Legal continuing education courses are popping up all over cyberspace. Many are pilot sites in the early stages of development. But there is certainly no shortage of delivery styles. Please see the links section of this article for a list of some online CLE courses. From our travels on the Net it seems that there is currently a real potpourri of Web-based learning solutions.
Some sites are purely text based, offering a scholarly paper to read, followed by a short quiz.
Successful completion of the quiz allows participants to print out a course certificate. Other sites offer audio and or video clips of legal experts sharing advice on topics as diverse as communication skills and workplace diversity to the how-tos of cross examination and estate planning. A few CLE sites offer proprietary software to complete a course. Some companies sell an unlimited use pass. The American Bar Association offers one hour of free online education in exchange for filling out an evaluation of their pilot project.