The pass rate for the February 2019 Missouri bar exam continued a downward trend, dropping a percentage point from the prior year to 62.4 percent. Last year, the overall pass rate was 63.4 percent, compared to 74.3 percent in 2017, ...

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Attorney Larry Altman says the suicide of a Springfield attorney and news coverage of the suicides of about a dozen lawyers in Kentucky helped lead to the formation of a new Missouri Bar commission called Lawyers Helping Lawyers.

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Dana Tippin Cutler made Missouri Bar history Wednesday at the group’s annual conference when she became the first black woman elected as the board’s vice president.

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The Missouri Bar’s Commercial Law Committee is accepting nominations for the annual Michael R. Roser Excellence in Bankruptcy Award.

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The Missouri Bar has recognized three state lawmakers for their roles in the ongoing revision of Missouri’s criminal code.

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The Missouri Bar Board of Governors is trying to decide whether becoming a leaner operation is worth the political headaches it would take to get there.

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Is The Missouri Bar really worth another $75 a year?

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The American Bar Association encourages each lawyer to provide at least 50 hours of pro bono legal services a year.

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The public defender system and state bar are gearing up in case private lawyers start getting assigned on a massive scale to handle public defender overflow cases.

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In what may be a first, Gov. Jay Nixon is expected sign a proclamation declaring May 1 to be Law Day in Missouri.

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A federal lawsuit over losses in an investment scheme has been broadened to include Missouri Bar President-Elect Lynn Ann Vogel, her attorney husband, Paul Vogel, the law firms of Spencer Fane Britt & Browne and Helfrey Neiers & Jones and many other defendants.

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