Continuing Legal Education / CLE, Reader Polls

Stats Of The Week: What's CLE Costing You And Who Pays?

Some more findings from ATL's recent survey on CLE.

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Yesterday, we shared some of the findings of our recent survey concerning attorney habits and preferences for choosing and finding Continuing Legal Education programs. Today we look at a few more findings on the crucial questions of “how much and who picks up the tab?”

First we asked survey respondents to identify the type of organization from which they purchased (or at which they attended) their most recent CLE program:

  • For-profit provider (e.g., West LegalEdcenter)

    • 14%

  • Not-for-profit provider (e.g., Practising Law Institute)

    • 19%

  • Bar association (national, state, or city)

    • 29%

  • Law firm

    • 17%

  • Law school

    • 4%

  • In-house law department

    • 3%

  • Professional association (e.g., Association of Corporate Counsel)

    • 13%

  • Government

    • 2%

We then asked respondents how much the most recent CLE program they attended or consumed cost.

No surprise here: popularity of offerings tracks price, with “cheaper” better and “free” the best. Finally, who (if anyone) bears the cost for CLE?

For nearly half of our respondents, CLE is on the employer’s dime; only about a quarter of attorneys paid out-of-pocket for their last CLE course.

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