Learn About Membership

The National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR) is a pioneer in legal education and advocacy for people with disabilities. Our national network of Social Security claimants’ representatives provides valuable resources to those who specialize in Social Security disability benefits, including Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI).

With your membership, you will have access to the resources and network to provide the highest quality representation for your clients – and win more cases.

To mail in a form instead, click here. For our renewal form, click here.

Membership Benefits

Stay current in a rapidly changing field.

• We publish a monthly newsletter, the Social Security Forum, with the latest developments in the Social Security Administration, federal courts, federal legislation, Congress, and legal practice. (Click here to view a sample past issue.)
• We send you real-time email alerts of relevant news, events, policy changes, legislative proposals, and other developments of interest.
• We provide free access to the most up-to-date list of what each state charges for medical records.
• We provide you with access to a research clearinghouse of sample briefs and decisions.

Learn with the experts all year round.

• We sponsor one national continuing legal education conference each year. Members receive substantial registration discounts.
• We regularly run webinars that are free for all members, including our popular vocational issues webinar series.
• We run quarterly update webinars with our attorneys in Washington, DC for just $25 for regular members and free for sustaining members.
• We have a mentorship program open to all members, as mentors or mentees, run on an annual cycle.
• We provide CLE-eligible online webinars at a substantial discount to members.
• We offer all members discounts on the Social Security Practice Guide and other LexisNexis products and publications (exclusions may apply).

Get personalized assistance in your practice.

• We offer a referral service for attorneys in private practice who maintain malpractice insurance.
• We offer assistance obtaining certain delayed Title II fees from SSA.
• We provide a number of Social Security legal resources including briefs, case citations, memoranda of law, questionnaires, and more, at a substantial discount.
• We run a NextGen listserv and networking events for members who are under 40-years-old OR have less than ten years of experience in this field.

Advocate in partnership with us.

• We regularly share ways members can quickly and easily advocate with us on pressing issues in the field.
• We advocate to legislators on your behalf from our Office of Government Affairs in Washington, DC.
• We run a PAC that is open to member contributions.
• We submit amicus briefs in Supreme Court cases that directly impact our members and their clients.
• We regularly write letters to congress, sign on to letters from like-minded organizations, and more.

Ethics Requirement

All members must attend at least one hour of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) on ethics annually.  If you haven’t attended such a program, we invite you to order an online ethics webinar through NOSSCR’s online continuing education store.