Continuing Legal EducationThe Office of Continuing Legal Education is the law school’s principal contact with the practicing bar and is a nonprofit revenue-generating unit for the University. The CLE office produces domestic and international educational programs, national audio conferences, practice manuals and other educational material designed to promote the competency of the bar and other professions in support of the practice of law.UMKC law school students may attend any UMKC CLE-sponsored event free of charge and purchase CLE publications at cost. Attendance at these events exposes students to the practical aspects of law practice and provides meaningful opportunities for contact with potential employers. The CLE office coordinates ABA-accredited for-credit study abroad programs to China and Ireland. These programs are designed to broaden law students’ understanding of different legal systems while introducing them to the cultures on which those systems are built. The CLE office also coordinates courses taught by volunteeer adjunct professors and the Advanced Professional Studies program, which permits practicing attorneys and other professionals to take for-credit law school courses for non-degree credit. The CLE office administers two cash prizes given exclusively to UMKC law school students: the Estate Planning Prize Competition and the Heart of America Tax Institute Prize.
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