PWP now offered online.

New Bar members needing to take the Young Lawyers Division's Practicing With Professionalism course may now do so online rather than attending an in-person course.

"Getting PWP online was a monumental task that spanned years to create and plan. We are glad to provide this dynamic programming to our constituents so they may better understand why practicing with professionalism is a hallmark of our profession," said Eric Elms of Orlando, who co-chairs the YLD PWP Committee with Cherine Smith Valbrun of Ft. Lauderdale.

All new Bar members are required to take the PWP course within a year after being admitted to the Bar. This course provides instruction on ethical and professional issues and fulfills a Basic Skills Requirement.

YLD President Katherine Hurst Miller said the division still holds a few in-person PWP classes throughout the state, but the online course is available for those who find it more convenient to watch in the office or at home, and who want to break the CLE into shorter segments, or when an in-person course is sold out.

"It's finally really online," Miller said. "It's there now with the Bar's other on-demand CLE course offerings."

Elms said offering the PWP program online wasn't done to just say The Florida Bar embraces technology, "but because this is what our constituents want from CLE...