The Legal Beat, Lawline.com’s blog and outlet to the rest of the legal community, prides itself on non-stop coverage and analysis of all things related to the law.  We are constantly looking for likeminded professionals to share and communicate with.  Recently, we found Tim Baran, owner and author of CLE Post.

CLE Post is a blog that focuses on informing everyone in the legal community about continuing legal education parameters, guidelines, requirements, and updates.  It has become a great source of information for everyone in the field in a relatively short amount of time.

Recently, we spoke with Tim and asked him to describe his passion, why he started CLE Post, and where it was going. 

Q - Why did you start CLE Post?

A - A passion for efficiency, technology, innovation and productivity served as the impetus for creating CLE Post.   In other words, this new venture is the result of a burdened creative soul parading as a tech geek wannabe, with a knack, no, a need for sniffing out new, more effective processes and tools to facilitate a more productive and effective way of doing things.

Q - What is your background?
 
A - My background includes 15 years of experience in the legal industry including the federal court, law school and law firms, serving from 1999-2008 as the director of library services and the continuing legal education program at Anderson, Kill & Olick, a law firm headquartered in New York City.   It was time to test my wings.  I felt ready.
 
I quickly discovered that nothing can quite prepare you for the exhausting, frustrating, rewarding role of entrepreneur.   Multi-tasking takes on a whole new meaning.   The process is consuming and enthralling.

Q - When did CLE Post launch?
 
A - CLE Post began publishing on July 22, 2008 in a blog format using Google's Blogger, but quickly outgrew that forum.  And after an exhaustive search and testing, I settled on WordPress to provide a state of the art blog and content management publishing platform.  Our goal is to provide a forum and community that engages, informs and empowers, facilitating the exchange of  news, information and analysis to all sectors of the legal industry including law firms, corporate legal departments, attorneys and continuing legal education professionals.
 
CLE Post will continue to evolve, change and adapt to serve the community.  We have great plans for implementing new, innovative services and applications and welcome feedback from you.  Please visit us at clepost.com.  If you've visited before, come again, we're constantly adding new features and useful information.