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Partnership Brings Duke Law School Content to West LegalEdcenter

Date: September 6, 2005
Press Contact: Julie Gunderson

EAGAN, Minn., Sept. 7, 2005 – Duke Law School recently signed an exclusive online distribution agreement with West LegalEdcenter. West LegalEdcenter, the nation’s leading online continuing legal education (CLE) service from Thomson West, offers up-to-the-minute programs in partnership with the nation’s most respected bar associations and other distinguished CLE providers. Part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC), Thomson West is the foremost provider of integrated information solutions to the legal market.

The partnership will offer Duke alumni and other legal professionals convenient online access to the Law School’s high quality CLE programs, exclusively via West LegalEdcenter (www.westlegaledcenter.com).

"Our partnership with West LegalEdcenter will provide us with another opportunity to reach our alumni nationwide, and will also allow other attorneys to take these courses," said Katharine T. Bartlett, Dean and A. Kenneth Pye Professor of Law at Duke Law School. "We believe that our programs are truly unique and are excited to offer them to a broader audience in an online format."

Duke Law School is one of the country’s top law schools with extraordinary faculty strength in constitutional law, intellectual property, business law, international and comparative law, national security and other fields related to science, technology, and innovation. Duke’s flagship interdisciplinary centers, which sponsor a wide variety of scholarly and educational conferences and programs, include the Program in Public Law, the Center for the Study of the Public Domain, the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security, the Global Capital Markets Center, the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, and the Center for Genome Ethics, Law and Policy.

"By partnering with Duke Law School, we are ensuring that our customers have access to the highest quality and most comprehensive CLE programs available in one convenient location," said Steve Daitch, general manager of West LegalEdcenter and vice president of West Education Group.

West LegalEdcenter includes unmatched innovative features such as personalized program recommendations; simplified CLE tracking; 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.

About Duke Law School
Established in 1930 as a graduate and professional school, Duke Law School is an integral part of one of the nation's leading research universities. Through its community of renowned scholars, the Law School provides leadership at the national and international levels in efforts to improve the law and legal institutions through teaching, research and other forms of public service. For more information, please visit the Duke Law School web site at www.law.duke.edu.

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).