SMBA Bar Bell
June 26, 2017 - springfieldbar.com 
Sponsored by:  LARSON LAW | Trial Practice www.larsonlaw.com 
  SPRINGFIELD Metropolitan Bar 
MCLE Deadline Friday!
Check your CLE at springfieldbar.com
SMBA members have 24/7 access to SMBA CLE records at springfieldbar.com (Manage Profile - Professional Development). To sort by MCLE year pick from the drop down box "Certification/Program." Use that handy information to report your 2016-17 attendance by July 31.
This Week: 12 Hours of SMBA CLE!
Thursday: Hour by Hour (1-9 MCLE)
June 29: Hickory Hills Country Club
8:00     Criminal Law Update - Teresa Grantham 
9:00     Title IX – Jill Patterson 
10:00   Health Insurance Reform – Richard Russell 
11:00   Bankruptcy Update – Lee Viorel 
12:00   Debt Collection Bingo- Brent Green 
1:00     Time and Stress Management (Ethics) – Brent Green 
2:00     Ethics in Advertising-Bryan Musgrave 
3:00     Tort Reform – Rob Palmer 
4:00     Constitutional Challenges – Jeff Bauer
Wednesday: Dial In CLE (1 MCLE)
June 28: The Transformative 14th Amendment

noon-1:00

$50 members, $100 others

Presented by Joel K. Goldstein, the Vincent C. Immel Professor of Constitutional Law at Saint Louis University School of Law. Sign up at this link or by reply to this email.

Friday: Ethics Video Replay (2 MCLE ethics)
June 30: 12 Ways to Practice Smarter Not Harder
1-3:00 at the SMBA Office. 
members: $100 in advance, $125 onsite
others: $150 in advance, $175 onsite
Video replay presentation, Michael P. Downey is a legal ethics lawyer and founder of Downey Law Group LLC. Sign up at this link or by reply to this email.
SMBA CLE Self Study: On Demand
SMBA CLE On Demand!

The SMBA is offering recent programs in our most convenient format ever.  You can access these pre-recorded programs on demand.


Judicial Aspirations: Clif Smart, Jim Newberry and John Holstein (1MCLE)

Landlord Tenant Basics: Speaker: Austin Fax (1MCLE)

The Paperless Law Office: Speaker: Todd Werts (1MCLE)

Guardian Ad Litem Training: (2-8 MCLE)

12 Ways to Practice Smarter Not Harder (2 MCLE)

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