In brief: May-June 2026

Take part in the Education Outreach Network 

Want to help Missourians better understand how our courts work, what The Missouri Plan is, and how the judicial retention process works? Join The Missouri Bar’s Education Outreach Network and serve as a leader by helping to inform your community. Learn more at MoBar.org/EducationOutreach.

Tell us: What do new lawyers need to thrive?

The 2025-2026 Missouri Bar Leadership Academy class is inviting lawyers who have been practicing for 10 years or less to take a brief survey (10 minutes or less) that dives into their needs, wants, and perceptions of The Missouri Bar. 

Your perspective will help guide the class as it creates recommendations for how The Missouri Bar can even better support lawyers now and moving forward in a relevant, timely, and impactful way. 
Take the survey at MoBar.org/Shape-Missouri-Bar. The survey will remain open until July 13.

Learn from nationally recognized speakers at Missouri’s premier DWI seminar 

From the essentials new lawyers need to know to navigate their first DWI cases to advanced techniques and case law updates for veteran practitioners, the Bernard Edelman DWI Law & Science Seminar will help Missouri lawyers sharpen their skills. 

The conference will be July 23-24 in Lake Ozark. Register at MoBarCLE.org by June 24 to save $55 on registration.

MoBar memory 

Law school graduates were sworn in and received their law licenses in ceremonies before the Supreme Court of Missouri on Oct. 18, 1987.

The Missouri Bar is here to help protect your law practice during disasters 

If disaster struck tomorrow, would your firm be prepared? Find checklists to help you stay vigilant against fires, floods, and other events in the bar’s Law Practice Management Center. Visit MoBar.org/LPM for more resources.

Tech tip: end-of-day wind-down ritual 

The American Bar Association estimates that lawyers receive an average of 120 emails per day. With such a large volume of emails to sift through, organization becomes critical. In addition to moving emails into designated folders, Google’s Gmail and Microsoft’s Outlook offer ways to color-code emails by applying multiple “categories” or “labels” to them. This allows you to organize using the best of both methods, helping you respond to emails from clients, colleagues, and opposing counsel in a timely manner.

Save the date

MCLE deadlines: Complete hours by June 30 and file by June 31 | MoBar.org/MCLE
The Missouri Bar Board of Governors meeting: July 17 | Camdenton 
Family Law Conference: Aug. 20-22 | Branson 
Annual Meeting of The Missouri Bar: Sept. 16-18 | Kansas City
For more information, visit MoBar.org.