#MoBarNews January 2025 recap
Don’t miss the top stories from this month!
Submit nominations by Feb. 15 for the David J. Dixon Appellate Advocacy and Lon O. Hocker awards
The Missouri Bar Foundation is seeking nominations for the David J. Dixon Appellate Advocacy and the Lon O. Hocker awards. Nominate the individuals you think deserve these prestigious awards by Feb. 15.
View this article to learn about the awards and how you can nominate worthy lawyers.
Bookmark these Missouri Bar resources for the 2025 legislative session
With more than a thousand bills filed for this legislative session, it can be difficult and overwhelming to track those that impact your area of practice or clients. The bar’s Legislative Engagement Center is here to help, giving you access to resources that can help you even better serve your clients and communities.
Click here to learn how The Missouri Bar’s government relations department can help you stay up to date on the legislation that impacts you and your practice.
The Missouri Bar Young Lawyers’ Section was busy during 2024. Between council meetings, networking events, CLEs, helping with enrollment ceremonies, and electing new council members, there was a lot YLS content you may have missed.
Read this article to learn what YLS was doing in 2024 and how they serve their clients and communities.
Balancing act: New and young lawyers provide tips for work-life harmony
For new and young lawyers, maintaining a healthy work-life balance can feel like an impossible dream.
To help lawyers discover ways to achieve this, the Journal of The Missouri Bar sought advice from members of the bar’s 2024-25 Leadership Academy class, a group of select new and young lawyers who have shown leadership qualities in their communities.
These emerging legal professionals shared their perspectives on the importance of work-life balance and the strategies that have helped them find harmony between the demands of the profession and their overall well-being.
Click here to view their responses.
Most popular stories
This month, the bar’s most popular articles continued to be The Missouri Bar’s weekly case summaries, followed by the January-February “In memoriam.”
View the Supreme Court of Missouri and Missouri Court of Appeals hand-downs each week online, with headings and summaries for each case. These summaries are not part of the opinions of the Court and should not be quoted or cited.
Those wanting to pay tribute to a Missouri lawyer can submit an obituary here.
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