YLS to host two no-cost “Milly Project” documentary CLEs in October
The Missouri Bar Young Lawyers’ Section is hosting two no-cost CLEs featuring the 2021 film “The Milly Project” and panel discussions in October in Columbia and St. Louis.
Each event is worth 2.4 MCLE, 2.4 Ethics, and 2.4 Bias credits. Attendees must stay for the panel discussion to receive CLE credit.
Columbia
The Columbia event will be held Oct. 1 at the University of Missouri School of Law. There will be a reception at 5:15 p.m. The film will begin at 6 p.m. with the panel discussion following at 7 p.m.
Panelists are University of Missouri professors Mike Jirik, S. David Mitchell, and Marcus Nevius. The panel also includes Joel Rhodes executive director of the State Historical Society of Missouri.
St. Louis
The St. Louis event will be held Oct. 8 at the Saint Louis University School of Law. There will be a reception at 5:15 p.m. The film will begin at 6 p.m. with the panel discussion following at 7 p.m.
Panelists are Portia Britt, YLS Council member and American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division liaison; Lauren Collins, Missouri Bar Board of Governors member; Twinette Johnson, Saint Louis University School of Law dean; and Trez Quinn, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis immediate past president.
About “The Milly Project”
“The Milly Project” tells the story of an enslaved woman named Milly Sawyers who fought for and won her freedom in Springfield before the Civil War.
The film adaptation of the original play is written and directed by Kendra Chappell and details the challenges and victories of Sawyers, as taken from handwritten court manuscripts only recently uncovered by local archivists. It has blossomed into a nationally recognized production, winning Best Screenplay and Best Social Justice Film at the New York International Film Festival in 2021.
Click here to view a trailer of the film.