Affinity University Offers Online Legal Application Training Bundled and Per Subscription

April 23, 2012 - PRLog -- Affinity Consulting Group, an independent technology consulting group dedicated to the legal profession, today announced that Affinity University, its online legal technology training division, is now offering discounted training course bundles as well as annual subscription options for its wide array of online, on-demand legal training courses. To date, there are eight unique bundles (consisting of 2-5 classes) available including Microsoft Office, Amicus Attorney, PracticeMaster, Tabs3 and Worldox. Affordable on-demand training subscriptions are available firm-wide.

Affinity University (AU) is the go-to resource for online, legal application-specific training for law firms and legal departments. Focusing specifically on real ‘legal world’ tips and best practices, AU trainers are certified experts with decades of internal law firm as well as legal technology expertise and know-how. Every month, AU provides up to 30 different live online classes on popular legal applications including practice management, time/billing/accounting, document management, productivity software and of course, Microsoft Office.

With over 35 AU courses available on-demand, the bundling and subscription options are designed to accommodate time-pressed, budget constrained, legal professionals who are in need of legal specific training and tutelage. The new on-demand course bundles can save firms in excess of 25% compared to purchasing individual courses. The annual subscription option gives law firm administrators, trainers, IT and anyone offering legal training internally, the ability to provide unlimited legal application training at an extremely low annual cost compared to individually purchased courses.

“My experience has been that follow up, refresher, and new hire training are critical elements to success once you implement a software system in a law firm, “ stated Jennifer M. Ramovs, Esq., Affinity University’s director of education. “However, budgets and schedules often become hurdles to the necessary, ongoing training. Affinity University removes those hurdles. By offering on-demand courses as well as live web-based classes, law firm staff and attorneys can train based on their schedules and availability at a fraction of the cost associated with traditional classroom-style training. And, because our entire curriculum is specifically designed for legal professionals by legal professionals, we know our students will be able to directly apply what they have learned in their everyday workflow.”

Beyond the new on-demand course bundles and annual subscription format, Affinity University offers:
•   Highly qualified and certified legal technology expert presenters including 14 trainers and legal technologists ready to assist users with their legal application challenges
•   Different online training formats with the same attention to detail: Whether attending a 60 minute live webinar or consuming on-demand, pre-recorded content, all attendees can ask questions of AU’s legal-specific instructors, either via conference during a webinar or via email after an on-demand offering
•   Flexible and affordable pricing: All AU classes are priced extremely competitively and can be purchased on a course-by-course basis (via live webinar or on-demand); as a bundle of courses for a specific program, or via an unlimited, annual on-demand subscription model.

According to Adam Jackson, network administrator, Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell, Ltd., Affinity University offers online courses that are specifically designed for law firms. “We have been using Affinity University’s live and on-demand courses since January. We chose AU for a couple of reasons, one because we used Affinity Consulting for our network upgrade and were very happy with their service and support, and second, because AU offered the most relevant courses for our firm including Worldox, Word and the latest addition, iPad for Lawyers.” Mr. Jackson added that his firm has greatly benefited from the AU course offerings, particularly in the way that staff and attorneys are learning more productive ways to complete tasks. “Each course covers quite a bit of material and because many of these courses are taught by attorneys, the material is presented and delivered in a way that is easily relatable to our everyday legal applications.”

Affinity Consulting Group and Affinity University will be exhibiting (booth 615) at the annual ALA 2012 Conference & Expo in Honolulu, Hawaii, April 23-26. ALA attendees will be able to preview the new online training offerings and take advantage of the ‘Value in Partnership Program’ that provides ALA members with substantial Affinity training and consulting discounts. For more information about Affinity University and the new on-demand training course bundles, please visit www.affinityuniversity.com or call (877) 676-5492.