NEW YORK, Aug. 5 /EMWNews/ -- Practising Law Institute,

PLI, the largest non-profit CLE provider in the country, will celebrate its

75th Anniversary on Sunday, August 10th at Tavern on the Green in New York.



    In discussing the upcoming event, PLI Board Chairman Werner Polak

stated:



    "We are pleased that in our 75th year, we have never been stronger in

terms of our outreach to lawyers needing continuing education. New York is

where PLI began and is one of three cities where we are honoring our more

than 3,500 volunteer speakers and authors." He continued, "We note that

this year we are offering over 150 CLE programs in New York."



    PLI presents more than 230 programs live annually in New York City,

Chicago, San Francisco and other major cities, of which 100 are also

simulcast via video streaming on the web. Currently 100 audio webcast

briefings are presented and all video and audio webcasts are archived for

at least one year. More than 100,000 attorneys nationwide annually

participate in these live and archived programs.

    About Practising Law Institute (http://www.pli.edu)



    Practising Law Institute (PLI), founded in 1933, is a non-profit

continuing legal education organization dedicated to providing the legal

community and allied professionals with the most up-to-date, relevant

information and techniques which are critical to the development of a

professional, competitive edge. PLI achieves these goals through the

highest quality seminars held annually in locations across the United

States and in Europe, annually supplemented treatises, CDs, DVDs, MP3s,

live webcasts, course handbooks, archived CLE Now web programs and Private

Label Solutions. In addition, PLI annually awards over 3,200 full and

partial scholarships to our programs.



    Since its founding PLI has witnessed more than 3 million registrations

and publication purchases by lawyers and allied professionals. PLI also

expanded its offerings, with a Patent Center, Pro Bono and Public Interest

areas, research and development and law school services, critical to PLI's

mission. PLI created a law school division to strengthen the relationship

with law school students and faculty.



    PLI is headquartered in New York City with offices in California and

state-of-the-art conference centers in both cities.