives of the SPA are multifaceted: to hereby promote an interest in legal issues relevant to every day living; to hereby promote knowledge of individual's rights; to hereby develop leadership and to inspire patriotism; and to promote professional ethics.

Student Organizations Photo Gallery: 2006 Paralegal Picnic

Officers

President: Michelle Hoffman

Vice President: Renee Day

Treasurer: Susannah Roitman

Secretary: Christine Worthington

Historian/Activities Director: William Arnett

Faculty Advisor: Elaine Tackett

LAMBDA EPSILON CHI

Lambda Epsilon Chi is the national honor society founded by the American Association for Paralegal Education. There are approximately 94 Chapters throughout the United States with well over 1,000 inductees who have been honored for their outstanding academic achievements. The purpose of Lambda Epsilon Chi is to recognize persons who have demonstrated superior academic performance in an established program of paralegal/legal assistant studies offered at an institution that is an Institutional member in good standing of the American Association for Paralegal Education (AAfPE). To be initiated into Lambda Epsilon Chi (LEX), a student at Eastern must have an overall 3.5 or higher cumulative GPA, and have completed two-thirds of the paralegal program requirements and 24 semester hours of Paralegal (LAS) major courses. Students may apply for admission once they have completed 90 semester hours of the 128 hours required for a B.A in Paralegal Science, or 45 semester hours of the 65 required for an A.A. in Paralegal Studies.

For questions about LEX, contact faculty advisor Linda Wimberly.Linda Wimberly.

LEX Inductees for 2005-06

Congratulations to the LEX inductees from EKU for the 2005-05 academic year!!!

Ashley Stacy
Alison Hash
Bonnie Hudgins