Top takeaways: July/August 2025 Journal of The Missouri Bar

From growing up around the law to being appointed to the Supreme Court of Missouri, learn more about Missouri’s new chief justice in this Q&A with Hon. W. Brent Powell in the latest issue of the Journal.

Civil defense litigators are often faced with the dilemma of whether to admit negligence or contest liability on all issues. In Missouri, that decision is more complicated than in other jurisdictions. Read more about how admissions of negligence work in Missouri.

From evidence of a car race to the right to intervene, read about four recent cases before the Supreme Court of Missouri and Missouri Court of Appeals in latest version of “The Flag.”

In her letter to The Journal of The Missouri Bar, Kansas City lawyer Tara Moreland wrote about the importance of sitting with and examining our discomfort with the topic of mental health, and, more specifically, mental illness. Read her letter about suicide in the legal profession in “The bar speaks.”

President Shelly Dreyer said in her latest column that her heart is full from not only her term as Missouri Bar president, but her 28 years of practice. As she prepares to pass on the gavel, she looks optimistically to the profession’s future.

The Journal of The Missouri Bar is the official publication of The Missouri Bar. Published six times annually, the Journal carries substantive articles on timely legal issues, as well as regular columns, practice management articles, and features covering cutting-edge topics that are trending in the legal profession. Notices of Supreme Court of Missouri rule changes, upcoming meetings, continuing legal education programs, and more may also be found in each issue. Read the full July/August issue here.