Tell us: What do you need to thrive as a new lawyer?
As a lawyer practicing 10 years or less, your perspective is valuable!
As the legal profession continues to evolve, so do the needs of Missouri lawyers. That’s why The Missouri Bar Leadership Academy wants to hear from you!
From programs and member benefits to well-being and practice resources, tell us about your needs, wants, and perceptions of The Missouri Bar! Take the brief survey (10 minutes or less) at MoBar.org/Shape-Missouri-Bar by July 13.
The survey is part of the 2025-2026 Leadership Academy’s service project, which focuses on gathering information from lawyers who have been practicing 10 years or less regarding how The Missouri Bar can continue to serve them in a relevant, timely, and impactful way.
Your perspective will guide the Leadership Academy as it creates recommendations for how The Missouri Bar can even better support lawyers now and moving forward. The Leadership Academy will present its recommendations to The Missouri Bar Board of Governors at the Annual Meeting of The Missouri Bar, Sept. 16-18. Based on those recommendations, the board will discuss future Missouri Bar projects, programs, and benefits.
About Leadership Academy
Since 2000, The Missouri Bar has welcomed over 290 new and young lawyers into Leadership Academy, a program designed to enhance recognized leadership potential and build knowledge about the bar's resources, programs, and mission to help lawyers even better serve their clients and communities. Each class contains about a dozen young lawyers (under the age of 40) and those recently admitted to the bar (no more than 10 years ago) who are diverse in terms of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, disability (e.g., neurodiversity, visible and invisible disabilities), geography, etc.
Leadership Academy members participate in various leadership and committee meetings and workshops, as well as plan, execute, and analyze a public service project that could focus on anything from civic education to lawyer well-being. Importantly, class members commit to serving the bar in an active capacity for two years following completion of the program.
The Missouri Bar is currently accepting nominations for the 2026-2027 Leadership Academy class. If you know a new/young lawyer who has exceptional leadership abilities, nominate them by May 31.