Legal Education - at the Guthrie Theater - Goes Online

EAGAN, Minn., April 15, 2008 - It's definitely not your typical Continuing Legal Education (CLE) course - but that's what makes a new kind of CLE presentation from West LegalEdcenter at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis such an interesting option. West LegalEdcenter is part of Thomson West, within The Thomson Corporation.

A new Westcast video podcast offers highlights from the first CLE in a unique series at the Guthrie, titled "Merchants of Faith: Bias in the Litigation of Religious Belief." It was offered live on March 25, as well as through West LegalEdcenter's live Webcast. The program is now available to legal professionals through on-demand video on the West LegalEdcenter website.

Besides offering a glimpse of the theater-based CLE experience, the podcast also features interviews with Moneesh Arora, vice president, Legal Education and Professional Development, West Education Group; Lee Ann Enquist, vice president, Professional Development, and Chris Carlson, an immigration law attorney and frequent actor in Guthrie productions, who moderated the CLE.

"Merchants of Faith: Bias in the Litigation of Religious Belief" featured panelists Martin Cole, director of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility; Andrew Wade, the former head of voice at the Royal Shakespeare Company; and Dr. Barry Cytron, rabbi for Adath Jeshurun Congregation. The CLE also featured three professional actors, currently onstage in the Guthrie's productions of Third and Peer Gynt.

Note to editors: To view the Westcast podcast video featuring the CLE "Merchants of Faith: Bias in the Litigation of Religious Belief," go to the Westcast website at http://feeds.feedburner.com/Westcast.

Registration Information: To view the entire "Merchants of Faith: Bias in the Litigation of Religious Belief" CLE, visit www.westlegaledcenter.com, search for the program and continue through the checkout process. Many states allow some or all required CLE credits to be earned online; check your state requirements. If you intend to take a course for CLE credit, please make sure your state is listed in the "Accreditation" section to the right of the program description.

To enroll in the next live CLE at the Guthrie, call the Guthrie Box Office at 612-377-2224.

West LegalEdcenter is a Thomson West business. The West LegalEdcenter library contains more than 22,000 hours of continuing legal education, spanning all learning levels and covering every practice area. Our up-to-the-minute programming keeps pace with rapid changes in the law and with easy, online access, you can view programming on the Web wherever you are - from home, from the office or while traveling. West LegalEdcenter is CLE that's all about you. For more information about West LegalEdcenter, visit www.westlegaledcenter.com.

The Guthrie Theater, founded in 1963, is an American center for theater performance, production, education and professional training. The Guthrie is dedicated to producing the great works of dramatic literature, developing the work of contemporary playwrights and cultivating the next generation of theater artists. Led by Director Joe Dowling since 1995, the Guthrie opened its new three-theater home on the banks of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis in June 2006. The Guthrie is located at 818 South 2nd Street (at Chicago Avenue), in downtown Minneapolis. To purchase tickets or season subscriptions call the Guthrie Box Office between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. daily at 612.377.2224 or toll-free 877.44.STAGE. For more information, or to purchase tickets online, visit www.guthrietheater.org.