Practising Law Institute

Practising Law Institute, a New York-based tax-exempt nonprofit organization, provides continuing legal education (CLE) and professional development training to federal agencies as a prime contractor, competing entirely full-and-open with no set-asides across 76 recent federal awards. PLI operates exclusively as a prime; it does not subcontract and carries no subcontractor footprint in its federal delivery model.

PLI's capability portfolio centers on enterprise-licensed legal education platforms, CLE memberships, and subscription access to live and on-demand legal, regulatory, and compliance training covering securities laws, financial regulatory compliance, administrative law, and professional development. Representative awards include a $1.49 million definitive contract with the Securities and Exchange Commission (awarded October 2024, extending through March 2030) for an enterprise license to live and on-demand legal, regulatory, and compliance conference training; a $355,228 purchase order from the Executive Office for Immigration Review (awarded May 2024, extending through April 2029) for CLE training services delivered on-demand and via live webcast; a $304,616 firm fixed-price purchase order from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (awarded January 2026, extending through January 2031) for continuing legal education training focused on financial markets delivered through live webinars and on-demand courses; and a $249,366 definitive contract with the Federal Communications Commission (awarded August 2023, extending through July 2028) for CLE subscription services.

Customer concentration is pronounced and stable. The top five customer agencies by award count account for 59% of recent awards, with the Securities and Exchange Commission dominating both metrics at 16 awards valued at $6 million combined potential value. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and Federal Communications Commission follow with 8, 7, and 8 awards respectively. When ranked by potential value, the SEC remains the anchor customer at $6 million across 16 awards, with the CFPB second at $1.5 million across 8 awards. Together, these five agencies represent 92% of PLI's combined potential value across 76 total awards.

Activity is steady but modest. PLI has completed 76 awards since 2004, with 2–5 awards per fiscal year in the past five years. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $10.6 million, with $6.6 million obligated (62%). Five awards are set to complete within the next twenty-four months, representing $572 thousand in recompete exposure. PLI's two largest parent vehicles are SEC indefinite delivery contracts 50310219D0026 and SECHQ114D0024, supporting five task orders each and $1.2 million and $982 thousand in combined potential value respectively.

SCI-reported invoiced revenue in FY2025 reached $262 thousand, reflecting partial-year coverage and the subset nature of SCI reporting, which captures service contracts above $150,000 threshold only. The single SCI record carried zero reported FTEs and zero subcontractor-hours engagement, consistent with PLI's prime-only posture. PLI's federal footprint in recent years has concentrated on civilian regulatory and financial agencies rather than defense or intelligence community customers, with no awards to Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, or intelligence agencies in the source data.