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Date: September 13, 2004
Press Contact: Samantha Hetzel West LegalEdcenter (651) 848-7576
samantha.hetzel@thomson.com
EAGAN, Minn., September 14, 2004 - The New York State CLE
Board recently granted Accredited Provider status to West
LegalEdcenter® (www.westlegaledcenter.com),
the nation's leading online continuing legal education (CLE)
service from West, and also approved the service's
technological enhancements, which now satisfy new state standards
for verifying participation in online CLE courses. New York
attorneys will now find West LegalEdcenter to be an indispensable
resource when fulfilling their CLE requirements. West is a Thomson
business (NYSX: TOC; TSX: TOC) and the leading provider of
integrated information solutions to the legal market.
Accredited Provider status automatically qualifies both
on-demand and live programs delivered via West LegalEdcenter for
nontransitional credit in New York. Experienced attorneys (those
who have been admitted to the New York Bar for more than two years)
can satisfy all 24 credits required per reporting period through
West LegalEdcenter programs.
Upcoming live webcast programs include
- Using Experts in Intellectual Property Litigation, presented
by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (ABCNY),
featuring
- Professor Margaret Berger - Suzanne J. and Norman Miles
Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Anthony J. Dreyer - Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
LLP, New York, NY
- Lawrence B. Goodwin - Chadbourne & Parke LLP, New York,
N.Y.
- Professor Jacob Jacoby, Ph.D. - Leonard N. Stern School of
Business, New York University, Jacob Jacoby Research Inc., New
York, N.Y
- Kenneth A. Plevan - Program Chair, Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, N.Y.
- Alan Ratliff, CPA-JD - Managing Director, Huron Consulting
Group, Houston, Texas
- Understanding Developments in Whistleblower Law 2 Years
After Sarbanes-Oxley, presented by the Practising Law Institute
(PLI), featuring
- Michael Delikat - Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, New York,
N.Y.
- D. Bruce Shine - Shine & Mason Law Office, Kingsport,
Tenn.
- Legal and Practical Approaches for the IP Practitioner:
Trademark Anti-Counterfeiting, presented by Celesq® AttorneysEd
Center, featuring
- Anthony F. LoCicero - Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein, New
York, N.Y.
More than 3,000 on-demand programs also are available for New
York attorneys through www.westlegaledcenter.com.
"We are committed to providing the most comprehensive
catalog of programs to ensure that attorneys can easily and
confidently satisfy their CLE requirements. Receiving Accredited
Provider status in New York is a true testament to the level of
programs offered through West LegalEdcenter and the reputation of
our content partners," said Steve Daitch, vice president of
West Education Group and general manager of West LegalEdcenter.
"Furthermore, West LegalEdcenter understands the importance of
online programs to attorneys and worked to fulfill the state's
new participant-monitoring requirements."
West LegalEdcenter enhanced its technology to fulfill new
standards set forth in July by the New York State CLE Board. Those
standards require providers to independently verify attorney
participation throughout all online programs - whether archived
(on-demand) or live webcasts.
West LegalEdcenter currently offers more than 13,000 hours of
online CLE programming from more than 90 local, state and national
providers, such as American Law Institute-American Bar Association
Committee on Continuing Professional Education (ALI-ABA), the
Association of Corporate Counsel, the American Bankruptcy
Institute, the PLI and Celesq AttorneysEd Center. West
LegalEdcenter also offers programs from respected New York-based
providers of CLE programming, such as the ABCNY, Bar Association of
Erie County, Nassau County Bar Association, Marino Institute of
CLE, Monroe County Bar Association, New York County Lawyers'
Association, Onondaga County Bar Association and the Women?s Bar
Association of the State of New York.
West LegalEdcenter is the leader in online CLE programming,
offering unmatched innovative features such as links from course
materials to Westlaw®, the leading online research service from
West; customer service and technical support available 24 hours a
day, seven days a week; and a comprehensive law firm and corporate
law department CLE Administrators Tool Kit for easily and
seamlessly managing CLE attendance and usage.
In June, West LegalEdcenter received Accredited Sponsor status
from the North Carolina State Bar Board of Continuing Legal
Education. West Virginia and Vermont also granted West
LegalEdcenter similar status this year.
About West LegalEdcenter
West LegalEdcenter (www.westlegaledcenter.com)
is the online continuing legal education (CLE) service from West
and the winner of the 2004 TechnoLawyer @ Award in the Favorite
Online Continuing Legal Education Provider category. Headquartered
in Eagan, Minn., West is the foremost provider of integrated
information solutions to the U.S. legal market. West is a business
within The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and was formed
when West Publishing and Thomson Legal Publishing merged in June
1996. For more information, please visit the West Web site at west.thomson.com.
About The Thomson Corporation
The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com), with 2003 revenues
from continuing operations of $7.44 billion, is a global leader in
providing integrated information solutions to business and
professional customers. Thomson provides value-added information,
software tools and applications to more than 20 million users in
the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services, higher
education, reference information, corporate training and
assessment, scientific research and healthcare. With operational
headquarters in Stamford, Conn., Thomson has approximately 38,000
employees and provides services in approximately 130 countries. The
Corporation's common shares are listed on the New York and
Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).
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