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Earn a Total of 3.6 MCLE Hours | 2.4 Ethics | 1.2 Elimination of Bias

Earn a Total of 2.0 Kansas Credit Hours | 1.0 Kansas Ethics

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a host of conferences, institutes and individual CLE programs from summer and fall to virtual venues. This year’s Annual Meeting is pivoting, too. Rather than moving the entire in-person conference to an already crowded virtual space, this year’s Annual Meeting is going to shift and offer:

1. A “National Speaker Series" – three one-hour CLE presentations, four influential speakers on three important topics during lunchtime segments three days in September, and
2. On-demand delivery of the traditional profession-building activities (usually held during the Opening Luncheon) that annually reinforce and remind us of our shared professional bonds and common values and celebrate the stability and strength of Missouri’s legal profession, even during these very unstable times.

At a time when the entire profession is working to recover from the effects of the worldwide pandemic, we are pleased to offer all 2020 Annual Meeting events at no-cost for members, thanks to our generous sponsorship partners.

Annual Meeting National Speaker Plenary Series: Influential Experts, Timely Topics

Bree Buchanan, Krill Strategies

Strategies for Well-being: Now More Than Ever

Explore Wednesday Session

Prof. David Wilkins, Harvard Law School

Reimagining Lawyering in a World on Fire

What the Pandemic and the Protests Mean for the Future of the Legal Profession 

Explore Thursday Session

Prof. Lawrence O. Gostin, Georgetown Law & Madeleine McDonough, Shook Hardy & Bacon

Law and a Global Pandemic 

From Civil Rights to Legal Role of World Health Organization to Practical Glimpse at Emerging Legal Issues and Trends in COVID-19 Related Litigation, Case Law

Explore Friday Session

Chief Justice's Speech, Senior Counselors Recognition, Swearing-in of President-Elect John Gunn

Wednesday, Sept. 16
10:00 a.m. (access on-demand link in email message sent from 2019-2020 Missouri Bar President Tom Bender)

Look for an email before Wednesday's lunchtime plenary for a special President’s Message and instant access to the annual celebration that marks the end of a bar year.

Usually reserved for the Opening Luncheon at the Annual Meeting, this program is that yearly reminder to appreciate and value the common bonds, enduring values and shared pride as a member of the profession. You can watch this 45-minute dose of inspiration immediately or later.

Programming includes:

• 2020 Senior Counselors recognition;
• Farewell from President Tom Bender to formal swearing-in of President-Elect John Gunn;
• Annual remarks to the members of The Missouri Bar from Supreme Court of Missouri Chief Justice George W. Draper III;
• And an interview with Missouri Bar Executive Director Mischa Buford Epps.

Sponsorship Opportunities Available      Thanks to Our Generous Sponsors/Partners