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The Los Angeles Paralegal Association Partners with Tæcan.com

LOS ANGELES, October 4, 2003 – The Los Angeles Paralegal Association (LAPA), one of the nation’s premier local paralegal organizations, and Taecan.com, the global leader in Online Continuing Legal Education (CLE), today announced a strategic alliance to stream CLE programs on the Internet. LAPA’s 1000+ members will benefit from the partnership by having immediate and constant access to 11 CLE programs filmed by Taecan at the LAPA Annual Conference.

"We have seen what Taecan has done for other paralegal and bar associations and recognize that online continuing education provides legal professionals a convenient way to earn their CLE requirements," said Jenifer Gibbs, LAPA President. “Taecan’s ability to film our CLE courses in Los Angeles and put them online with no upfront cost really made the decision easy.”

"We really see the paralegal CLE requirement in California to be trendsetting," said Tæcan.com CEO, Patrick Vane. “Paralegals and lawyers not only share a CLE requirement, but also a lack of time to fulfill that CLE requirement. We’re glad we can continue to help both paralegals and lawyers fulfill their entire CLE requirement online.”

The initial offering will feature eight titles by October 2003, and between twenty and twenty-five titles by early 2004.

Dedicated to developing, strengthening, and advancing the paralegal profession, LAPA was formed in 1972 by local paralegals in response to the growing need for an organized professional association throughout the Greater Los Angeles Metropolitan Region.

LAPA was incorporated in October 1977 as a California non-profit corporation. The Association is governed by an Executive Committee and a Board of Directors.

Taecan.com (http://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 more than one-quarter million legal professionals worldwide fulfill their professional education requirements 24/7, from their desktop, through the latest online rich media technology.