April 5, 2011, DALLAS, TX - Traveling Coaches, the nationally recognized training, application integration and consulting partner to law firms and corporate legal departments, today announced that Washington DC-based Hogan Lovells US LLP has purchased Traveling Coaches’ CLASS and CLASSe content for the Firm’s on-going technology training program.

Traveling Coaches’ industry-leading CLASS (Continued Learning and Software Skills) program is a collection of modular, legal specific and customizable technology training materials.  Since its introduction six years ago, the popular CLASS program has been implemented by over 210 law firms and corporate legal departments consisting of more than 98,000 users.  As CLASS provides the materials for traditional classroom instruction, CLASSe facilitates a different style of training: just-in-time E-Learning.  A collection of short, interactive, online lessons called CLASSe Briefs, this program is ideal for busy attorneys and staff who need to learn how to accomplish specific tasks “on the fly.”

“The CLASS and CLASSe products delivered by Traveling Coaches give us an important set of education and training tools to respond to the varied demands of our attorneys, assistants to attorneys and other members of the professional and administrative staff.  Rather than creating materials from scratch, our in-house training team can focus on adapting the Traveling Coaches material to our specific needs, and more importantly, spending more time interacting with our end users,” explained Joanne Jiggetts, Training and Implementation Support Manager at Hogan Lovells US LLP.  “This is a huge advantage as we migrate to a new generation of software products in 2011.”

CLASS currently consists of 289 classroom modules and CLASSe includes over 1,744 eLearning lessons, both products covering topics from Microsoft Office applications to document management systems and Word productivity tools.  The materials are customizable and designed to be used for university-style training programs.  CLASSe Briefs are drawn from CLASS curriculum and offer the same high level of quality and consistency.  By purchasing both products, Hogan Lovells will provide end users with a consistent training message through the instructor, reference materials and E-Learning lessons.

“We believe in offering end users a variety of learning options to accommodate various roles and learning styles,” added Charlene LeMaire, Chief Learning Officer for Traveling Coaches.  “CLASS modules provide hands-on classroom exercises and quick reference cards while CLASSe briefs provide the interactivity and self-paced learning that attorneys and staff alike will use again and again.”

About Traveling Coaches

Traveling Coaches (www.travelingcoaches.com) is the established authority on user adoption of technology.  More than a training company, Traveling Coaches’ comprehensive solutions ensure increased productivity and reduced support cost for the legal industry’s mission critical processes:  document production and management.  Since 1995, over 900 law firms and corporate legal departments, including the majority of the Am Law 100, have partnered with Traveling Coaches to increase the return on their technology investments.  From consulting to application integration, coaching to curriculum, skills assessment to learning management, Traveling Coaches is the common denominator of successful technology initiatives. 

About Hogan Lovells

Hogan Lovells (www.hoganlovells.com) combines the breadth of business-oriented legal advice and high-quality service that clients have come to expect through working with its two founding firms – Hogan & Hartson and Lovells.

"Hogan Lovells" or the "firm" refers to the international legal practice comprising Hogan Lovells International LLP, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Hogan Lovells Worldwide Group (a Swiss Verein), and their affiliated businesses, each of which is a separate legal entity. Hogan Lovells International LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales with registered number OC323639. Registered office and principal place of business: Atlantic House, Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2FG. Hogan Lovells US LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in the District of Columbia.