Checklist for Legal Training Course

___ Committee meeting to discuss curriculum, instructors, site, dates, registration fee for the course. Determine what books are going to be used and whether the cost will be included in the registration fee or the students will be billed separately. Select Coordinator.

___ Obtain the guidelines and forms available from the NALS website or from the NALS Resource Center.

___ Complete the Legal Training Course Approval form and the Legal Training Course Itinerary form.

___ Collect the required biographical sketches (résumés) and if possible, a résumé from every instructor.

___ Request approval from NALS Resource Center, Education/Certification Manager.
Include the following:

1. Topics to be covered.
2. List of instructors with titles and the required résumés. (Retain a copy of all résumés.)
3. Itinerary to include classroom hours and instructor for each session.

___ Mail or fax the completed forms and all documentation to:

NALS Resource Center
Education and Certification Manager
8159 East 41st Street
Tulsa, OK 74145
fax to: 918-582-5907

___ Confirm the classroom site.

___ Prepare flyers and other advertising media. A sample is located on page 18 & 19.

___ Order textbooks.

___ Register students, hold first class, and distribute the textbooks. NOTE: The chapter may charge an additional fee for the books or include the cost in the registration fee. Make sure that you have planned for this event.

___ Forward a list of the registered students and $10 fee per student to the Resource Center within thirty (30) days from the start of the first session. Make all checks payable to NALS. DO NOT SEND CASH.

___ Complete, if desired, the Notice of Intent to Offer the ALS Exam and send it with all completed ALS exam applications and fees to the NALS Resource Center prior to the application deadline date.

___ Administer the final examination. An examination will be forwarded to you by the NALS Resource Center. Only make enough test copies for the current students; please DO NOT make extra copies.

___ Complete the Legal Training Course Student Record of Course Completion and forward it the NALS Resource Center. Include the students’ names, the number of attendance hours, and the students’ scores.

___ Prepare Certificates of Completion from the template provided by the NALS Resource Center for all students who met the attendance requirement and who received a score on the Legal Training Course final examination greater than 70 percent. Complete thank you letters to instructors, students, and committee members.

___ Conduct the ALS examination.