Celesq Announces Co-Branding Agreement With EXLAW.COM; Course Authors to Benefit from Increased Revenue Opportunity and Exposure to Legal Community.Business Editors BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2001 Celesq, Inc., offering a quality curriculum of courses that meets the Continuing Legal Education The purpose of continuing legal education is to maintain or sharpen the skills of licensed attorneys and judges. Accredited courses examine new areas of the law or review basic practice and trial principles. (CLE Cle total elimination clearance. ) requirements of attorneys, today announced a co-branding agreement with EXLAW.COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. . Attorneys can take a course online, download an ASCII ASCII or American Standard Code for Information Interchange, a set of codes used to represent letters, numbers, a few symbols, and control characters. Originally designed for teletype operations, it has found wide application in computers. or PDF file, or order an ASCII disk or audio/video tape. As part of the agreement, EXLAW.COM members will have direct access to the Celesq course catalog on EXLAW.COM's Website. All Celesq courses and seminars are authored and moderated by recognized experts in their fields. Arthur R. Miller Arthur R. Miller (born 1934) is University Professor at NYU School of Law. Formerly, Miller was the Bruce Bromley Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. Miller is co-author, with Professors Jack H. , Director of Educational Content and Compliance for Celesq and a Professor of Law at Harvard University Law School, is personally participating in the CLE courses and seminars. The agreement with EXLAW.COM will give Celesq course authors an opportunity to increase course revenues and exposure to the legal community Currently, there are courses available in the following categories: Admiralty and Maritime Law A field of law relating to, and arising from, the practice of the admiralty courts (tribunals that exercise jurisdiction over all contracts, torts, , Civil Practice and Procedure, Corporate and Commercial, Criminal Practice and Procedure, Entertainment, Ethics and Professionalism, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. , Practical Skills, and Practice Management. "We are excited to be able to offer this value-added continuing education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). service to our professional clientele, as many of them practice in states that have approved Celesq courses for CLE credit," said Bob Thompson, President of EXLAW.com. "The quality of course content available through Celesq and EXLAW.com is unsurpassed in the legal community, and EXLAW.com is privileged to join with Celesq in this most important endeavor." Thomas R. Glenn, Celesq Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , said, "We are proud to be associated with an organization like EXLAW.COM. I am confident that EXLAW.COM members will find our quality course content beneficial. EXLAW.COM has the systems in place and membership base to drive significant traffic to Celesq courses." About Celesq Celesq harnesses the power of the Internet to deliver affordable courses in a variety of easy-to-use formats as well as traditional methods of providing CLE on audio/video tapes and text-based formats. Unlike traditional continuing education, attorneys now have access to course materials and information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, nearly anywhere they travel. Celesq defines continuing education on demand, any time. We provide an affordable, portable, flexible curriculum of courses written by recognized industry experts to meet the continuing education requirements of the professional. Address media inquiries to Chris Dardet, cdardet@celesq.com, 561/477-3053. About EXLAW.COM EXLAW.COM is a leading business-to-business provider of comprehensive legal information, resources, products, services, attorney and non-attorney professional listings, and other law-related opportunities to the entire legal community. For more information, visit www.exlaw.com. Celesq is a registered servicemark of Celesq, Inc. All statements, other then statements of fact, included in this release, including, without limitation, statements regarding potential future plans and objectives of the company, are forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. |
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