THE LEGAL SUPPORT STAFF OF BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
ABOUT US
The Legal Support Staff Association of Berks County (LSSA) is a non-profit, non-union, non-partisan, and non-political association dedicated to serving the local community. Through continuous education, we strive to serve attorneys, judicial and bar associations while stimulating a high order of professional standards and ethics. Our organization encourages respect for the law and the administration of justice.
HISTORY
In 1996, a group of legal support staff personnel desired to start an organization to promote legal education and service the legal profession. These individuals planned to create an organization that would allow community members interested in the legal field to collaborate and advance the local legal field. On May 6, 1996, approximately a dozen legal support staffers founded the Legal Support Staff Association of Berks County (“LSSA”).
The founding members worked tirelessly to craft the local LSSA and establish organizational structure. Among objectives of promoting legal education, the LSSA founders valued making membership affordable and accessible.
Over the years, LSSA has grown to approximately 70 members. Our members are comprised of judicial secretaries/staff, paralegals, legal assistants, law librarians, county and city law department staff, in-house legal teams at corporations and banks, law office managers, students in legal programs, teachers of those legal programs, and every position in between. We spend our time having monthly membership meetings, monthly legal educational programs we call Learn 'n' Lunches, networking among each other in our practice areas, assisting with the Berks County Bar Association, and reaching out into our community with monetary donations, personal property collections, food and gift baskets, cooking and serving at shelters, and giving of our personal time.