The Board from time to time, pursuant to the authority vested in it by SCR 3.090, shall promote or maintain the printing and distribution of reports, legal pamphlets and other publications, including the sponsoring and production of radio and television programs, which are designed to educate or inform the bar and the public; it shall also conduct continuing legal education programs, seminars and institutes calculated to advance the interests of the bench and bar and promote and improve the administration of justice in Kentucky, and it may appropriate funds necessary to defray the expense thereof.