The ABA offers its members two convenient ways to get CLE each month: by phone or online.
ABA Connection By Phone
Live Call-in Teleconferences $9.75
ABA Members and Associates can earn CLE credit, or stay current on relevant legal topics through monthly ABA Journal articles and
60-minute teleconferences held on the third Wednesday of each month. All programs begin at 1pm Eastern time.
ABA Members pay a non-refundable $9.75 phone line charge at the time of registration.
(Non-members pay $110).
- Call 1 (800) 285-2221 or register online. Have your ABA ID number and credit card ready for the $9.75 phone line charge (nonrefundable).
- Read the corresponding article in the ABA Journal before the program. Don't have it? Go to the ABA Journal.
- Via e-mail, you will receive a toll-free number for the program, your Personal Identification Number, and a link to the course materials page, which will provide access to the course materials, faculty biographies, an online program evaluation, and the Attendance Confirmation Form.
- Dial into the teleconference a few minutes before the scheduled time and enter your PIN.
- After the program, complete the online program evaluation (accessed through the course materials webpage), and fax your Attendance Confirmation Form to the ABA at 1 (312) 988-5250. When we have received the forms and verified your attendance, you will receive a Certificate of Attendance within three to four weeks.
ABA Connection Online
Online access free for one month
ABA Members and Associates can listen to the most recently recorded ABA Connection teleconference via the Internet and get credit. Available on this page for one month starting the Monday after the teleconference date, 24 hours a day, free of charge. Most ABA Connection programs remain available after this time as part of ABA-CLE's complimentary CLE Now! online audio programs.
You must be logged into the ABA website as an ABA Member to access this online course. If you are not an ABA member you can join the ABA here.
Just follow the link below, and make sure your system has RealPlayer or Windows Media Player installed. Real Player can be downloaded here and Windows Media Player can be downloaded here at no charge.
Listen to the June Teleconference
A Turn of the Century Lynching that Launched 100 Years of Federalism
Listen to the May Teleconference
A New Landscape in Real Estate Law
You must be logged into the ABA website as an ABA Member to access this online course.
ABA Members
Listen to recent ABA Connection programs online for free. Click here to view a list of complimentary CLE Now! online audio programs.
Get CLE when your schedule permits
- No wasted time commuting to and from seminars—just pick up the phone or go online in the comfort of your office or home.
- Easy to schedule—just 60 minutes out of your busy practice.
- Timely information from nationally recognized experts.
- Readable feature articles to keep as course materials.
- Potentially, ABA members can earn up to 12 hours of MCLE credit each year at no charge, or for a nominal fee. This program could save an ABA member from $700 to $1,000 annually in tuition costs alone to say nothing of travel, housing and lost productivity.
ABA Connection Calendar
July 15, 2009 Nearly twenty percent of the more than 23,000 genes in the human body are used in process to detect diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, asthma, some cancers, and muscular dystrophy. Some processes to detect these genes, to screen diseases, are patented. Patients can receive personalized treatments based on results, but sometimes at enormous cost. Recently, some cases have raised the question of whether companies should have the right to patent genes because their discovery represents basic human knowledge rather than the creation of new processes that causes a transformation of something into a different state. Especially in light of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s decision in In re Bilski, which gutted a decade of the court’s own precedents in patent law related to processes, the ground appears to be shifting in this area of the law. While the law of patents on processes can have an influence on many areas including financial instruments and software development, there has been a central focus on health law because of the myriad issues raised for patents on human genes. How the law has changed and in what direction it might be going will have tremendous impact on scientific research, medical treatments for individuals, and patient costs for treatments. Register for this program to keep up-to-date on this area of patent law. Program Faculty Gordon T. Arnold, Chair, American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law, Houston, TX Shawnmarie Mayrand-Chung, Program Director for The Biomarkers Consortium, Program on Public-Private Partnerships, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD David S. Resnick, Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP, Boston, MA |
August 19, 2009 |
| September 16, 2009 Don't Eat That! Legal Issues in Food Safety click here to register Sponsored by: General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division, Health Law Section, Judicial Division |
| October 21, 2009 Supreme Court Roundup click here to register Sponsored by: Criminal Justice Section, General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division, Judicial Division |
| November 18, 2009 Current Developments in Tax Law click here to register Sponsored by: General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division |
December 16, 2009 |
Questions?
Please contact the ABA Service Center at (800) 285-2221.
MCLE Credit
Mandatory continuing legal education (MCLE) accreditation for registrants of the ABA Connection has been requested from all states where telephone seminars meet MCLE accreditation standards. 1.0 hours have been requested from states that recognize the 60 minute credit-hour, and 1.2 hours from those states granting credit on a 50-minute basis for each presentation.
For Illinois licensed attorneys: Illinois approves the ABA Connection teleconferences and online courses. In accordance with the requirements of the Illinois State MCLE Board, a total of 1.0 credits will be approved. If you have any questions regarding MCLE application and approval, please contact the ABA MCLE Unit at williamsb@staff.abanet.org
For New York-licensed attorneys: This non-transitional program has been approved for experienced NY attorneys only, in accordance with the requirements of the New York State CLE Board (1.0 total non- transitional general NY MCLE credits). Check with your state MCLE regulator for approved CLE formats and confirmation of a program's approval. If you have any questions regarding MCLE application and approval, please contact the ABA MCLE Unit at williamsb@staff.abanet.org. MCLE Credit for this non-transitional program is available to experienced attorneys only.
The following states accept ABA teleconferences for mandatory CLE credit:
AL, AR, AZ, CA*, CO, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, KY, LA, ME, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, RI, SC, TN, TX**, UT, VA, VI, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY. Bold-print states also accept online-based CLE for credit.
* Online course accepted for participatory credit in California.
** Online course accepted for self-study credit only in Texas.
