“So far very poor. CA credit classes presented by lawyers not licensed in CA giving generic examples or out of state rules , with the advisory to check your home state rules. This is without a doubt the absolute worst MCLE I have ever taken.”
“Last Thursday was my first time attending a seminar via NBI. While the communications part of the webinar itself was a little rocky at times, the classes were very informative.”
“I have been speaking at NBI attorney seminars for several years. I have particularly found the personnel at NBI quick to respond when I have had needs. I feel they are always helpful. I appreciate the marketing materials which are sent to me, as well as the helpfulness of the coordinators at the events. I would give NBI 5 stars except for the outlines provided me. Sometimes the outline items are difficult to work into the presentation.”
“I think the only parts I find a bit troubling are the power points that just have words. The stories are what get the point across, not reciting the law. For example, in the last webinar I attended, the lecturer used an example of her client, the artist, and all of a sudden everything she had been saying abstractly made sense. A picture is worth a thousand words, so I would urge your lecturers to find old Irving Younger tapes and watch how he teaches. He tells stories. As lawyers, we should all be masters at this since that's the only way we win in court and, really, the only way we win with our clients even in transaction work.”
“I don't like that the hours are 10-5 for an all day course. I work 7-4 and don't enjoy staying late at work or staying late at the class and then hitting traffic. I would bet that most people would prefer an earlier start. Also, why only 5.5 credits for a 7 hour course? Why so much wasted time? In PA, PBI generally gives 6 hours per all day class which fits with PA's requirement of 12 credits per year.. 5.5 is awkward and two classes are insufficient for us to meet our requirement.”
“NBI' Staff is very helpful, especially Michelle that answers phone calls, she is amazing! I suggest that you make website and account little bit easier to use. Let's say if information of user or email was inputted incorrectly, there is no way to correct it, you have to call to make changes. Or if you register few users for teleconference under 1 account and incorrectly type their names, they get email notification before you submit the order and that email address is now attached to a wrong name and there is no way to change it. I believe it's more of a technical issues. Other then that it's been good!”
“The NBI seminars and the materials helped me a lot last 4 years in completing the CLE requirements and more importantly, in extending my practice to the areas of probate and trust litigation, real estate litigation and family law matters.”
“The options of classes available with the online and live seminar classes make NBI a no-brainer. I'm enjoying how easy it makes completing my state's required CLE.”
“Way to caught up on watching the attorneys time in and out of the seminar. We all have calls to make and need bathroom breaks. I have attended some seminars where the attorneys stopped lecturing a half hour ahead of time and
that caused us to be short a half hour so we needed to attend another seminar.”
