How I Created uMCLE Facebook Fan Page….Twice

by Tim Baran 11.20.2009
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After concluding in Why Should uMCLE.com Have a Facebook Fan Page that uMCLE should, came the task of whittling down [...]

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Lawline.com Honors Their CLE Faculty With a Reception and Awards Ceremony

by Tim Baran 11.18.2009
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Recognized for their innovative and relentless attention to customer service, Lawline.com focused on their distinguished faculty for one special night, [...]

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Why Should uMCLE.com Have a Facebook Fan Page?

by Tim Baran 11.17.2009
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The uMCLE Facebook Fan Page has just been created with the purpose of aggregating information from uMCLE.com and other continuing [...]

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Results of the 2009 Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Course Registration Survey

by Tim Baran 11.11.2009
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Are continuing legal education (CLE) course registrations up or down in 2009?
A lively conversation on the Association for Continuing Legal [...]

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Preliminary Results of CLE Course Registration Survey

by Tim Baran 11.09.2009
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Results are in from the 2009 CLE Course Registrations: Up or Down? Survey.  We will synthesize and chart/graph information  submitted [...]

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2009 CLE Course Registrations: Up or Down?

by Tim Baran 11.05.2009

In response to inquires and concerns about 2009 continuing legal education (CLE) registrations, we’ve compiled this short survey which will [...]

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Comment on Summit MCLE Recommendations Before Nov. 6, 2009

by Tim Baran 11.04.2009
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On October 27, 2009, the Critical Issues Summit issued 16 final recommendations, seven of which apply to mandatory continuing legal [...]

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Building and Using Twitter Lists

by Tim Baran 10.30.2009
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The beauty of Twitter is it’s simplicity, and the new Twitter Lists feature is no exception.  In less than 24 [...]

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Sean Carter Unplugged! Q&A With America’s Law Humorist and CLE Presenter

by Tim Baran 10.22.2009
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Electrifying!   Smart!   Funny!
The Best Continuing Legal Education (CLE) course I ever attended!

Typical accolades for America’s law humorist,  Sean Carter [...]

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Uniform MCLE Standards Needed But Presumptive Accreditation Will Do

by Tim Baran 10.16.2009

Among the 43 (including Puerto Rico), and soon to be 46 (Hawaii, Nebraska, and New Jersey in 2010) mandatory continuing [...]

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Exploring How Attorneys Who Engage in Social Media Can Earn MCLE Credit

by Tim Baran 10.14.2009
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The discussion is shifting from if to how the legal profession should use social media.  Seminars and articles from legal [...]

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Side by Side Comparison of New Jersey and New York MCLE Rules

by Tim Baran 10.12.2009

On January 1, 2010, New Jersey will join 42 states that require mandatory continuing legal education (MCLE).  Attorneys will have [...]

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Impact or Failure: MCLE: A Coordinated Approach vs. Critical Issues Summit: CLE in the 21st Century

by Tim Baran 10.02.2009
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In January 1998, 23 years after Minnesota became the first state in the nation to make continuing legal education mandatory, [...]

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Accrediting a Live Course or Conference in all Mandatory Continuing Legal Education States

by Tim Baran 09.21.2009
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So you’re planning a two-day conference, charging $500 to $2000 and hope to get around 300 registrants.  Or you’ve escaped [...]

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Practising Law Institute Has Issued Over 6,000 Scholarships This Year! You Can Afford Your MCLE

by Tim Baran 09.16.2009
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A recent quest by a friend on Twitter to raise funds to attend an annual trade conference sent me scrambling [...]

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Top Online Continuing Legal Education Provider, Lawline.com Forms Alliance with CCH and Aspen Publishers

by Tim Baran 09.16.2009
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Relentlessly innovative and creative, Lawline.com has joined forces with Wolters Kluwer’s CCH and Aspen publishers, two of the leading providers [...]

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Free NYC Seminar: How to Become a U.S. Citizen – Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 6-7 p.m

by Tim Baran 09.15.2009

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