Counsel Connect Passes 45,000 Member Mark; Grows To Become One Of Largest Paid-Subscription Online Service For Professionals.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS-WIRE)--December 24, 1996--Counsel Connect, the nation's leading online service exclusively for attorneys, has reached the 45,000 member mark, Counsel Connect President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Mark Obbie has announced. "Counsel Connect has become one of the largest paid subscription online service for professionals, and clearly the largest for attorneys," says Obbie. "This ranking, confirmed by Simba's Electronic Information Report, and our growing membership numbers clearly show the strength of our concept and the success of our service." Contributing to Counsel Connect's surge in membership has been a significant expansion of the content and services offered on the service. Over the past year, Counsel Connect has formed alliances with companies including America Online See AOL. , Dun & Bradstreet Online Services, VersusLaw and Oxford Analytica Oxford Analytica is a consulting firm founded in 1975 by Dr. David Young, an American employee of the National Security Council during the Nixon administration under Dr. Henry Kissinger. He was publicly linked with the Watergate break-in and subsequent cover-up. , among many others. In addition, through an expanding array of services like its new Opinions Unlimited program, Counsel Connect provides easy access to the leading Web-based research services at reduced prices for its members. Counsel Connect's online seminars are also of more value to its members this year than ever before. In August, the American Bar Association American Bar Association (ABA), voluntary organization of lawyers admitted to the bar of any state. Founded (1878) largely through the efforts of the Connecticut Bar Association, it is devoted to improving the administration of justice, seeking uniformity of law adopted a model rule recognizing computer-based seminars as a new way for lawyers to satisfy their yearly CLE Cle total elimination clearance. requirements. A total of 14 states now grant credit for Counsel Connect seminars, more than 100 of which have been offered to date. Also adding to the service's growth has been the implementation of a new pricing plan which lowers Counsel Connect charges by as much as two-thirds to be more affordable to small-firm lawyers and provides free access for lawyers in government, legal aid offices, non-profits and law schools. In the past year, more than 100 major law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
"From access to legal services at reduced cost to first crack at important legal documents to engaging intelligent discussion of timely legal issues to new business development opportunities, there's something new happening on Counsel Connect every day," says Obbie. "Our rapid membership growth reaffirms both the need for what we offer and the success of the way we're offering it." Counsel Connect, a division of American Lawyer Media ALM (formerly American Lawyer Media), is a leading integrated media company, focused on the legal and real estate communities. ALM owns and publishes 33 national and regional magazines and newspapers focused on the legal and real estate communities, including , L.P., is an online communications and information service for lawyers. The service offers online discussion groups and seminars in more than 200 areas of law, personalized daily news reports, libraries of legal briefs and memos, Internet access, and e-mail. Counsel Connect's Web site is located at www.counsel.com. The company's email address is cconnect@counsel.com. CONTACT: Rebecca Kramer/Lloyd Trufelman, Trylon Communications, Inc. (212) 818-9151 |
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