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Possibilities for initiative petition reform in the 2023 session dominated the virtual Jan. 12 Legislative Legal Landscape discussion.
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High court judges lead CLE on changing times at alma mater
Five of Missouri’s highest-ranking state judges graduated from Mizzou Law. Three of them led a Sept. 23 CLE panel that began with future Case.net redaction guidelines.
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Read More »Mizzou Law student transforms Hulston Hall’s student spaces
Missouri Supreme Court Judge Mary R. Russell sang the praises of Hulston Hall’s wellness and maternity room during a Sept. 23 CLE presentation. In the audience was the Mizzou Law student who had designed the space.
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Read More »CLE compliance reports are due July 31
Missouri attorneys have a few days to file CLE compliance reports for the 2021-2022 year before they’re forced to pay late fees.
Read More »Shakespeare-themed CLE covers defamation then and now
“What fire is in mine ears? Can this be true?” Beatrice says in Scene I of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” the topic of a June 24 CLE in St. Louis.
Read More »Briesacher joins Missouri Bar as new MCLE director
Shannon Briesacher has joined The Missouri Bar as its new Minimum Continuing Legal Education director. The MCLE director administers CLE requirements established by Supreme Court of Missouri rules, maintains the list of dispute resolution neutrals and assists the Client Security ...
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Read More »CLE experts: Cyber-stalking victims need help
There’s a certain kind of victim who can suffer deep psychological harm without much recourse in the criminal justice system, according to St. Louis-area attorney Ruth E. Schneider: victims of cyber-stalking and harassment.
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Read More »To delete or not delete? Attorney offers advice on social media discovery
Is it ethical to advise a client to delete her Facebook posts if they’re damaging to her lawsuit? Can you, the attorney, attempt to “friend” (or join the private network of) the party she’s suing in order to dig up information? If not, could you ask your secretary to do it?
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Read More »Interest in warm-weather CLEs thaws
It’s been a long, cold, lonely economic winter, and it’s not over yet.
But legal groups in Missouri appear willing to defrost some funds and investigate continuing legal education trips to more exotic locales than Branson.
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Read More »‘Put up or shut up’
If a criminal attorney stares down a forensic expert testifying from the witness stand about a scientific conclusion, the attorney should pin down the expert and say, "Put up or shut up."
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Read More »Evidence expert to offer CLE in Mo. next month
A national expert on what constitutes solid forensic evidence will be in St. Louis next week to teach lawyers about the standards and future of expert testimony. Edward Imwinkelried, a law professor at University of California-Davis, wrote the book “Scientific ...
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