We invite you to explore how the SMBA works for you.
If you are already a member and received this nonmember edition of the Bar Bell in error, please reply to this email and let us know. 

If you are not a member, the Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association works tirelessly to advocate for the profession and increase the public understanding of our legal system. Need more reasons to join? See below.

SMBA CLE: Seminars, Lunc h and Bar Brew
SMBA members save hundreds of dollars on registration CLE registration fees. In 2017 the line-up for series includes the following outstanding speakers and moderators:

• Missouri Supreme Court Judges Zel Fisher, Paul Wilson and Mary Russell
• Southern District Court of Appeals Judges Mary Sheffield, Gary Lynch, Jeffrey Bates, Don Burrell, Bill Francis
• 31st Circuit Judges and Commissioners Peggy Davis, Becky Borthwick, Margaret Palmietto, Regi Martin, John Lukachick, Jeffrey Marquardt, Susan Jensen
• Legislators Bob Dixon, Curtis Trent and Kevin Austin
• Best selling author/ former prosecutor Nancy Allen
• SMBA Member speakers and moderators: Tom Strong, Paul Satterwhite, Jessica Kruse, Clif Smart, Brent Green, Bryan Wade, Rick Schnake, Steve Garner, Joe Passanise, Scott Pierson, the Hon. Miles Sweeney, Matt Russell, Kurt Larson, Joe Easter, David Ransin, Michael Miller and Dan Wichmer
• MoBar President Dana Tippin Cutler and her successor Morry Cole
• Law School Deans Nancy Staudt (Washington University). William Johnson (SLU) Kenneth Dean (Mizzou) and professors Royce de R. Barondes (Mizzou) Alan Rosten (UMKC
• Public Defender Director Michael Barrett

Print and Electronic Publications
Members receive the B ar News and the Bar Bell, e-newsletter every Monday morning, containing the latest employment postings and news from bench and bar.  

Need Referrals?
The SMBA received 5787 calls and three times that many online referral requests in 2016. SMBA members can choose from 64 referral panels for only $100.00 per year, with discounts on enrollment for multiple panels.  learn more/ panels and rules of service.

Networking & Service
As a member, you have the advantage of meeting and networking with other lawyers and judges while attending association events, activities and committees. The bar also offers law related community service for interested members. 

Meeting Room Space
SMBA members receive discounts on SMBA board and conference rooms for client meetings, depositions or mediation.  ( more information)

Discounts & Services
SMBA members receive discounts on member mailing labels, ads in the Bar News and Bar Bell.

We hope you will find this an offer you can’t refuse and  join today at this link  !