Online CLE Provider, Taecan.com Publishes 1,000th Course

e-learning pioneer serves demand for online legal education in Atlanta

SEATTLE, June 27, 2002 – Taecan.com, (www.taecan.com) the global leader in Online Continuing Legal Education (CLE) today published its 1,000th online legal seminar in the United States for The Atlanta Bar Association (www.atlantabar.org).

Taecan.com’s milestone course; Shaping the Destiny of Democracy is a streamed broadband video discussion of electoral reform issues in the wake of the 2000 elections. It is one of 20 hours of state-specific CLE courses published for The Atlanta Bar Association on Taecan.com. The panel features CNN legal analyst and co-host of Burden of Proof, Roger Cossack; Laughlin McDonald, director of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project and Florida Attorneys David Cardwell and Thomasina Williams who were both involved in litigation related to the 2000 elections.

Available to attorneys in all states, the CLE course examines the questions of electoral reform, barriers to voting rights, the role of the media in electoral reform, and the work of Presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald R. Ford with the National Commission on Federal Election Reform.

The 1,000-course milestone is significant for lawyers as it demonstrates the increasing demand for online tools in the legal field, said Taecan.com CEO, Patrick Vane. “Lawyers are busy serving their clients and with CLE mandatory in most states, they struggle to find time to travel to CLE seminars,” Vane said. “The Internet provides a convenient and cost effective alternative.” CLE is mandatory in 40 states or for about 80% of the 1 million lawyers practicing law in the United States. Online CLE is now permitted in 25 states.

Taecan.com, which recently celebrated its fifth year of successful operation, was the first online CLE provider in the US, publishing its first course in 1998. By publishing state-specific CLE courses for the leading state, local, and specialty bar associations in the US, Taecan.com helps attorneys to comply online with their mandated CLE requirements. According to the Director of CLE for the Atlanta Bar, Marry Lynne Johnson, “Taecan.com makes it possible for our lawyers, under deadline, to fulfill their annual mandated CLE requirements online without sacrificing time or billable hours to their firm or company.”

About The Atlanta Bar Association

Formed in 1888, the Atlanta Bar Association (www.atlantabar.org) is the largest metropolitan bar association in the Southeast and one of the most active in the country in serving its members, the Atlanta community and legal system.

The Association has more than 6,000 members in a 12-county area of metropolitan Atlanta. Nineteen Sections of specialty areas of law and interest provide members with opportunities to participate in educational programs, community activities and social activities.

About Taecan.com

Taecan.com (www.taecan.com) is the global leader in online Continuing Legal Education (CLE). Through the Internet, the Seattle-based company provides jurisdiction-specific, accredited CLE to the legal community throughout North America.
Since 1998, Taecan.com has helped over one-quarter million legal professionals worldwide fulfill their professional education requirements 24/7, from their desktop, through the latest online broadband video and audio technology.