There are many reasons The Missouri Bar’s spending has grown since the last time bar dues increased, but one in particular stands out — the Nonpartisan Court Plan.

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Nineteen people are applying for an opening on the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District, the Appellate Judicial Commission said. The commission plans to publicly interview the applicants starting at 8:30 a.m. on Feb. 25 at the appeals court building ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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A group of Missouri prosecutors urged bar officials to conduct a review of the state’s entire criminal justice system – one that doesn’t focus just on public defenders. In a press release sent Thursday, Buchanan County Prosecutor Dwight Scroggins said ...

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Bar honors several in KC legal community A law professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and five Kansas City-area lawyers were honored during ceremonies at The Missouri Bar Annual Meeting. Professor David Jacks Achtenberg of UMKC School of Law ...

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...on display at Missouri Bar's annual meeting

Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Ray Price Jr. in his annual address sounded a pragmatic tone. "We must bear our portion of the shortfall," he said. "There is no use in complaining."

Price said the financial impact is softened by the state's history of well-developed judicial programs, including juvenile justice programs and drug courts.

Click here to read the full text of his speech.

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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 ...

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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. ...

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Send help. Six attorneys who are politicians sent that message to attorneys Thursday at a session on politics at The Missouri Bar’s annual meeting. “At noon, a third legislator will plead guilty to some allegation, and it’s a very disappointing ...

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‘Don't fool yourselves' about independence of courts, Price says

The Missouri Bar can't be complacent about special interest groups shimmying open the doors of the courthouse with their political agendas in tow, Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice William Ray Price Jr. said Thursday.

Click here for the full text of Price's speech.

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