- Encourage a high order of ethical and professional attainment
- Provide a local voice for paralegals
- Promote a forum of exchange and support for paralegals to share experiences, viewpoints, and knowledge of professional interest
- Increase paralegal’s knowledge and expertise by promoting and encouraging formal education, training, experience, programs, seminars, and affiliations
- Encourage and promote the role of paralegals as a vital role of the legal team in furnishing efficient legal services
- Seek a more cohesive and active relationship with the Virginia State Bar and local bar associations
- Support and carry out the program, purposes, aims, and goals of NALA
- Promote leadership skill building