n.
1 The training available to lawyers, usually through seminars, to continue their legal education, hone their skills, and keep up with the latest developments within a particular area of the law. Abbreviated CLE.
2 The industry of the providers of seminars, books, and other materials designed to provide such training to lawyers. Abbreviated CLE.
@ mandatory continuing legal education
Such training to the extent it is required by a state or a state bar association. In most states, lawyers are required to devote a particular number of hours every year, usually by attending seminars, in furtherance of their legal education and in improving their skills. Abbreviated MCLE.
@Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.