LegalNurse.com is the nation’s oldest and largest legal nurse consulting training institute, helping registered nurses use their healthcare expertise in a new and rewarding way.
Founded in 1982, LegalNurse.com pioneered the field of legal nurse consulting and has spent more than four decades advancing the profession through comprehensive education, certification, mentoring, and professional resources designed specifically for registered nurses.
Today, LegalNurse.com continues that mission by preparing RNs to become Certified Legal Nurse Consultants (CLNC® consultants) and giving them the knowledge, skills, and ongoing support to confidently consult with attorneys on medical-related cases.
Vickie L. Milazzo, RN, MSN, JD pioneers the field of legal nurse consulting and establishes the company now known as LegalNurse.com.
The company launches the first national legal nurse consulting certification program, the Certified Legal Nurse Consultant (CLNC®) Certification.
The National Alliance of Certified Legal Nurse Consultants (NACLNC) is established to provide CLNC consultants with a professional association and resources.
Tate Garrett acquires LegalNurse.com and continues its mission of educating, certifying, and supporting registered nurses.
LegalNurse.com remains the nation’s oldest and largest legal nurse consulting training institute.
LegalNurse.com began in 1982 when Vickie L. Milazzo, RN, MSN, JD recognized that nurses possessed something attorneys needed: the ability to understand complex medical records, standards of care and healthcare issues, and explain them in a way that could strengthen medical-related cases.
Vickie pioneered legal nurse consulting as a professional opportunity for registered nurses and went on to develop the first national legal nurse consulting certification program in 1994.
The CLNC® Certification Program established a comprehensive educational path for RNs entering the field, one that combines legal nurse consulting skills with the practical knowledge needed to work successfully with attorneys.
In 2020, entrepreneur Tate Garrett acquired the company from Vickie and became the company’s owner and President. Under Tate’s leadership, LegalNurse.com continues to evolve the CLNC Certification Program and its resources to meet the changing needs of nurses, attorneys and the healthcare and legal industries.
Vickie continues to contribute to the CLNC Certification Program as an independent education consultant.
Becoming a CLNC consultant involves more than passing an exam. CLNC Certification is designed to prepare registered nurses to apply their existing healthcare knowledge to the legal arena and understand how to turn that expertise into a professional consulting service.
The CLNC Certification Program combines comprehensive legal nurse consulting education with practical business training. Registered nurses learn how to analyze medical-related cases, identify relevant standards of care, organize and summarize medical records, conduct medical literature research, assist with discovery, locate expert witnesses, and provide many other services attorneys need.
Just as important, CLNC students learn how to communicate their value to attorneys, develop attorney-client relationships, and build a legal nurse consulting business.
The result is an educational program designed not simply to certify nurses, but to prepare them to work as legal nurse consultants.
The LegalNurse.com mark brings together two elements at the heart of legal nurse consulting: nursing and the law.
Scales of Justice
Represents balance, fairness, and the pursuit of justice.
Medical Cross
Represents the nursing and healthcare expertise at the foundation of legal nurse consulting.
Our relationship with nurses doesn’t end when they earn their CLNC® Certification.
LegalNurse.com developed the CLNC Mentoring Program to give students and CLNC consultants access to experienced, practicing CLNC Mentors who understand the questions and challenges that arise when starting and growing a legal nurse consulting business.
From analyzing cases and preparing work product to communicating with attorneys and developing a business, CLNC Mentors provide practical guidance based on their own experience in the field.
CLNC consultants have access to mentoring for as long as they remain certified because we believe ongoing support is an essential part of long-term professional development.
CLNC® Certification also connects nurses to the NACLNC® Association, the nation’s largest and oldest association of legal nurse consultants.
The NACLNC Association provides CLNC consultants with professional resources designed to help them develop their skills, stay connected to the profession, and grow their consulting practices.
The CLNC Certification is the official certification of the NACLNC and is available exclusively through LegalNurse.com.
LegalNurse.com has built its reputation on rigorous professional education and a long-standing commitment to registered nurses.
LegalNurse.com is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation.
The NACLNC is the nation’s oldest and largest association of legal nurse consultants, and provides ongoing networking and educational opportunities as well as a national directory searchable by attorneys.
CLNC® is a federally registered certification mark.
LegalNurse.com maintains an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau.
LegalNurse.com is highly rated on Trustpilot based on reviews from nurses and Certified Legal Nurse Consultants who have shared their experiences with our programs, team, and support.
Vickie L. Milazzo pioneered the field of legal nurse consulting in 1982 and founded the company that became LegalNurse.com.
Her work established legal nurse consulting as a professional opportunity for registered nurses, and she created the CLNC® Certification Program to give nurses a comprehensive educational path into the field.
Vickie has been featured in national media, including The New York Times, and was recognized by Inc. as one of its Top 10 Entrepreneurs. She is also the author of the Core Curriculum for Legal Nurse Consulting® and the New York Times bestseller Wicked Success Is Inside Every Woman.
Tate Garrett acquired LegalNurse.com in 2020 with a commitment to preserving what made the organization successful while continuing to move it forward.
Tate brings 40 years of experience in corporate consulting, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, and entrepreneurship. His focus at LegalNurse.com is on helping nurses recognize the value of the expertise they already possess and giving them the education, resources, and support to create new professional opportunities.
Together with the LegalNurse.com team and practicing CLNC® Mentors, Tate continues the mission that began in 1982: helping registered nurses use their healthcare knowledge in powerful new ways.
For more than four decades, registered nurses have turned to LegalNurse.com for the education and support to enter the legal nurse consulting profession.
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When you choose the CLNC® Certification Program, you’re choosing:
Whether you’re exploring legal nurse consulting for the first time or you’re ready to begin your CLNC® journey, LegalNurse.com gives you a proven path forward.
LegalNurse.com, legally known as Medical-Legal Consulting Institute, Inc., is a legal nurse consulting training institute and the provider of the Certified Legal Nurse Consultant (CLNC®) Certification Program. Founded in 1982, it is the nation's oldest and largest legal nurse consulting training institute.
The organization has been educating and supporting registered nurses in legal nurse consulting for more than four decades.
Tate Garrett has owned LegalNurse.com since acquiring the company in 2020. Tate serves as President and leads the company with the LegalNurse.com team.
CLNC stands for Certified Legal Nurse Consultant. The CLNC Certification is a professional certification for registered nurses who want to apply their healthcare expertise to medical-related legal cases. It is the official certification of the National Alliance of Certified Legal Nurse Consultants (NACLNC®) Association and is available exclusively through LegalNurse.com.
Yes. LegalNurse.com is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation.
