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Partnership Content and Benefits

The ICLE Partnership connects you to the Michigan legal experts, updates, and practice advice you need. As a Partner, you will have access to the online resources 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at ICLE's Web site.

Online Resources

Live and Archived Webcasts and MP3 files. Partners may view almost all Partnership seminars at the exact time they are occurring live and may submit questions to the live faculty. You may also print a seminar handbook directly from your desktop. Archived (recorded) versions of the webcasts are available for viewing online beginning three weeks after the live webcast. MP3 files are also available to listen to on your computer or MP3 player (e.g. Apple iPod).

Seminar Materials. All the seminar materials for Partnership seminars held since September 1, 2000, are available online. You can search the collection of seminar materials, read a seminar material on your screen, or download the entire seminar material.

Drafted Forms and Checklists with Expert Commentary. Over 2,200 drafted business, family law, labor and employment, litigation, probate and estate planning, and real estate forms can be downloaded in Word or WordPerfect and customized to fit your practice. Forms are regularly reviewed and revised, and more forms are added all the time.

ClauseBank. Choose from more than 180 clauses for divorce judgments and settlement agreements. Users can suggest clauses or submit their own.

SCAO-Approved Court Forms. Over 650 SCAO-approved court forms are available in PDF format. The forms can be filled out on your screen using Adobe Acrobat Reader (this software is free) and printed. Whenever the SCAO updates a form, we will update our collection so you are using the most up-to-date version.

MI Law Updates. This area includes a searchable collection of the summaries of major legal developments sent by email to Partners each week. It also includes "New Law Centers" - collections of resources on recent major changes in Michigan law.

How-To Kits How-To Kits include legal background, forms, and checklists to provide the legal practice aid you need to handle specific legal transactions. More than 160 are available.

Weekly E-mail Alerts. "This Week in Michigan Law" is an e-mail alert including short summaries of major statutory changes, significant Michigan cases, statutory amendments, and practice developments. The updates cover developments in real estate, business, probate and estate planning, labor and employment, civil litigation, and family law. The weekly updates are archived in the New Law Updates/Summaries area of the Partnership.

Seminars. The Partnership provides your firm access to over 40 half- and full-day seminars including new legislation and technology. Please refer to the welcome letter in your Partnership user packet for the specifics on seminar admissions in your Partnership plan. Please see the Frequently Asked Questions for more information about seminar attendance and included and excluded ICLE seminars. All Partners will also receive discounts for registrations at non-Partnership seminars and ICLE Institutes.

Discounts. ICLE Partners save 10 percent on all new purchases of ICLE books (print or online) and disk products, as well as 30 percent on all pre-printed ICLE seminar handbooks and audio CDs purchased during the Partnership year. Registration fee discounts will also be offered for hands-on technology seminars, limited enrollment skills training, and ICLE Institutes. (*Individual supplement purchases are not eligible for these discounts. Print book owners on automatic subscription service receive a discount on supplements. Discounts may not be combined with any other offer.)

Help. Help is available online in the Partnership Help. We will continue to update the online help as we add new features or functionality to the Partnership. We welcome your suggestions and feedback about the ICLE Partnership. You can also call us toll-free at (877) 229-4350 Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. and ask for Partnership Support.