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Should Legal Marketing Courses Count for CLE?

By Carolyn Elefant

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It looks like a golden age for the purveyors of continuing legal education programs in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Law Journal reports that the state's Board of Bar Examiners approved 13,000 CLE programs last year. In spite of the wealth of CLE options, many topics don't qualify for CLE, particularly those that deal with practice management, technology and marketing. For example, last week, the Bar launched a six-part, 60-minute live Webcast series on business skills for effective lawyers. But the first installment -- a $75 program entitled "Survival Guide for the Current Economy" -- offered no CLE credit and lawyers are required to complete 30 hours of CLE every two years. The Wisconsin Law Journal piece quotes Law Marketing Blog author Larry Bodine, who criticized the omission of marketing courses from CLE as "a major shortcoming." Likewise, many solo and small firm lawyers believe that incorporating marketing and practice management courses into CLE programs can help these lawyers succeed, says Christopher L. Strohbehn, a member of the CLE committee. Stohbehn also points out that Internet marketing and social media are fast replacing Yellow Pages advertising and lawyers need to understand their ethical obligations when using 21st century technologies to market their...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on December 04, 2009 (boomark / email).