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CLEs Designed to Help Your Practice Grow
Affordable + Interesting CLE Credit for Minnesota Lawyers
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CLE Connect Offers Affordable Marketing Coaching for MN Attorneys
Each CLE Connect course is worth one ethics CLE credit in Minnesota, but the true value of our service lies in the unique, constructive, marketing-oriented content of our courses. We don’t just bombard you with ethical Rules and “what not to do” horror stories. Rather, our courses are structured as interactive coaching sessions. Yes, seriously! At anytime during your course presentation, you can pause the webinar video and ask your instructor, legal marketing veteran Terrie S. Wheeler, MBC a marketing question. Terrie will personally respond to your question within one business day and even schedule a time to talk with you.
Terrie has a genuine passion for helping Minnesota lawyers grow their practices. Our on-demand CLEs take the best of Terrie’s 25+ years of legal marketing knowledge and roll it into a digestible hour-long presentation. Each MN CLE also includes a litany of tools, articles, tip sheets, and templates you can download and being implementing for your own firm. When setting out to create CLE Connect, we wanted each course to offer practical advice and guidance for Minnesota attorneys.
At CLE Connect, we like to say the CLE credit is just the icing on the cake. Our courses are really meant for forward-thinking Minnesota attorneys who want to take their practice to the next level. Whether you’re a sole-proprietor, managing partner, or new associate, our on-demand MN CLEs will challenge you think about your revenue goals and how to build your personal brand. Student feedback is overwhelmingly positive.
We know it's tempting to put off your CLE requirements...
but the clock is ticking. Save yourself the hassle of last-minute scurrying and explore our on-demand MN CLE Connect course offerings.
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Attorney At Law Magazine
August 2018
"We recently had the opportunity to sit down with marketing veteran and Attorney at Law Magazine columnist, Terrie S. Wheeler, MBC, to discuss her exciting new on-demand CLE program for Minnesota Lawyers: CLE Connect | Ethical Marketing CLEs On-Demand. Wheeler combines her ethics background with her more than 25 years of legal industry marketing experience in this comprehensive, on-demand, CLE-accredited program that teaches lawyers the marketing skills they never learned in law school."
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Minnesota CLE Requirements for Attorneys
Every lawyer in Minnesota is required to attain 45 CLE credits every three years, and report those credits to the Minnesota CLE Board through its reporting tool, OASIS. Of the 45 CLE credits required, three must be in the area of ethics and professional responsibility. The really good news is that 15 CLE credits out of the 45 can be completed on-demand, from the comfort of your home or office. In fact, that’s why we created CLE-Connect: Ethical Marketing CLEs On-Demand.
Currently CLE-Connect offers six on-demand courses - all marketing-oriented, and all with ethics credits.
But I Only Need 3 Ethics Credits...
Even though you are only required to earn three ethics credits per reporting period, if for example, if you choose to bundle up with our six-course package, three credits will count toward your ethics requirement, and three will transfer to general practice credits. Remember, in six hours you can achieve a fast-track to your marketing success. There are almost no options for lawyers in Minnesota looking for marketing CLEs that count toward ethics requirements.
Depending on when you were sworn in, you are either in Category 1, Category 2, or Category 3. For your convenience, you can login here to OASIS or search for your name in MARS to find your CLE category. In general, lawyers must complete CLE credits by June 30th and report them to the MN CLE Board by August 30th.
MN CLE Connect™ Courses
Commonly Asked Questions
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Who should use CLE Connect?
Marketing veteran, Terrie S. Wheeler, MBC, developed CLE Connect for lawyers in private practice who never had access to marketing courses in law school. How many law schools offer accredited marketing courses? You guessed it. Not many. To make a long story short, CLE Connect was developed for everyone (from recent law school graduates, to the 30-year experienced lawyer who needs to retool his or her practice, or is not happy with the influx of new clients). We created CLE Connect for any lawyer interested in:
• Expanding relationships with existing contacts and referral sources
• Developing new business
• Increasing name recognition in the marketplace
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What does CLE Connect cost?
One CLE-accredited course is $49.99, but you also have the option to purchase multi-course packages and receive up to a 20% discount! Do a little research, and you’ll find that most CLE courses are priced higher, are less interactive, and don’t teach you lasting skills to develop your practice. Our goal is to provide comprehensive marketing education for lawyers. The CLE credit you will receive is just icing on the cake.
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What are the Minnesota CLE requirements for attorneys?
According to the MSBA, "Beginning in July 2014 the Minnesota CLE board has allowed attorneys to claim up to 15 hours of CLE credit per 45-hour reporting period through on-demand CLEs. On-Demand CLEs are similar to regular CLEs in terms of content, but they may be viewed at any time rather than only during the live presentation."
Included in the 45 credit hours must be a minimum of 3 ethics or professional responsibility credit hours and a minimum of 2 elimination of bias credit hours. A lawyer may claim up to 15 hours of credit within the 45 hour CLE period for on-demand courses as defined in Rule 2R. -
How are the courses structured?
Each fully accredited Minnesota CLE course takes about 1 hour to complete. Our on-demand webinars are well-organized and intended to maximize your time. We provide useful tools, tip sheets, articles, and templates to help drive your success.
Looking for an On-Demand CLE in Minnesota?
As you know, ethical considerations related to marketing vary between states, which is why CLE Connect on-demand courses are specifically tailored for attorneys in Minnesota. CLE Connect founder, Terrie S. Wheeler, MBC, will guide you through each course while providing timely insights, tips, and checklists to help your firm grow.
We certainly hope after spending time on our website, that you will choose to try a course, or purchase an affordable package of either two or six courses. Where else can you find marketing coaching content that has received ethics credit? You can view our affordable packages here! You can also see what other top lawyers in Minnesota have to say about their CLE-Connect experience.