West LegalEdcenter is an online continuing legal education

Continuing Legal Education

Continuing legal education is professional education of lawyers that takes place after their initial admission to the bar. In many states in the United States, CLE participation is required of attorneys to maintain their license to practice law...

 (CLE) service that is marketed to lawyers and law professionals in the United States. Launched in 2001, it has 7500 programs and 17,000 hours of local, state and national CLE content in its online library. The content on the West LegalEdcenter Web site is delivered in various formats, including webcasts, on-demand video and audio programs. A wide variety of law practice areas and experience levels within the field of law are represented.

West LegalEdcenter's content is developed by established CLE providers, including the American Law Institute

American Law Institute

The American Law Institute was established in 1923 to promote the clarification and simplification of American common law and its adaptation to changing social needs. The ALI drafts, approves, and publishes Restatements of the Law, Principles of the Law, model codes, and other proposals for law...

 American Bar Association Continuing Professional Education (ALI-ABA), the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), American Bar Association

American Bar Association

The American Bar Association , founded August 21, 1878, is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. The ABA's most important stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools, and the formulation...

, and New York City Bar. Sixty five percent of West LegalEdcenter's online programs have been produced in the past 24 months.

West LegalEdcenter is a division of Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters Corporation is a provider of information for the world's businesses and professionals and is created by the Thomson Corporation's purchase of Reuters Group on 17 April 2008. Thomson Reuters is headquartered at 3 Times Square, New York City, USA...

and is based in Eagan, Minnesota.

Business & Professional Programs

West LegalEdcenter offers business and professional skills courses designed to improve employee performance throughout an organization, from business etiquette and basic time-management skills to advanced organizational finance and management succession planning.

In-house CLE

West LegalEdcenter's In-house CLE is a training and mentoring tool that assists organizations with the recording, duplicating, distributing and tracking of their own in-house created CLE programs.

Reqwired

Reqwired is a software software company, part of CPE & Training Solutions available from Thomson Reuters. It provides a learning management system (LMS) featuring MCLE compliance tracking, tools that aid in the administration of accredited education, customized learning paths and in-house learning management.

External links

• West LegalEdcenter Web site