Is Continuing Legal Education Necessary?You don't have to be a legal expert, but continuing legal education is a must for you in order to protect yourself and your assets. "Know the Law and be well disposed to use it." When Thomas Jefferson uttered those words, did he mean civil law? know the law of the United States? Know state law? Most feel he meant, know the law of the land. How many of us have even a basic knowledge of the law of our land? Whether this page is a beginning for you or continuing legal education is immaterial. What matters is to understand the basics of law. Placing law in a hierarchy with the highest first, here is what we have:
The first form of law governs gravity/morality The second, private contracts made between individuals.For example, that between an employer and an employee The third is the law that existed before any man created laws and still exists today -- common law based on common sense. The fourth consists of the written laws of the state or federal government, which we generally think of when we talk of the law. Notice that it is the 4th level of law, way down there. Yet, we are trained to look at it as THE LAW! Not so,. The constitution, which governs the government, or at least it should. We see less of it today, dangerously so. So, continuing legal education, becomes a necessity in this day and age. I highly recommend, Mel Stamper (also known as Don Quixote), Author of High Priests of Treason, and the classes he teaches. Mr.Stamper or Don Quixote as he is known has been teaching 40 hours of class for non-lawyers on weekends throught the US. His last class is his weekend as I write this. However, he has trained an able assistant, Ben Graydon -- an extensive researcher in his own right -- to continue teaching the law classes. I know Ben personally, as he is a speaker at the International Financial Education Conferences that I attend as a member. I can vouch for his intelligence, care and thorough research skills. The classes include the following subjects:
There's so much more to learn. If you would like to have information about how to "know the law and be well disposed to use it," fill out the form below and I will put you on my update list of when the next class(es) will be held. Also, you can go back to the lawsuits page for more continuing legal education.
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