A New Standard in Legal Continuing Education
LawAscend was founded to elevate the standard of legal continuing education by building deep, practice-defining programs in partnership with the most respected minds in the legal profession.
We believe that the future of law is shaped not by generic instruction, but by rigorous, experience-driven education created by those who actively define the field — senior litigators, former prosecutors, regulators, scholars, and recognized authorities whose work influences how law is practiced and interpreted.
LawAscend exists to give these experts an institutional platform to transform their knowledge into lasting educational impact.
Founding Principles
Programs founded on evidence, case analysis, and legal reasoning — not marketing messaging.
Every offering is designed for immediate, real-world applicability.
Faculty are creators, not contributors — shaping content at the highest level.
Why we built LawAscend
For decades, continuing legal education has largely been reduced to a compliance exercise: short, surface-level programs designed to satisfy credit requirements rather than advance true professional mastery.
At the same time, many of the world’s leading legal experts share extraordinary insights through court opinions, academic writing, media commentary, and public lectures — yet rarely have the infrastructure, support, or academic framework to convert this expertise into structured, enduring educational programs.
LawAscend was created to bridge this gap.
Our mission is to build a new model of legal education that is:
- Substantive rather than superficial
- Practice-driven rather than theoretical
- Curated rather than mass-market
- Led by recognized authorities rather than generic instructors
We are not a course marketplace.
We are an institutional platform for expert-led professional formation.
Our Vision
We envision LawAscend as a long-term academic and professional institution — a trusted home for advanced legal education that shapes how the next generation of lawyers, regulators, and judges think, argue, and decide.
Our goal is to:
- Establish new standards of excellence in CLE and advanced legal training
- Create a permanent, high-quality archive of expert-authored programs
- Enable leading practitioners to extend their influence beyond the courtroom, classroom, or agency
- Contribute meaningfully to the evolution of legal doctrine and practice
LawAscend is being built not for short-term trends, but for long-term professional legacy.
What Sets LawAscend Apart
LawAscend is built around a fundamentally different model:
- Invitation-Only Faculty – We work with a small, highly selective group of recognized legal authorities.
- Co-Created Programs – Courses are developed collaboratively, with full academic, technical, and regulatory support.
- CLE & Advanced Certification – Programs are structured for formal accreditation and professional recognition.
- Enduring Educational Assets – Faculty create flagship programs that become part of a permanent institutional library.
- Full Operational Support – From instructional design to production, compliance, marketing, and distribution.
Our role is to allow experts to focus on what they do best: defining the field.
We handle everything else.
An Invitation to Leading Legal Experts
LawAscend is currently building its founding faculty.
We are partnering with senior practitioners, former public officials, scholars, and subject-matter authorities who wish to:
- Formalize their expertise into high-impact educational programs
- Extend their professional influence
- Contribute to the advancement of legal practice
- Help shape the future standards of continuing legal education
If you are a recognized expert interested in becoming part of this founding group, we invite you to begin a confidential conversation.