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Gain the Legal Edge in California Workers’ Compensation

This on-demand program is designed specifically for legal professionals—paralegals, hearing reps, new attorneys, or anyone supporting a legal practice in California workers’ compensation. It equips learners with the knowledge, context, and confidence to navigate the complexities of the system, improve legal outcomes, and contribute meaningfully to client representation.

What You'll Learn

  • Understand California’s workers’ compensation system from a legal perspective
  • Accurately apply statutes, procedures, and case law in real-world practice
  • Support clients confidently with expert-level knowledge
  • Navigate filings, hearings, settlements, and appeals with clarity
  • Earn MCLE credits while advancing your legal career

Trusted Legal Content by Sullivan on Comp

The Workers’ Compensation for Legal Professionals (WCLP) program integrates Sullivan on Comp (SOC) and SOC Essentials—the most trusted and comprehensive resources in California workers’ compensation. These expert materials provide in-depth legal analysis, practical guidance, and up-to-date insights, ensuring you have the knowledge needed to excel in claims handling.

Explore all 26 Modules

Injuries and Presumptions
Affirmative Defenses to Injury Incl. Psyche
AOE/COE Legal Doctrines
Medical Care –– Scope of Care
Temporary Disability
Permanent Disability Schedule and Payments
Apportionment
Permanent Disability Payment and Voucher
Death Benefits
UR and Independent Medical Review
Medical Control and MPNs
Payment of Medical Bills
Workers’ Compensation Discovery

The Medical-Legal Process
Application and Filings
Conferences
Trials
Settlement and Awards
The WCAB, Jurisdiction and Subrogation
Insurance and Employment
Statutes of Limitations
Discrimination and Serious/Willful Claims
Penalties and Sanctions
Legal Representation, Arbitration, and ADR
Liens, Attorneys’ Fees, and Costs
The Appeals Process

Workers' Compensation for Legal Professionals

Self-paced training designed for legal professionals working in or entering California’s workers’ compensation system.

  • Learn on your schedule
  • Advance your legal career
  • Earn MCLE credits

Price

Installment plans available.

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Build your expertise one level at a time

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Part 1: Learn Fundamentals

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Gain a solid foundation in California workers’ compensation law with this on-demand course for legal professionals. Learn key concepts, terminology, and system structure to navigate this specialized field with confidence.
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Part 2: Learn Core Concepts

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Explore core concepts of California workers’ compensation law in this engaging course. Learn about utilization review, discovery, settlements, and more—guided by legal experts with real-world insight.
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Part 3: Work Comp Mastery

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Gain advanced insight into California workers’ compensation law with a focus on the WCAB, statutes of limitations, penalties, liens, and appeals. Learn practical application from experienced legal professionals and sharpen your expertise.
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Professional Development for Legal Practitioners:

Whether you’re a novice attorney eager to build a solid foundation, an experienced professional looking to enhance your expertise, or a managing attorney seeking to strengthen your team’s capabilities, WCLP equips legal professionals to competently navigate complex cases. Join us in mastering the nuanced landscape of California’s workers’ compensation laws and elevate your firm’s legal proficiency to new heights.

Fast -Track Your Associates to the Three Year Level in Less Than a Year

Ready to transform your mentoring approach and elevate your new associates? IEA Training can fast-track your legal team’s expertise to a three-year level in under a year with our fully online, self-paced courses that culminate in a prestigious certification. This approach guarantees your team gains these advantages:

  • Efficiency in Mentorship: Your mentorship is invaluable, but WCLP allows you to maximize its impact by halving the time spent on training new attorneys. It’s time to do more with less.
  • Practice at the Speed of Excellence: WCLP closes gaps in your practice, allowing your team to operate at the pinnacle of legal excellence. No more reacting to legal arguments – instead, wield them with confidence.
  • Transform Associates into Experts: Shift from merely reacting to legal arguments to empowering your new associates to become legal experts themselves.
  • Demonstrate Commitment to Excellence: Elevate your team’s expertise, showcasing your commitment to excellence to partners and clients alike. Make a statement that your firm means business.
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The 26 Modules of WCLP

Injuries and Presumptions

WCLP01
  • 1 hour participatory MCLE
  • 3.5 hours self-study MCLE
$99
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Affirmative Defenses to Injury including Psyche

WCLP02
  • 1 hour participatory MCLE
  • 4.5 hours self-study MCLE
$99
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AOE/COE Legal Doctrines

WCLP03
  • 1 hour participatory MCLE
  • 4.5 hours self-study MCLE
$99
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Medical Care: Scope of Care

WCLP04
  • 1 hour participatory MCLE
  • 4.5 hours self-study MCLE
$99
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Temporary Disability

WCLP05
  • 1 hour participatory MCLE
  • 5.5 hours self-study MCLE
$99
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Permanent Disability Schedule and Payments

WCLP06
  • 1 hour participatory MCLE
  • 3.5 hours self-study MCLE
$99
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Apportionment

WCLP07
  • 1 hour participatory MCLE
  • 3.5 hours self-study MCLE
$99
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Permanent Disability Payment and Voucher

WCLP08
  • 1 hour participatory MCLE
  • 3 hours self-study MCLE
$99
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Death Benefits

WCLP09
  • 1 hour participatory MCLE
  • 3.5 hours self-study MCLE
$99
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Utilization Review and Independent Medical Review

WCLP10
  • 1 hour participatory MCLE
  • 4.5 hours self-study MCLE
$99
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Medical Control and MPNs

WCLP11
  • 1 hour participatory MCLE
  • 4.5 hours self-study MCLE
$99
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Payment of Medical Bills

WCLP12
  • 1 hour participatory MCLE
  • 5.0 hours self-study MCLE
$99
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Discovery

WCLP13
  • 1 hour participatory MCLE
  • 5.5 hours self-study MCLE
$99
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The Medical-Legal Process

WCLP14
  • 1 hour participatory MCLE
  • 6.5 hours self-study MCLE
$99
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Application and Filing and Service of Documents

WCLP15
  • 1 hour participatory MCLE
  • 4.5 hours self-study MCLE
$99
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Conferences

WCLP16
  • 1 hour participatory MCLE
  • 5.5 hours self-study MCLE
$99
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Trials

WCLP17
  • 1 hour participatory MCLE
  • 6.0 hours self-study MCLE
$99
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Settlement and Awards

WCLP18
  • 1 hour participatory MCLE
  • 6.0 hours self-study MCLE
$99
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History of the WCAB Jurisdiction and Subrogation

WCLP19
  • 1 hour participatory MCLE
  • 6.0 hours self-study MCLE
$99
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Workers' Compensation Insurance and Employment

WCLP20
  • 1 hour participatory MCLE
  • 8.0 hours self-study MCLE
$99
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Statutes of Limitations

WCLP21
  • 1 hour participatory MCLE
  • 6.0 hours self-study MCLE
$99
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Discrimination and Serious and Willful Claims

WCLP22
  • 1 hour participatory MCLE
  • 3.5 hours self-study MCLE
$99
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Penalties and Sanctions

WCLP23
  • 1 hour participatory MCLE
  • 4.0 hours self-study MCLE
$99
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Legal Representation Arbitration and ADR

WCLP24
  • 1 hour participatory MCLE
  • 6.0 hours self-study MCLE
$99
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Liens, Attorneys Fees, and Costs

WCLP25
  • 1 hour participatory MCLE
  • 3.5 hours self-study MCLE
$99
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The Appeals Process

WCLP26
  • 1 hour participatory MCLE
  • 4.0 hours self-study MCLE
$99
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Why WCLP is Essential for Legal Professionals

WCLP is tailored for legal professionals at every stage of their career, offering a transformative learning experience that goes beyond conventional legal education. Here’s why WCLP is a must for various profiles:

New Associates: For new associates, WCLP is a game-changer. By working through the program, they immerse themselves in the details of workers’ compensation law, reading, being tested, and benefiting from insights shared by industry experts. This means, as a managing attorney, you won’t have to provide a comprehensive download of the law or spend significant time quizzing them. The result? Going from year 1 knowledge to year 3 knowledge and your associates become armed with relevant education and a faster learning curve, allowing your mentoring time to be more efficient and concise.

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Collective Industry Experience: Associates engaged in WCLP don’t just benefit from your individual experience; they tap into the collective wisdom of the entire industry. This well-rounded exposure ensures they approach cases with a depth of knowledge that sets them apart.

Competitive Edge for Associates: Upon completion of WCLP, associates emerge not just knowledgeable but exceptionally well-prepared. In some ways, they may surpass their more experienced counterparts, presenting a concrete reality when showcasing your firm’s capabilities to clients. The IEA certification adds a tangible mark of distinction.

Investment in Professional Development: By providing WCLP for your associates, you demonstrate a commitment to their training and development. This investment is crucial at the beginning of the professional relationship, creating a lasting bond and contributing to their overall well-being. Legal professionals universally seek training and value firms that invest in their growth.

Experienced Lawyers Seeking Improvement: WCLP isn’t exclusive to new attorneys; it’s a valuable resource for experienced lawyers looking to enhance their knowledge and standards of practice. For managing partners, it offers a solution to concerns about associates who may be struggling or difficult to monitor closely. By engaging in WCLP, experienced lawyers showcase dedication to improvement, lightening the burden on managing partners.

Streamlined Education for Law Firms

Is your role as a managing partner demanding a more efficient strategy for providing ongoing education to your associates?

Move beyond traditional training and elevate your associates with WCLP. Through this program, your team will have access to “Sullivan on Comp” – the most reliable and detailed treatise on California Workers’ Compensation Law. They will complete quizzes, and gain valuable insights from prominent industry experts, including managing partners and distinguished workers’ compensation judges. This comprehensive preparation ensures  your new associates are well-prepared, reducing your training investment, and enhancing the efficacy of your mentoring.

Ask about our bulk rates for training your new hires.

Track Your Team’s Progress with Real Time Reporting

WCLP is purpose-built to support you, the managing partner, in training your new associate attorneys in workers’ compensation law. That’s why it includes easy access to analytics so that you can track your team member’s progress as the move through the curriculum.

Why Choose IEA’s WCLP Program for Your Law Firm?

In the dynamic landscape of law, managing attorneys often find themselves at the crossroads of guiding new associates and steering the growth of their legal business. IEA’s Workers’ Compensation Learning Program (WCLP) offers a strategic partnership that transforms challenges into opportunities. Explore the compelling reasons why choosing IEA propels your firm toward unparalleled legal excellence:

  • Addressing Pain Points: WCLP is tailored to pinpoint the specific challenges managing attorneys face. It alleviates the time-intensive nature of mentoring new associates, minimizing risks associated with expanding caseloads and potential client loss due to overwhelmed legal professionals.Your mentorship cannot be replaced, but the time spent doing it can be cut in half.
  • Holistic Learning Approach: WCLP stands out with its 26 comprehensive lessons, each taking 4-5 hours for associates to complete. These MCLE certified lessons cover the entire spectrum of workers’ compensation law, providing a robust foundation for legal professionals.
  • Flexible and Individualized Learning: The self-contained lessons allow associates to learn at their own pace, aligning with their unique schedules. With a flexible approach encompassing readings, quizzes, videos, and testing, WCLP ensures a well-rounded educational experience.
  • Advantages for Managing Partners: WCLP offers managing partners a streamlined approach to continuing education for associates, reducing training time while enhancing their knowledge, ultimately contributing to the firm’s overall success.
  • Concrete Investment in Professional Well-Being: Providing WCLP demonstrates a concrete investment in associates’ professional well-being, fostering lasting relationships and reducing turnover, resulting in a positive impact on the firm’s overall health.
  • Versatility for Experienced Lawyers: WCLP isn’t confined to new attorneys. Experienced lawyers grappling with time constraints and struggling associates can leverage the program to showcase dedication to improvement, alleviating the burden on managing partners.

What our students have to say

I highly recommend taking CPDM as it is an exceptional course with great instructors. It was a wonderful experience and I would suggest it to anyone looking for quality education.

Former Student
CPDM

IEA helped launch my career in Workers’ Comp by facilitating my completion of necessary courses. I secured a job with the city of Los Angeles and am now thriving in my profession. Grateful for their support.

Former Student
WCCA

I greatly appreciated the teachers and how they have helped me grow. The process of taking their courses is simple and streamlined, which makes it much easier to complete them quickly.

Former Student
WCCA & WCCP

Real life and ambiguous examples and the time to work through them was a good way to practice the content/theory. Breakout groups were very helpful.

Bianca O

The presenter was great and the content was very relevant and interesting.

Unknown User

The information was well organized and easy to understand. The interactive learning activities along the way were a great way to keep the reader engaged and remember the material as the course progressed.

Bianca O

Instructor did a great job to keep students engaged while also making sure we learned and understood relevant topics to be prepared for a real Claims Examiner position.

Alex Fazeli
Claims Examiner / Work Comp, ICW Group

IEA’s CPWC certification has been a great training solution for our new hires. Meeting the required 120 hours of instruction and statutory topics in an On-demand turn-key program has made my job so much easier.

Dan Henley
Claims Training Supervisor, EMPLOYERS® Insurance

I liked and appreciated that it was a self-paced program, which allowed me to complete it according to my schedule. I received my CPWC through IEA in less than 6 months.

Rupee Atwal
Workers’ Compensation Manager, Pridestaff

The instructor was very educational, helpful, and present during the entirety of the course. The IEA portal and platform is very easy to navigate and use. The team is quick with emailing back. 10/10 experience.

George Y.

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