Links to Other Professional Development and CLE Resources

This page contains links to:

Providers of CLE Courses and Materials
Associations of Training and Development Professionals
Other Web Sites Linking to Law-Related Resources

Clicking on the name of the organization will take you to its web site. 

To the best of our information and belief, each of the providers listed is a major U.S. national (or international) provider of approved CLE courses and/or other resources for lawyer professional development, as indicated. We cannot, however, vouch for the correctness, currency, or completeness of the content of any of these sites nor for the availability of CLE credit for any particular courses they may offer. Furthermore, the omission of any organization or web site should not be interpreted as a negative indication as to the quality or extensiveness of its offerings.

Providers of CLE Courses and Materials:

Unless otherwise indicated, the following major providers offer CLE courses and materials on a variety of legal subjects in a variety of locations across the United States. A red asterisk (*) flags providers that offer online courses. For a more comprehensive list of CLE providers, see the directories of local, state, and national providers in The Capital CLE Calendar.

American Bar Association, CLE Division*, Chicago, IL
ALI-ABA*, Philadelphia, PA
CLE Online,* Round Rock, TX (Live online seminars)
The Christison Group, San Diego, CA (Lawyer training and consulting in lawyer professional development)
Cognistar,*Plymouth, MA (Prerecorded online CLE)
DigiLearn Online Continuing Legal Education*, Colorado Springs, CO (Prerecorded online CLE)
ESI International/George Washington University*, Washington, DC (Legal course offerings, both on-line and classroom-based, in government contracts and construction law, plus business courses in information technology and project management.)
FDLI, Inc., Washington, DC (Conferences, satellite courses, teleconferences, and publications on food, drug, and medical devices law)
Federal Publications Seminars, Falls Church, VA (Classroom-based courses with a primary focus on government contracts and construction law; additional course offerings in other areas of substantive law and legal skills)
FindLaw*(provides on-line legal research tutorials on the Web, and connects to a wealth of other law-related resources)
Internet Legal Education and Development, Inc.,* Lago Vista, TX (Online  pre-recorded courses and downloadable forms, primarily in law practice management topics but also some employment and immigration law courses)
Law.com Seminars,* San Francisco, CA (Conducts occasional moderated online CLE seminars and maintains an archive of past seminars.)
Lawline.Com,* New York, NY (Prerecorded online courses)
LawWriting.com, Providence, RI (Writing skills training for lawyers, summer associates, paralegals)
LegalSpan.com,* (Prerecorded online courses in partnership with several state bars and CLE providers)
Marino Institute for CLE,* New York, NY. (Live "Bridge-the-Gap Weekends" in New York for new attorneys, prerecorded online courses (by affiliated providers) and CDs, occasional live courses for experienced attorneys)
National Employment Law Institute, Larkspur, CA   (Employment law courses and publications)
National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Notre Dame, IN (Litigation skills training and materials)
National Practice Institute*, Minneapolis, MN
Patent Resources Group, Inc., Charlottesville, VA (Patent law courses and materials, including review course for the patent bar examination)
Practicing Law Institute*, New York, NY
The SEC Institute, Inc., Coral Gables, FL (Securities law courses and materials)
The Seminar Group, Vashon, WA
Stark Legal Education, Inc., New York, NY. (Transactional training workshops and resources, including a Transactional Training Resource Guide.)
Taecan.com* (Pre-recorded online CLE courses; partners with several state bars and CLE providers for course content and provides personal credit-tracking record.)
TRT*, Sterling, VA (Ethics and professionalism courses and materials, including telephone seminars and online tutorials)
WestLegalEdCenter.Com* (Online CLE courses in partnership with major CLE providers, plus personal course-tracking record)

Associations of Training and Development Professionals:

American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), Alexandria, VA (international association of workplace learning and performance professionals. Offers publications, conferences, on-line discussion forums, seminars, professional certification, research and benchmarking services on workplace learning and performance issues)
Association for Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA), Austin, TX (membership association of CLE providers and in-house training administrators; offers conferences and publications on lawyer education and training)
International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI), Silver Spring, MD (International association of performance improvement professionals. Offers conferences, institutes, professional certification, and publications on training and performance issues in the workplace)
North American Simulation and Gaming Association (NASAGA, international association of interactive learning designers and facilitators; offers an annual conference each fall, online conferences at other times of year)
Professional Development Consortium (PDC, international association of directors of law office professional development programs; offers semi-annual summer and winter conferences)

Other Web Sites Linking to Law-Related Resources:

FindLaw

Hieros Gamos

The Legal Information Institute of Cornell Law School

"WashLaw Web" of Washburn University School of Law