Want to impress your teen-age children on how techno-savvy you are? Whip out your iPod and crank up some good CLE programs on it.
CLE on MP3
Our CLE programs are being made available on an expanding number of high-tech formats, for your ease of use and ready access. This service is an alternate to sitting in class rooms and provides CLE programs delivered over the Internet, consisting of audio presentations and the full text of the accompanying printed materials. In addition, this format has some high-tech features that aren't possible in the traditional live program format. It is MCLE-accredited for all New York attorneys, other than those newly admitted * (in practice fewer than 24 months) and are available 24 hours per day, every day—at any place he/she has access to the Internet.
An important new feature of CLE Online for 2007 is the availability of audio files in the MP3 format, which can be downloaded to iPods or other MP3 players. There is no additional charge to our customers for this new service. This new service permits those who purchase our CLE Online programs to download the audio files to their MP3 players or iPods, thereby providing them with greater portability and convenience in their use of the programs.
CLE on CD
Another important recent development, introduced a couple of years ago, was the creation of an “unplugged” version of CLE Online—a version on compact disk, CLE on CD. The programs available in the CLE on CD format are exactly the same as those available on CLE Online. You just have to make sure you bring the disk with you to work on the computer you are using. At present, there are 58 programs available, on a wide range of topics, in any of the formats described above—CLE Online, CLE on CD, and iPOD/MP3 format.
Not Seminars…WEBINARS!!
We are making arrangements to present a Webinar this fall, on the topic of e-filing, including a live, online “walk through” of the e-filing process. It will offer two MCLE credits. Also this fall, we are presenting a two-hour program, Ethics Update, featuring Professor Patrick Connors of Albany Law School. This will also be a telephonically delivered seminar, scheduled from noon-1:40 p.m., so that you can earn your two ethics credits for the year during your lunch hour.
So whether you are listening to a program on your iPod, or cranking up a Webinar on your iPhone, or getting live CLE through your Bluetooth, we hope your teenagers will be impressed, even if they probably won’t admit it.
**For more information about online CLE and other CLE initiatives, please visit the CLE page on our web site. You can go there directly by copying the following URL into your web browser.
http://www.nysba.org/Template.cfm?Section=CLE