Perfect Access Speer Opens New Office In London To Service Law And Financial Firms

Strengthens ability to serve clients in the U.K.

New York, NY/London -- April 4, 2002 -- Perfect Access Speer, a Kaplan Professional company and a leading provider of software consulting and education for over 16 years for law firms, financial institutions, and Fortune 500 companies, has opened a London office to serve the UK market as well as US firms with London offices. Jo Viscusi has been appointed Director of Client Services-UK and will oversee operations, management, and new business development. Viscusi comes to Perfect Access Speer with a wealth of experience in legal IT training. Most recently she led the training efforts at Tikit Limited, a systems integrator based in London, and previously she operated her own legal IT training company called Manifest Training.

"Law firms and investment banks in the UK face similar education and training challenges as their US counterparts," said Bonnie Speer McGrath, CEO, Perfect Access Speer. "I am confident that Perfect Access Speer will add great value to the UK market especially given our core focus on end-user technology training. Also, I am delighted to have Jo Viscusi lead our efforts in London. With more than 10 years of experience in the UK legal market, she will be an invaluable resource as we expand our products and services."

"The growth of Perfect Access Speer into the United Kingdom underscores our commitment to providing high-end consulting and learning solutions to local, regional and global companies who want to increase their productivity and maximize their investment in people and technology," said Eric Cantor, President, Kaplan Professional. "This move enables us to better serve our existing US clients that have offices in the UK and also reach a new group of clients who can benefit from our training products and services."

Perfect Access Speer provides end-user training, customized documentation, and long-term outsourcing engagements, as well as e-learning strategies and implementation, document analysis and conversion planning, and technology promotion. In addition to offering a multitude of customized and legal specific training, including Train-the-Trainer classes and floor support, Help Desk setup, and staffing, Perfect Access Speer supports custom client applications such as knowledge management systems and practice support systems as well as numerous software tools commonly used in legal and financial corporations including Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes, InterAction, DocsOpen, iManage, Documentum, WordPerfect, Elite, CarpeDiem, as well as add-on tools built to support intense document production environments.

For more information regarding the new UK services, please contact Jo Viscusi, Director of Client Services-UK at 07870 690863 or jviscusi@PASpeer.com.

Perfect Access Speer (www.PASpeer.com) is a leader in software education and consulting, bringing both traditional and e-learning solutions to its clients. Perfect Access Speer maintains its corporate office in New York and has offices in London, Chicago, Washington, DC, Dallas and Minneapolis. The Company's client list includes more than sixty percent of the top 250 law firms in the United States, as well as prestigious companies in financial services and the Fortune 500. Perfect Access Speer is a Kaplan Professional Company, a unit of Kaplan, Inc., (www.kaplan.com), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO).

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