SMBA Bar Bell
May 8, 2017 - springfieldbar.com 
Sponsored by:  LARSON LAW | Trial Practice www.larsonlaw.com 
  SPRINGFIELD Metropolitan Bar 
This Week!
Today is Truman Day!

"The longer I live, the more I am impressed by the significance of our simple official oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States. Perhaps it takes a lifetime of experience to understand how much the Constitution means in our national life." Full transcript of Truman's May, 1958 speech to new Missouri Bar enrollees.

SMBA CLE
How to Avoid Bar Complaints
A few spots left! Tuesday May 9, 3-4:45

How to avoid bar complaints and what to do (and not do) if you get one (2MCLE Ethics)

As Special Representatives for the OCDC Region XV Disciplinary Committee, Randee Stemmons and Kevin Rapp have investigated hundreds of bar complaints and prosecuted cases from initial disciplinary filings through final disposition at the Missouri Supreme Court. SMBA members $100, Others $150 (register)

additional ethics CLE options 
Next Week Lunch and Bar Brew
May 17: How to Spot Insurance Bad Faith Claims For Your Clients with Steve Garner
Register here or reply to this email.
May 18: Don't Blow It Part 2, DWI Update with Field Sobriety Demonstration, Joe Passanise and Scott Pierson.. Register here or reply to this email. 
We've Come a Very Long Way!
Celebrating Jury Service
By order of the Supreme Court of Missouri, the first seven days of May are "Juror Appreciation Week" and our opportunity to #ThankAJuror and encourage jury service.   Here is an article about Greene County's first female jurors empaneled seventy years ago. 
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