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Date: June 30, 2005
Press Contact: Samantha Hetzel
EAGAN, Minn., June 30, 2005 – West LegalEdcenter® (www.westlegaledcenter.com), the nation’s leading online continuing legal education (CLE) service from Thomson West, was voted the favorite online CLE provider in the 2005 TechnoLawyer @ Awards for the third consecutive year. Part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC), Thomson West is the foremost provider of integrated information solutions to the legal market.
“Since 2001,West LegalEdcenter has been dedicated to helping legal professionals manage their CLE credits and stay current from anywhere and at any time through online programming from the most distinguished providers in the industry,” said Steve Daitch, general manager of West LegalEdcenter and vice president of West Education Group. “To be voted the favorite online CLE provider for the third year in a row continues to demonstrate that we are making significant progress on our objective. We look forward to continuing our mission of helping legal professionals stay up-to-date anytime, anywhere, and enhancing their experiences through improved technology offerings.”
The TechnoLawyer @ Awards recognize customer loyalty and market-leading legal products as voted on by TechnoLawyer members. Categories include favorite blog, products, services and Web sites, as well as TechnoLawyer of the Year, Favorite TechnoLawyer Contributor and Legal Technology Consultant of the Year. TechnoLawyer is a legal technology and practice management resource that provides free e-mail newsletters.
West LegalEdcenter is the largest provider of both live webcast and archived on-demand programs available anywhere on the Internet. Over 90 local state and national authorized content partners, including the most respected names in CLE programming, provide more than15,000 hours of CLE to West LegalEdcenter. Authorized partners include the Practising Law Institute, the American Law InstituteAmerican Bar Association Committee on Continuing Professional Education (ALI-ABA), the Association of Corporate Counsel and the American Bankruptcy Institute, Continuing Education of the Bar–CA (CEB), and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (ABCNY).
West LegalEdcenter services include unmatched innovative features, such as links from course materials to Westlaw®, the leading online research service from Thomson West; customer service and technical support available 24 hours a day, seven days a week; and the most comprehensive law firm and corporate law department CLE Administrators Tool Kit for easy and seamless management of CLE attendance and usage, including comprehensive tracking of MCLE requirements and compliance for individual attorneys.
About Thomson West
Headquartered in Eagan, Minn., Thomson West is the foremost provider of integrated information solutions to the U.S. legal market. Thomson 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 Thomson West Web site at west.thomson.com.
About The Thomson Corporation
The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com), with 2004 revenues of $8.10 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 e-learning and assessment, scientific research and healthcare. With operational headquarters in Stamford, Conn., Thomson has approximately 40,000 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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