Continuing Legal Education.

• Author: Thompson, Elaine L.
• Position: Annual Reports of Committees of the Florida Bar: 2018-2019

The mission of the Continuing Legal Education Committee is to assist the members of The Florida Bar in their continuing legal education. The committee includes representatives from other committees and sections. This allows various sections and committees to share ideas regarding successful programming techniques as well as marketing models to reach wide audiences. The committee is also responsible for the coordination of the preparation and distribution of continuing legal education publications, including practice manuals, practice systems, rules pamphlets, and video and audio programs.

The committee updated its handbook this past year. The handbook provides a comprehensive discussion of the policies that govern continuing legal education courses and board certification. The handbook can be used by any steering committee member, program chair, or speaker in preparation for continuing legal education programs since it includes tips for each person acting in those capacities.

This year the committee undertook a limited survey of almost 200 individuals who served as speakers at continuing legal education courses during the 2017-2018 Bar year to gather data regarding the diversity of the presenters, the sizes of their law firms, and the geographical area from which those speakers hail. With this research, we are prepared to present our first continuing legal education course in many years. "Speaker Fever: Secrets to an Amazing CLE Presentation!" a free, three-hour course is being presented at the annual convention on June 27 from 2:30 until 5:30 p.m. The course has been approved for three hours of continuing...