In another sign of their growing numbers, Florida Registered Paralegals would be required to notify an employer or supervising attorney of any status change under a proposed rule amendment that could soon be headed to the Supreme Court.

The Board of Governors, as early as December, could be asked to consider a proposed amendment to Rule 20-5.2 (Duty to Update).

Currently, the rule states, in part, that an FRP, or anyone applying for registration, has “a duty to inform The Florida Bar promptly of any fact or circumstance that would render the individual ineligible for registration or renewal, and The Florida Bar will notify the employing or supervising lawyer….”