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SMBA CLE: Seminars, Ethics, Lunch & BarBrew
Lots of Great CLE Year-End Options!
This Week: Practical Ethics
June 9, 1:00-3:00, SMBA Office
2MCLE
(info/registration)

This program will offer helpful, easy to adopt, tips to avoid or resolve legal ethics issues most lawyers encounter in their practice. Topics covered will include:
* Spotting and resolving conflicts of interest
* Handling client funds properly
* Protecting client information from disclosure
* Withdrawing from bad client representations
* Getting paid while obeying the ethics rules

About the Presenter
Michael P.  Downey is a legal ethics lawyer and founder of  Downey Law Group LLC, a St. Louis law firm devoted to legal ethics, lawyer discipline defense, and the law of lawyering. Michael regularly advises lawyers, law firms and corporate legal departments on legal ethics, risk management, and related issues, and defends lawyers and firms in civil litigation and disciplinary cases. He has also testified as an expert witness in legal ethics, disqualification, and attorney fee issues in Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, and the District of Columbia. Michael has taught legal ethics and law firm practice at Washington University School of Law since 2003 and professional responsibility at St. Louis University School of Law since 2010. He chaired the ABA Law Practice Division from 2013-14; has presented on professional ethics more than 400 times in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom; and has published the book  Introduction to Law Firm Practice (ABA 2010) and more than 120 articles on legal ethics. Missouri Lawyers Weekly named Michael a “Most Influential Lawyer” as the “go-to legal ethics lawyer in Missouri.” 
Guardian Ad Litem Training
June 22, SMBA Office
2 (ethics) 3 or 8 MCLE Options

This seminar has been approved for GAL credit and attendance certificates will be issue. The sessions are structured so that you can attend morning, mid-day or afternoon or a combination of two or three sessions. More information at this link.  Register online or by reply to this email.
SMBA CLE: Hour by Hour
June 30, Hickory Hills Country Club
1-9 MCLE Options, including 2 MCLE Ethics

8:00 Workers' Compensation Law Review and Update               
9:00 Debt Collection Bingo              
10:00 Time and Stress Management (ethics)                 
11:00 Substance Abuse & the Legal Profession (ethics)                      
12:00 Long Live the King: Sovereign Immunity Issues                
1:00 Employment Law Review and Update                      
2:00 Family Law Review and Update                     
3:00 Probate Law Review and Update                   
4:00 Criminal Law Review and Update                  
Check Your SMBA CLE Attendance Online!
Missouri lawyers have until June 30 to meet their annual MCLE requirement ( Annual Compliance Information ) SMBA member can verify attendance at springfieldbar.com (Manage Profile - Professional Development). To sort by MCLE year use the drop down box "Certification/Program." Use that handy information to report your 2015-2016 attendance by July 31.
Next Week: Lunch CLE and Bar Brew

June 15, 11:45 Tower Club
Wellness, Mindfulness and Emotional I.Q. for Lawyers presented by Professor Richard Reuben, University of Missouri School of Law (info/registration)

June 16, 5:30, Springfield Brew Co
Allow Me to Demonstrate The Use of Demonstrative Evidence Rob Palmer & Neil Chanter (info/registration)
News, Ads and Announcements
SMBA to Receive National Award

The SMBA has been selected to receive the 2016 NABE/LexisNexis Community & Educational Outreach Award, for the "Happy Birthday, Magna Carta" project. The award honors state and local bar associations and foundations for innovative projects that serve as national models for their ingenuity and public outreach. This is the second time the SMBA has received this prestigious award. MoBar blog post
Thank You SMBA Sustaining Members
as of June 2, 2016
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