It is a major way the Bar plans to use technology to offer better service to Texas lawyers. Let me share with you our plans to use technology for such universal access to CLE, discuss innovations already implemented, and offer observations about how programs are put together and speakers chosen. Continuing legal education is one of the most important activities of the Bar and one of its most dynamic functions. As a veteran CLE planner and speaker, I have a particular attachment to the subject.
Technology heralds a new age for continuing legal education.
Richard Orsinger's CLE committee and Julene Franki's Professional Development Program staff have been implementing many applications of technology and are planning to introduce more. Their activities dovetail with those underway by Craig Ball's Technology Advisory Group, which is developing technology applications to provide other member services. Because of the efforts of recently departed department head Pat Nester, four-term CLE chair Kim Askew, and their staffs and committee members, no activity undertaken by the Bar is better equipped than CLE to take advantage of technology. The Bar has experimented with all sorts of technology. For example, through the Custom CLE program, local bar associations partner with us to deliver pre-recorded video presentations, complete with written materials.