Practising Law Institute

'Practising Law Institute"' (PLI) is a non-profit Continuing Legal Education (CLE) organization chartered by the Regents of the University of the State of New York, founded in 1933. [http://www.pli.edu/public/about/default.asp]

:::-Charter of the Practising Law Institute granted by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York.

The Institute's mission is to provide training in the law to lawyers and allied professionals. PLI accomplishes this through the provision of [http://www.pli.edu/product/seminars.asp CLE seminars] held annually in locations across the United States. These CLE programs are also available as Online CLE via [http://www.pli.edu/product/webcasts.asp live webcasts] , [http://www.pli.edu/product/clenow.asp archived briefings] , [http://www.pli.edu/product/mp3s.asp MP3s] , [http://www.pli.edu/product/cds.asp CDs] and [http://www.pli.edu/product/dvds.asp DVDs.]

PLI publishes [http://www.pli.edu/product/books.asp legal books] in the form of annually supplemented legal treatises [http://www.pli.edu/product/books.asp?stid=59&label=Treatises] , [http://www.pli.edu/product/books.asp?stid=28&label=Course%20Handbooks course handbooks] , [http://www.pli.edu/product/books.asp?stid=60&label=Course%20Handbook%20CDs course handbook CDs] and established [http://www.pli.edu/public/lawfirms/library_relations.asp law library relations.]

Practising Law Institute offers [http://www.pli.edu/product/clenow_detail.asp?id=35865 lawyer training] , [http://www.pli.edu/public/lawfirms/custom_solutions.asp co-develop customized program content] . PLI provides comprehensive and acclaimed [http://www.pli.edu/patentcenter/patentbarreview/default.asp patent bar review] offerings, [http://www.pli.edu/public/probono.asp pro bono and public interest services,] research and development, [http://www.pli.edu/public/students/default.asp law school services] , and all with the guidance of practice specific Advisory Committees.

Non-profit Practising Law Institute grants full and partial [http://www.pli.edu/public/scholarships/default.asp scholarships] to legal aid and government attorneys, law professors, judges, judicial clerks, law students, employees of nonprofit organizations and attorneys experiencing economic hardship. Since its founding, PLI has witnessed more than 3 million registrations and publication purchases by lawyers and allied professionals.

PLI is headquartered in New York City with offices in California. More information is available on its website at www.pli.edu [http://www.pli.edu]

Early History

By the early Thirties, the apprenticeship training of lawyers had been replaced by a law school education. While providing a sound basis in legal principles and theory, law school could not, by its very nature, provide the practical lawyering techniques formerly covered by an apprentice system. In 1933—in the midst of the Great Depression—a New York City practitioner named Harold Seligson recognized the need for this practical training and originated a series of lectures called “Practising Law Courses.” These lectures would be the germination of the full-fledged Institute that exists today under the banner of the Practising Law Institute (PLI).

By 1939, that Institute had been formally chartered by the Regents of the State of New York. It was now poised to take advantage of certain historical forces: namely, the New Deal and the federal regulation of business activity it inspired. The Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1943, for example, initiated a new specialization in the law. This new specialization in turn created a need for a new kind of continuing legal education.

Recent History

Two important new developments included, in 1968, the Course Handbook series and the “First Annual Institute on Securities Regulations”—products and services that would become hallmarks of PLI to present day. Programs continued to expand, including pro bono programs, which had always been a part of the PLI philosophy, as well as the granting of scholarships [http://www.pli.edu/public/scholarships/default.asp] to lawyers and students who, because of the nature of their work, might not be able to afford the full price of the Institute’s services.

Increased specialization in the law created a need for new programs, lecturers and new publications. PLI also expanded its reach across the Atlantic, with a series of programs in Europe. By the end of the Seventies, 1,500 lecturers were participating in PLI programs per year.

In 1982, Victor J. Rubino, now current President, was nominated as Director.

Into the Eighties and the Nineties, all CLE providers, including PLI, were faced with two major tasks: (1) efficient delivery of programs to a large number of locations and (2) ongoing development of content to address a changing legal environment. This was done through expansive areas of instruction, increased deliverability of CLE formats and formed alliances with West Group and LEXIS, two legal information databases, to carry a growing range of PLI publications.

Notable Programs

* [http://www.pli.edu/public/credit_crisis.asp Subprime and Credit Crisis CLE programs]

* [http://www.pli.edu/product/clenow_detail.asp?id=38641 SEC Speaks in 2008]

* [http://www.pli.edu/product/webcast_detail.asp?id=50217 Recent Developments in Distressed Debt, Restructurings and Workouts - Fallout From the Credit Crunch 2008]

* [http://www.pli.edu/product/seminar_detail.asp?id=39886 Patent Litigation 2008 ]

* [http://www.pli.edu/product/clenow_detail.asp?id=39565 Corporate Counsel Institute 2008]

* [http://www.pli.edu/product/seminar_detail.asp?id=39760 40th Annual Securities Regulation Institute ]

Notable Faculty, Chairs, Speakers and Authors

(not a complete listing)
* Mary Jo White
* Louis Freeman
* Chris Cox
* Linda Chatman Thomsen
* Edward F. Greene
* Kenneth L. Wainstein
* John T. Bostelman
* Erwin Chemerinsky
* Larry Soderquist
*Carole Basri
*James Doty
*Harvey Goldschmid
*James Goodale
*George C. Pratt
*Lawrence Rosen
*Kathleen Q. Abernathy

Notable Treatises

* [http://www.pli.edu/product/book_detail.asp?id=47360 Credit Market and Subprime Distress: Responding to Legal Issues]

* Sarbanes-Oxley [http://www.pli.edu/product/book_detail.asp?id=654 Deskbook ]

* [http://www.pli.edu/product/book_detail.asp?id=29733 Soderquist on the Securities Laws ]

* [http://www.pli.edu/product/book_detail.asp?id=23166 Art Law ]

* [http://www.pli.edu/product/book_detail.asp?id=25554 Directors' & Officers' Liability]

* [http://www.pli.edu/product/book_detail.asp?id=44970 Subprime Credit Crisis 2008]

Patent Bar Offerings

* [http://www.pli.edu/patentcenter/patentbarreview/default.asp Patent Bar Review]

* [http://www.pli.edu/patentcenter/blog.asp Patent Practice Center ]

* [http://www.pli.edu/patentcenter/forms_coach.asp Patent Forms Coach]

Notable Patent Instructors

* [http://www.inventandpatent.com/john.html John M. White]
* [http://www.whitequinn.com/gene/ Gene Quinn]

[http://www.pli.edu/public/mcle/default.asp Continuing Legal Education CLE Credit Info]

PLI's live programs are approved in all states that require mandatory continuing legal education for attorneys.

* [http://www.pli.edu/product/by_credit_type.asp?cr=Ethics Ethics CLE Credits]
* [http://www.pli.edu/product/by_credit_type.asp?cr=Skills Skills CLE Credit]
* [http://www.pli.edu/product/by_credit_type.asp?cr=Practice%20Mgnt Practice Management CLE Credit]
* [http://www.pli.edu/product/by_credit_type.asp?cr=Bias Bias CLE Credit]
* [http://www.pli.edu/product/by_credit_type.asp?cr=Substance Substance Abuse CLE Credit]
* [http://www.pli.edu/product/by_credit_type.asp?cr=NY_Transitional NY Transitional CLE Credit]

Partners & Formed Alliances

* [http://ethisphere.com/ The Ethisphere Council]
* [http://capitalroundtable.com/ Capital Roundtable]
* Bowne
* [http://www.amanet.org/ American Management Association]
* [http://www.eeiconferences.com/ Executive Enterprise Institute]
* [http://www.pbi.org/ The Pennsylvania Bar Institute]
* [http://www.mcle.org/MCLE_Web/ScriptContent/Index.cfm Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc]

Links, Media & Press Releases

* PR on [http://www.pli.edu/product/book_detail.asp?id=47360 Subprime Law Book] on [http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/new-pli-treatise-probing-subprime/story.aspx?guid=%7BF1B6A3AA-28EC-4E7C-86FF-829099540701%7D&dist=hppr MarketWatch]

* [http://www.michaelariens.com/legalethics/modernlegaltimes.htm Modern Legal Times: Making a Professional Legal Culture] by Michael Ariens

* [http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/practising-law-institute-celebrates-75th/story.aspx?guid=%7B38FF7908-94FA-4DA1-A4F1-A417EA58BFBF%7D&dist=hppr News on PLI's 75th Anniversary]

* [http://www.lexisnexis.com/infopro/zimmerman/disp.aspx?z=1846 PLI on LexiNexis/Zimmerman's Research Guide]

* [http://inbrief.pli.edu/allstar_briefing/index.html All-Star Briefing] a blog highlighting leading practitioners, academics and jurists.

* [http://inbrief.pli.edu/programs/index.html Compliance Counselor] a blog covering governance and regulatory issues

* [http://inbrief.pli.edu/the_pocket_mba/index.html The Pocket MBA blog]

* [http://www.pli.edu/patentcenter/blog.asp Patent/IP Blog]

* [http://inbrief.pli.edu/the_lawyers_toolbox_1/index.html The Lawyer's Toolbox] featuring practice forms and checklists

* Association for Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA)

* [http://www.mondovisione.com/index.cfm?section=news&action=detail&id=75215 SEC Chairman Christopher Cox: Disclosure From The User's Perspective]

* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200011/ai_mark02019296 PLI opens California Center]

* [http://supreme.justia.com/us/432/197/case.html PATTERSON v. NEW YORK, 432 U.S. 197 (1977)]

* [http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/31900-1.html December 3rd, 2007, Washington Technology article on ethics and compliance programs of government contractors]

* [http://www1.cchwallstreet.com/ws-portal/content/news/container.jsp?fn=11-26-07 FSA, FINRA Add Pressure to Hedge Funds]

* [http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSN0822879820071108 Reuters: "Rule eases market exit of some foreign companies" featuring remarks by John White, head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's division of corporate finance]

* [http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-10-2007/0004720237&EDATE= Prepared remarks by Kenneth L. Wainstein] , Assistant Attorney General for United States Department of Justice National Security Division at the Practising Law Institute's 2007 Export Control Conference 12/10/2007

* [http://www.bondbuyer.com/$nocookies$/article.html?id=20080208D6VLO1Z6&from=home The Bond Buyer: "SEC: Fraud Charges Possible" featuring remarks by SEC Chairman Christopher Cox at Practising Law Institute's "SEC Speaks in 2008"]

* [http://business.inquirer.net/money/breakingnews/view/20080210-117947/US-SEC-eyes-disclosure-valuation-in-subprime-probes Money & Reuters: "US SEC eyes disclosure, valuation in subprime probes" featuring remarks by SEC Associate Director of Enforcement Cheryl Scarboro at PLI's "SEC Speaks"] [http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSN0919055220080209]

* [http://www.sec.gov/news/speech/2008/spch020808psa.htm Remarks to the 'SEC Speaks in 2008' Program of the Practising Law Institute, Washington, D.C.]

* [http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080505/REG/813615005 SEC on 12(b)-1 fees]

* [http://www.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUSN3052661320080430 SEC on international reports]

External links

* [http://www.pli.edu/ PLI website]