National Business Institute

I did not find a lot of value in the program. The speaker's content was outdated, was not geared to the topic that was advertised, and made a lot of errors.

A thorough review of Probate. Very timely for my needs.

A very useful seminar.

Great presentation and great content!

I purchased the "Louisiana" Probate process and Executor Duties: Master Checklist with Deadlines. Unfortunately, only about 10% was from Louisiana, and the rest was in regards to New York State. As most people know, and definitely everyone in Louisiana, Louisiana has a civil law system like most of the world and not common law like the other 49 states and countries formally or currently under British rule.

The topic was appropriate for my practice and the two speakers were very knowledgeable and their comments were informative. Good job!

I signed up for "The Judges' View: Pennsylvania Civil Litigation Do's and Don'ts" because I wanted to hear the views of Judges Butchart, Fletman, Padilla, and Wright. Unfortunately, the moderator dominated the time, providing the judges very little time to talk. The moderator was obviously an experienced litigator, but I really wanted to hear from the judges, not the moderator. Also Judge Butchart did not attend.

It was a great presentation and enjoyed listening to the knowledgeable panel of judges.

Pricey, but worth it. My one NBI course (so far) was about probate procedure. The course materials were/are excellent. The presenters ranged from above average to excellent. Let's talk about "average." My experience with "average" presenters is of those who do so out of the kindness of their hearts and without compensation. Often they're partners in a firm who had the slide shown and materials (often just prints of the slides) created by a junior associate and, on a good day, reviewed by the presenter perhaps an hour before the presentation, if at all.
NBI presenters in my course were prepared, they'd done their own homework, knew what they were going to say (to varying degrees), and said it. If I had a criticism, there were one or two who might have done well to have done one more run-through of the presentation before the presentation itself.
That said, the content of the presentations was excellent and matched by the program materials. A good seminar is one that you might have to look back at a year later to find slides and program materials that are more than enough to bring you back up to speed with the subject. The NBI course I took more than matched that.