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WHEREAS, a paralegal is a qualified person employed or retained by a lawyer, government agency, or other entity in a capacity or function which involves the performance, under the ultimate direction and supervision of an attorney, or specifically delegated substantive legal work; and WHEREAS, Idaho’s paralegal organizations are actively involved in efforts to promote recognition of the paralegal profession; to provide legal education and training for their members; to encourage and promote a high level of professional achievement and responsibility; and to adhere to a code of ethics; and WHEREAS, the Idaho Alliance of Paralegal Associations, consisting of the Idaho Association of Paralegals, Inc. (Boise) and the Intermountain Paralegal Association, Inc. (Pocatello) provides a single, cooperative voice on issues affecting the paralegal profession in Idaho; and WHEREAS, the State of Idaho, through the Office of the Governor, promotes and encourages a commitment to excellence and professionalism, characteristics exhibited by Idaho’s paralegal organizations. NOW, THEREFORE, I, JAMES E. RISCH, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby proclaim September 12th, 2006, to be P A R A L E G A L D A Y in Idaho.
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WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great
Seal of the State of Idaho at the Capitol in Boise on this 17th day of July in
the year of our Lord two thousand and six and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred thirty-first and of the Statehood of Idaho the
one hundred seventeenth.
