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LAWYERSLEARN.COM GOES NATIONWIDE WITH CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION ON PDA DEVICES
Lawyers in most states are required to take 10-15 hours of continuing legal education annually, and lawyers overwhelmingly support the need for these refreshers. Most CLE courses, however, are offered off-site during peak billing hours and often involve significant travel time. Since attorneys' incomes are based on the number of hours they bill, obtaining CLE credits in the traditional way can be inconvenient and extraordinarily costly. Now, through CLE2Go(tm), attorneys can access high quality interactive CLE wherever and whenever it is most convenient for them; at home, while waiting for a case to be called at the courthouse, or even on vacation. Because of this patented technology, lawyers don't have to sacrifice peak billable hours to earn CLE, don't have to travel to the instructor or even have constant access to a computer. "We are in the business of providing attorneys with the highest quality CLE in convenient and enjoyable formats," said Lee Riggs, CEO of LawyersLearn.com. "We thought we could apply the benefits of today's technology to the needs of attorneys, so that earning CLE credits would not conflict with earning a living. This will actually affect people's lives." LawyersLearn.com, the leader in online interactive CLE, has developed and patented technology that makes its entire catalogue of interactive courses available on handheld devices. Using CLE2Go(tm), attorneys have immediate access to a variety of course topics , everything from Ethics to Sexual Harassment law, developed by some of the nation's top legal professionals and educators. "LawyersLearn.com has been the backbone of our CLE program for several years now, providing top quality interactive courses online," said Charles J. Gearhiser, President of the Tennessee Bar Association. "Being able to take CLE on their PDAs is incredibly beneficial to lawyers across the country. Our members who participated in the testing of CLE2Go(tm) are really excited about the benefits of this system." How it works To take a course on a handheld device, an attorney simply registers through his or her participating bar association's online "university" and chooses the CLE2Go(tm) option. The instructions and courseware are then downloaded, either wirelessly or via the HotSync(r) function, to the handheld device for use anywhere, anytime. LawyersLearn.com handles all of the administrative details, such as registration, post testing, forwarding of credits to the appropriate bar association, etc. About LawyersLearn.com CLE2Go(tm) is the latest innovation from LawyersLearn.com, a two-year old company that pioneered interactive online CLE courses and now provides online "universities" to state and municipal bar associations from Maine to Kansas City. LawyersLearn.com works in partnership with bar associations to provide their members high quality, efficient CLE, while creating a new income stream for the bar that doesn't require additional overhead costs or administrative resources. Last year, for example, one of the earliest affiliated bar associations sold more than 4,000 CLE hours through their "university" and generated tens of thousands of dollars of income as a result. The success of LawyersLearn.com and its partnership with bar associations across the country is based on providing both innovative technology and the highest quality courses. Leading attorneys in their fields, in-house professionals and members of affiliated municipal and state bar associations, continuously develop courses of national and local interest for the LawyersLearn.com catalogue. Each hour-long LawyersLearn.com course is designed to be interactive, enjoyable, efficient and robust. Professors are required to develop their courseware in an interactive format that promotes a positive experience for the student, and to update and enhance the content in a timely manner. Quality courseware, strong partnerships with state and local bars, and innovative technology have made LawyersLearn.com the leader in online and wireless continuing legal education. CLE2Go(tm) keeps LawyersLearn.com at the forefront of the rapidly growing industry that provides online and wireless education to professionals. Palm and Palm Powered are trademarks of Palm, Inc. CONTACT: |
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KNOXVILLE, TENN. - (FEBRUARY 11, 2002) -LawyersLearn.com announces the national launch of CLE2Go(tm), the first system that makes Continuing Legal Education (CLE) available to busy lawyers on their handheld PalmPowered(tm) and Pocket PC personal data assistant (PDA) devices. This patent-pending program gives attorneys the ultimate in flexibility and convenience, allowing them to fit required CLE courses into their schedules rather than the other way around. Since it's launch in early January, CLE2Go(tm) has been tested in regional markets. Today it becomes available to members of participating bar associations across the country.