Date: June 17, 2009
Press Contact: Shawn Stavseth
To help more attorneys earn continuing legal education credits during the economic downturn, West LegalEdcenter has announced additional scholarship opportunities for its live event, live webcast, on-demand and podcast programming.
We are committed to providing tuition assistance to attorneys facing financial hardship as part of our mission to help legal systems work better every day, worldwide, said Lee Ann Enquist, vice president, West Professional Development. Thats why we are offering full and partial scholarships to unemployed attorneys, legal aid and government attorneys, judges and judicial clerks, law professors and students, and employees of nonprofit and legal services organizations.
Attorneys in private practice who seek to learn skills that will assist them in pro bono activities also are encouraged to apply for West LegalEdcenter scholarships.
West LegalEdcenter has reserved a limited number of full scholarships for each of the live programs it holds. Partial scholarships of up to 50 percent of the applicable course fee also are available for all programs. Individual attorneys may be granted one full-tuition scholarship per calendar year, and one partial scholarship per month. Attorneys are encouraged to apply early for scholarships for programs of their choice.
For more information, visit the scholarship application page on West LegalEdcenter.
About West LegalEdcenter
The cost-effective source for online and in-person legal training and CLE, West LegalEdcenter keeps attorneys up-to-date on the law and compliant with state requirements. Find everything you need to manage continuing education and professional development in law firms and legal departments live conferences and seminars around the nation, more than 7,000 online courses, compliance tracking, learning management, and full integration with in-house training. Taught by the most prestigious names in the legal field, West LegalEdcenter covers both the core substance of law as well as hot topics in every practice area. For more information, visit www.westlegaledcenter.com.
About West
Headquartered in Eagan, Minn., West is the foremost provider of integrated information solutions, software and services to the U.S. legal market. West is a business within Thomson Reuters. For more information, please visit the West Web site at www.west.thomson.com.
About Thomson Reuters
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