Halloween is fast approaching, but for the Legal Professions Association Club, it’s not the only special day this month.
According to LPA Vice President Rebecca Farias, the club is celebrating Texas Paralegal Day by hosting a haunted courtroom fundraiser Oct. 23rd.
“We’re going to be doing a haunted courtroom and a cotton candy fundraiser in the Harvin Center,” Farias said.
First known as Texas Legal Assistants Day in 1993, as declared by the 73rd Legislature, it was later declared as Paralegal Day in 2005 by the Texas House of Representatives.
However, Paralegal Day was set in stone on Jan. 22, 2009, by the Texas Senate in Proclamation No. 1144.
Farias said the club was started back in 1973, which marks their 50th anniversary this year. It is also another reason the club is hosting the haunted courtroom.
“This is our club’s 50th anniversary … so that’s a part of why we wanted to do something so big for Paralegal Day,” Farias said.
LPA Treasurer Cassidy Bass said the haunted courtroom will be open to students, faculty and staff.
“I would love to see truly anyone,” Bass said.
The haunted courtroom is on the second floor of the Venters Business Building in Room 240 on the Heritage Campus.
The haunted courtroom fundraiser will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 23 and donations are welcome. Cotton candy will also be sold as part of the fundraiser but in the Harvin Center.
With the fundraiser students can expect to see Del Mar’s courtroom through a spookier lens.
“We’ll have all different people set up ready to scare you and then you’ll also get to come through and see what the courtroom is like,” Farias said. “It’s mainly just a fun little way to get scared.”
For more information about the fundraiser or the LPA club, students can stop by Room 337 in the Venters Business Building between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday or between 8 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on Friday to speak with Bass.
