Membership Types
Types of Memberships
Find out more about the different types of memberships available:

  • Lawyers
  • Legal Assistants
  • Law School Faculty
  • Law School Students
  • Law Office Managers
  • Retired/Affiliate
  • Judges
    • Lawyers
    The North Carolina Advocates For Justice (NCAJ) offers all types of memberships for legal professionals like you, no matter what the stage of your careers. New Admittees to the NC Bar enjoy free memberships at NCAJ for their first year. Associate Members (five years of licensure or less) and Public Service Attorneys are offered reduced membership rates. Regular Members are fully initiated into the North Carolina Advocates For Justice and are entitled to all benefits of membership. As our members grow more successful and well-respected, many choose to deepen their commitment to the North Carolina Advocates For Justice and become Patrons, Sustaining Patrons or Benefactors, each level offering substantially more benefits as they move through our highly-regarded ranks. At the pinnacle of your career, you may choose to join our Presidents' Club, which is made up of our most successful and most committed members.

    Whatever level you choose, the benefits of membership are enormous and it is gratifying to connect with like-minded individuals working to Protect People's Rights in North Carolina. You can join the North Carolina Advocates For Justice     online now. We look forward to serving you!
    Legal Assistants
    Legal Assistants are the fastest-growing membership group in the North Carolina Advocates For Justice. Our legal assistant membership has grown from 449 members in 1999 to 531 members in 2002 - a fact with which we are extremely pleased. The North Carolina Advocates For Justice strives to be a source of support, research, advocacy, and community not only for attorneys but also for legal assistants across the state.

    Legal assistant members enjoy all of the same benefits as our attorney members; they also have their own Legal Assistants Division, enjoy discounts on CLEs, and are offered complimentary membership in one section of their choice. Legal assistants in their first year of practice and legal assistant students enjoy free membership in the North Carolina Advocates For Justice. In addition to providing a network of support for legal assistant members, the Legal Assistants Division also holds its own continuing education programs and publishes its own newsletter, Discovery, three times a year.

    We encourage all of our attorney members to sponsor their legal assistants for membership in the North Carolina Advocates For Justice. The benefits for legal assistants and the attorneys with whom they work are beyond compare.

    If you are a Legal Assistant and would like to join the North Carolina Advocates For Justice, please     join online now. We look forward to welcoming you to the North Carolina Advocates For Justice!
    Law School Faculty
    Law School Faculty are eligible to join the North Carolina Advocates For Justice at a significant discount while enjoying the full benefits of a regular membership. There are programs available through AAJ and the North Carolina Advocates For Justice which can be presented on your campus, and our network of law school alumni is an effective way to boost programs and research.
    Law School Students
    Law students enjoy free membership in the North Carolina Advocates For Justice for the length of their stay in law school. There are many benefits to being a member as a law student, including:

  • free membership in one section of the student's choice
  • membership in the Young Lawyers Division
  • opportunities to network with practicing attorneys around the state
  • free and unlimited access to all of the North Carolina Advocates For Justice publications, and
  • free attendance at any CLE on a space available basis.


    • So, what are you waiting for? Join the North Carolina Advocates For Justice    online now. The benefits are immediate!
    Law Office Managers
    Sensing the need for a peer group for those who manage law offices, a few years ago the North Carolina Advocates For Justice created a new division, the Law Office Management Division. The division is open to members who are law office managers and firm administrators. No matter what their official title in their individual workplace, anyone who has an administrative function in their law office can join the North Carolina Advocates For Justice as a Law Office Manager. Law Office Manager members enjoy all the same benefits of regular attorney members, plus discounts on CLEs, a division made up of their peers, and complimentary membership in the Small Office Practice Section. The Law Office Management Division works very closely with the Small Office Practice Section to ensure that the needs of members who practice in small firms are being met.

    If you would like to join the North Carolina Advocates For Justice as a Law Office Manager member, please     join online now. We look forward to welcoming you!
    Retired/Affiliate
    Many of our members remain dedicated to our mission and ideals upon retirement, and choose to continue to support the North Carolina Advocates For Justice by maintaining membership in our "Retired" category. There is a small membership fee for this membership type, while retired members enjoy the same benefits as regular members.

    In addition, trial lawyers from other states often wish to become members of the North Carolina Advocates For Justice, so the "Affiliate" membership type has been created for them. Such members enjoy limited membership at low cost.
    Judges
    While judges cannot become full members of the North Carolina Advocates For Justice, we do offer complimentary attendance at any NCAJ CLE to any judge who wishes to attend.