Wisconsin Association of Legal Professionals Joins Ethics First

Organization is first legal group to sign on to National Court Reporters Association’s program
By: The National Court Reporters Association
 
June 20, 2013 - PRLog -- VIENNA, Va., June 6, 2013—The National Court Reporters Association (NCRA), the country’s leading organization representing stenographic court reporters and captioners, has announced that the Wisconsin Association of Legal Professionals (WALP) has formally signed up as an Ethics First Supporter, becoming the first association representing legal professionals to do so. NCRA’s Ethics First program was developed to recognize NCRA members who have made a commitment to abide by and promote the rules of the Code of Professional Ethics (COPE), particularly with regard to gift-giving.

Ethics First seeks to positively educate court reporters, firms, and clients that the impartiality and neutrality of the court reporter is of utmost importance in maintaining an unbiased legal system. Getting the word out to attorneys, legal staff, and other consumers of court reporting services about the perils of accepting free gifts from court reporting firms is also one of NCRA’s Ethics First task force’s charges.

At a meeting in April, WALP’s membership formally voted and unanimously agreed to support the precepts of Ethics First regarding incentive and excessive gift-giving. Even greater, the association proudly features the Ethics First logo on its website.  

“We are extremely grateful and proud that an association representing so many individuals involved in the legal profession inside Wisconsin recognizes the potential ethical issues associated with incentive and excessive gift-giving,” says NCRA President Tami Smith Keenan, RPR, CPE. “I would like to personally thank the Wisconsin Association of Legal Professionals for making this commitment to promoting the Ethics First program and NCRA as a whole.”

WALP was chartered in 1967 as a member of NALS, Inc., the association for legal professionals. NALS, Inc. is the national certifying body for legal professionals, paralegals, and legal assistants.

“The Wisconsin Association for Legal Professionals is proud to be an Ethics First supporter,” says 2013-2014 WALP President, Darla Stephenson, PP. “The members of WALP are bound by the same objectives and standards of conduct represented by the Ethics First program and so the decision to become a supporter was an easy one.”

For more information on the Ethic First program, visit NCRA.org/ethicsfirst.

About NCRA
The National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) is internationally recognized for promoting excellence among those who capture and convert the spoken word to text for more than 100 years. NCRA is committed to supporting its more than 19,000 members in achieving the highest level of professional expertise with educational opportunities and industry-recognized court reporting, educator and videographer certification programs. NCRA impacts legislative issues and the global marketplace through its actively involved membership. Forbes has named court reporting as one of the best career options that do not require a four-year degree and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the court reporting field is expected to grow more than 5 percent in the coming years. For more information, visit NCRA.org.  

About WALP
The Wisconsin Association for Legal Professionals (WALP) is one part of a multi-level association. They strive to offer education and benefits of interest to members in the legal community statewide. For more information, visit www.wisconsinalp.org.
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