PCCE™ QUALIFICATIONS

Requirements to Sit for the Paralegal CORE Competency Exam (PCCE™)

• Bachelor's degree in any subject, plus a paralegal certificate; no experience or CLE required; or
• Bachelor's degree in paralegal studies; no experience or CLE required; or
• Bachelor's degree in any subject, no paralegal certificate; 6 months of experience and 1 hour of ethics taken in the year preceding the exam application date; or
• Associate's degree in paralegal studies; no experience or CLE required; or
• An associate’s degree in any subject, a paralegal certificate, no experience or CLE; or
  
• Associate's degree in any subject, no paralegal certificate; 1 year of experience and 6 hours of CLE, including 1 hour of ethics taken in the year preceding the exam application date; or
• Active duty, retired or former military personnel qualified in a military operation specialty as a paralegal and 1.0 hour of Ethics CLE within the year preceding the exam application; or
• Candidates who are within two months of graduating and registered for the PCC Exam by a Director of a paralegal studies program participating in the PCCE Assurance of Learning (AoL) Program at the Partner level; or
• Paralegal certificate from a program that meets or exceeds the requirements set forth in NFPA's Short Term Paralegal Program Position Statement; 1 year of experience and 6 hours of CLE, including 1 hour of ethics, taken in the year preceding the exam application date; or
• High school diploma or GED; 5 years of experience and 12 hours of CLE, including 1 hour of ethics, taken within the 2 years preceding the exam application date.