Professional Development FAQs

These essential skills will help you thrive as a legal professional: 

• Strong Analytical Skills: Lawyers must analyze complex information, laws, and precedents to craft compelling arguments and solutions.   
• Outstanding Communication: Persuasive speaking and clear, concise writing are crucial for presenting cases and preparing legal documents.   
• Critical Thinking: Lawyers need to think strategically, identifying strengths, weaknesses, and logical solutions in legal situations.   
• Attention to Detail: Precision is key when reviewing contracts, preparing cases, and avoiding costly mistakes.   
• Research Proficiency: The ability to quickly and effectively conduct legal research ensures you stay informed and prepared.   
• Negotiation Skills: Mastering diplomacy and persuasion helps attorneys achieve favorable outcomes for their clients.   
• Time Management: Balancing casework, documentation, and court deadlines requires impeccable organizational skills.   
• Empathy and Client Care: Building trust and understanding your clients’ needs is crucial in delivering personalized legal support. 

Honing these skills not only prepares you for the demands of the legal profession, but also sets you apart as a top-tier lawyer in a competitive industry. 

Yes! BARBRI is the trusted global leader in legal education. Explore our training and certification programs and advance your career. Popular subjects include: paralegal certificate training, legal nurse consultant training courses, negotiation skills training, and intellectual property certification.

We also offer thousands of CLE and CPE credit courses in over 30 practice areas, as well as ongoing professional skills training for legal professionals. 

To receive email notification of upcoming programs, you may select your preferred practice areas by logging into your account at https://my.barbri.com/s/account-dashboard. Once logged in, click edit profile and select the practice areas you want to receive email communication for.  You may also call customer service at 1-800-926-7926 (weekdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern).

BARBRI offers full or partial scholarships to unemployed attorneys, law students, law professors, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and others with financial hardships.  Individuals may only apply for a hardship reduction once within a 12-month period.  Submission of an application does not constitute acceptance, and Strafford reserves the right to make a determination on a case-by-case basis.

Application instructions:

1. Please email cle@barbri.com for a Scholarship/Hardship Application.
2. Then submit the Completed Scholarship/Financial Hardship application with a sheet of your letterhead with anticipated current year earnings (if employed) or a copy of your student ID at least 10 business days prior to the course date.  Requested information should be sent to BARBRI's Continuing Legal Education Department by email or by mail 
3. Please email cle@barbri.com, or mail applications to: Continuing Legal Education Department, BARBRI Inc., 12222 Merit Drive, Suite 1349, Dallas, TX 75251

Notes

• Scholarships and discounts are nontransferable from program to program or person to person.
• Please DO NOT REGISTER for the course or program before you receive a response.

We accept American Express, MasterCard, VISA, and Discover, as well as checks. 

BARBRI’s Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN) is 443747301. 

If you’re a registered BARBRI user, visit https://my.barbri.com/s/account-dashboard and log in with your username and password. From there, you can:  

• View your previous transactions  
• Update your contact details  
• Access your CLE Pass and on-demand programs 

Certificates of Attendance are provided to each paid participant.  

Live programs: If you attend a live webinar, after each program, you will be prompted to link to the attendance affirmation form and survey. 

On-Demand programs: If you have completed a CLE/CPE On-Demand program and met all the requirements, you will receive an email certificate immediately, provided your state has approved the course.  Your certificates will also be found on the Achievements page on the BARBRI Learning Management System (LMS). 

To manage your subscription preferences, you may fill out this form https://pages.barbri.com/PD-Preference-Center.html, or log into your account at https://my.barbri.com/s/account-dashboard, click edit profile, and choose your practice areas. You may also call customer service at 1-800-926-7926 (weekdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern).  If you call us, please be sure to indicate any topic areas you would like to receive information on, or let us know that you wish to receive no further promotional emails from BARBRI for Professionals.

Yes! Our webinars are backed by our 100% Unconditional Money-Back Guarantee: if you are not satisfied with any of our products, simply let us know to receive a full refund. Contact us at 1-800-926-7926. 

Yes. BARBRI offers a range of enterprise-wide packages tailored to meet the professional development needs of legal, tax, and accounting teams. To explore the right package for your firm or organization, please visit https://www.barbri.com/professional-development/passes. 

If you are not satisfied with your first webinar, you can cancel your individual annual pass within one week of your first webinar for a full refund of your pass purchase price.