ALI-ABA CLE Course on Legal Project Management Now Available on Demand

As I had attended the web cast live, I was provided with complimentary access to the on-demand version. I was curious whether the on-demand interface would be an improvement over the streaming Web cast. I was disappointed. The Adobe flash player window was small and did not permit resizing. I chose the option to attend the on-demand version NOT for MCLE credits (I already had my credits from the live version), but still was stuck with a very small viewing window. During the live Web cast, there was a warning that resizing the Windows Media Player window of the stream would prevent my claiming MCLE. Now I wish I'd ignored the warning, viewed full screen, and then claimed MCLE from the complimentary on-demand version. With the on-demand version there seems to be no way to increase the video size, regardless of whether or not you want to claim MCLE credit. 

ALI-ABA needs to do something about this. While they provide good content, their video presentation ruins the experience.  Providing such a poor end-user experience will just drive people away. There are plenty of on-line MCLE providers for customers to run to.

ALI-ABA, if you care about protecting your IP and ALSO care about providing a quality experience for your end users, how about selling your content via iTUNES? If I could download your content to my iPhone and view it on my big screen TV, you would make a lot more money off of me (and I'm sure I'm not the only one).

Okay, rant over. If you don't mind squinting, the content is good. Here are the details:

Title: Project Management for Lawyers

Format: on-line CLE, MP3 downloads

Cost: 129 USD

Organizations: American Law Institute; American Bar Association

Host: American Law Institute; American Bar Association

Instructor: Meg Spencer Dixon

Date: December 9, 2009

Description: 

With clients increasingly demanding more creative lawyering, the use of project management techniques is a valuable tool for the competitive law office. Project management has been used extensively and successfully for years in corporations, consulting firms, and accounting firms. Project Management for Lawyers covers the basic principles of project management and shows you how to apply them to organize, plan, and monitor a variety of legal projects. Taught by one of the nation's leading experts in organization and time management techniques for lawyers, this practical, must-attend webcast will help improve client service and satisfaction by enhancing clarity and transparency in your communications with clients on how their projects will be managed. Attend this unique webcast to increase predictability, lower costs, reduce time spans, and optimize results in your legal practice!

Credits:

TOTAL CLE: 60 minute hour - 2 | 50 minute hour - 2.5 
Ethics: 60 minute hour - 0 | 50 minute hour - 0

Accreditation: 

AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID*, IL, KY, LA (pending approval), ME, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR (pending approval), PA, PR, RI, SC, TN, UT (pending approval), VI, VT, WA*, and WI 

* - Not pre-approved for credit; lawyers may apply directly to state for course approval.

Link: http://www.ali-aba.org/CR603/