The Business Counselor Institute creates, maintains and distributes a comprehensive portfolio of practical and timely legal and business information for legal professionals and their clients in a variety of formats including books; online infobases, such as the “Business Counselor” page on Westlaw; in-person and online programs and seminars; and newsletters, guides and working papers. In addition, training services are available to businesses of all sizes around the world through relationships with affiliated parties such as West LegalEd Center and news and updated practical information of interest to business counselors and their clients is regularly distributed through blogs and e-magazines published by Thomson Reuters Legal Solutions and various social media outlets.

Information on the Institute’s publications is available on Alan Gutterman’s Thomson Reuters Legal Solutions author page and currently include the popular and innovative online Business Transactions Solution, available exclusively on Westlaw; Business Counselor Practice Guides covering legal and regulatory compliance, law firm management, technology management and transactions and strategic alliances; California Transactions Forms for Business Entities and Business Transactions; and Going Global: A Guide to Building an International Business.

The Institute has established a Resources Library that includes sample chapters, forms, checklists and other practice tools from the Institute’s publications.  The Institute is also active on social media and regularly offers training programs through West Legal Ed Center and other outside providers.

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