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Solo conference attendance up
Attendance at The Missouri Bar Solo and Small Firm Conference appears to be up again this year. One thousand and sixty-one attorneys registered for the conference, held at the Tan-Tar-A Resort at the Lake of the Ozarks, according to The Missouri Bar. The figure doesn’t account for no-shows. Last year, there were about 950 attendees [...]
Continue reading...Bar to create statewide pro bono directory
Monday, November 23, 2009
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On Friday, The Missouri Bar’s governing body approved an effort to create a statewide directory of civil pro bono cases that private lawyers can take up. The 12 to 15 legal service providers in Missouri will be able to post pro bono opportunities for private lawyers, said Keith Birkes, executive director of the bar. “There’ [...]
Continue reading...House Judiciary leader advocates legalizing drugs
Friday, September 25, 2009
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bryan Stevenson says the only way to combat the country’s drug problem is to make the substances legal. “The answer ultimately is we have to legalize, regulate and tax the sale of marijuana, meth and crack cocaine,” said Stevenson, R-Joplin, and an attorney. “That’s how we get the little children off [...]
Continue reading...St. Louis general counsels look to reduce costs
Friday, September 25, 2009
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In-house counsels are cutting costs as they face the same financial pressures as their companies and agencies. Among the 350 management-level employees at Ameren offered buyouts are some of the legal department’s 15 lawyers, said Ameren general counsel Steven Sullivan. At St. Louis transit agency Metro, Dee Joyce-Hayes said she was both the general counsel [...]
Continue reading...Chief judge warns bar, judiciary of encroaching interest groups
Thursday, September 24, 2009
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In a luncheon address today to attorneys and judges at The Missouri Bar’s annual meeting, Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice William Ray Price Jr. warned the bar about special interest grounds pounding at the courthouse doors with political agendas in tow. Below are some excerpts from Price’s 14-minute speech. Click here to read the full [...]
Continue reading...Missouri politicians urge more lawyers to run for office
Thursday, September 24, 2009
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Send help. Six attorneys who are politicians sent that message to attorneys today at a session on politics at the Missouri Bench and Bar meeting. “At noon, a third legislator will plead guilty to some allegation and it’s a very disappointing thing,” said moderator and former Republican state Sen. Michael Gibbons. “You’re needed now more [...]
Continue reading...Nothing funny about financial state of justice
Thursday, September 24, 2009
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Missouri Supreme Court Judge Michael Wolff tried to open a morning discussion on financial pressures facing the state’s justice system with a joke or anecdote this morning. But he couldn’t. “It’s not a joke. There isn’t one,” Wolff said at The Missouri Bar’s annual meeting in St. Louis. A panel of attorneys and state legal [...]
Continue reading...Judges honor 18 legislators
Thursday, September 24, 2009
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Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice William Ray Price Jr. today honored 18 state lawmakers, a former appellate court judge and The Missouri Bar’s outgoing president at a ceremony in St. Louis. “This morning we honor those who have taken the time to work with the judiciary, to understand the issues that are important to the [...]
Continue reading...Presiding Judges meeting kicks off annual Judicial Conference
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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The Judicial Conference began Tuesday with an all-day Presiding Judges meeting – where PJs from around the state talked about issues ranging from scientific evidence in courtrooms, videoconferencing, juries, legislation and budgets. The Judicial Conference convenes each year when The Missouri Bar holds its annual conference. This year, the conference and bar meeting are being [...]
Continue reading...Malware link found on Missouri Bar Web site
Monday, July 20, 2009
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The Missouri Bar’s Web site, www.mobar.org, was down this morning after it was discovered that a malware link was directing users to a potentially malicious external Web site. The organization was alerted to the problem this morning after receiving numerous phone calls, said Jeff Markway, MIS Director for the Missouri Bar. The Web site may [...]
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