| Session Type |
Title |
Speaker |
Time |
Course Materials |
| Wednesday, Sept. 17 |
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| YLS New Lawyer Series |
YLS 1 | Splitting hairs and assets: How to leave a law firm or take over a practice |
Michael Downey
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1:45 p.m. |
- MO Bar Annual - Splitting hairs and assets |
YLS New Lawyer Series
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YLS 2 | New tricks from old dogs: How to start your career off on the right foot |
Chuck Lonardo, Craig Lowe |
3 p.m. |
- New tricks from old dogs: How to start your career off on the right foot
- KCMBA Principles of Civility
- Word doc: New tricks from old dogs
- Principles of civility
- Jim Newberry quote |
| YLS New Lawyer Series |
YLS 3 | Analyzing experiences and solutions for retention and advancement of women attorneys |
Danielle Atchison |
4:15 p.m. |
- Analyzing experiences and solutions for retention and advancement of women attorneys
- Best practiced developed so far
- Self-assessment round table prompts
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| Thursday, Sept. 18 |
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| Ethics Series |
Ethics 1 | Ethics update from the Missouri Legal Ethics
Counsel: September 2025 edition |
Melinda Bentley |
7:30 a.m. |
- Ethics update from the Missouri Legal Ethics
Counsel: September 2025 edition |
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| Plenary |
Plenary 1 | The Darryl Burton story: Lessons for lawyers & judges |
Darryl Burton, Hon. Richard Callahan,
Moderator: Liz Ramsey McIntosh
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9 a.m. |
- The Darryl Burton story: Lessons for lawyers & judges
- Kezer document
- MOI general brochure |
| Plenary |
Plenary 2 | Law in flux: Navigating 2025’s legal and judicial crosswinds |
Hon. David Dolan, Bill Bay,
Prof. Steve Leben, Jenifer Placzek
Moderator: Dana Tippin Cutler |
10:30 a.m. |
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| Business 1 |
Professional licensing: Clients in your home town |
David Barrett, Nimrod Chapel |
2 p.m. |
- Professional licensing: Clients in your home town |
| Family 1 |
From harm to healing: The lawyer’s role in identifying and assisting familial trafficking survivors |
Veloris Juneman |
2 p.m. |
- From harm to healing: The lawyer’s role in
identifying and assisting familial trafficking survivors |
| Litigation 1 |
Approaching the bench - trial judges insights |
Hon. Brouck Jacobs, Hon. Jalilah Otto,
Hon. Steven Privette, Hon. Jody Stockard
Moderator: Hon. William Syler |
2 p.m. |
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| Probate 1 |
Adventures in guardianship - the public administrator’s perspective |
Timothy Weaks, Karen Digh-Allen |
2 p.m. |
- Adventures in guardianship - the public administrator’s perspective |
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| Business 2 |
Implicit bias & generative AI: Understanding and addressing human bias through machine learning analogies |
Roger Johnson |
3:10 p.m. |
- Implicit bias & generative AI: Understanding and addressing human bias through machine learning analogies |
| Family 2 |
Missouri’s extended order of protection: How to get one and how to defend against one |
Nina McDonnell
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3:10 p.m. |
- Missouri’s extended order of protection: How to get one and how to defend against one
- Missouri Revisor of Statutes - Revised Statutes of Missouri, RSMo Section 455.040
- K.E.S. v. S.R.S. opinion
- Revised Statutes of Missouri, RSMo Section 455.050 |
| Litigation 2 |
Best practices for appeals: Advice from the appellate judges |
Hon. Paul Wilson, Hon. Ted Ardini,
Hon. Lisa Page, Hon. Jennifer Growcock
Moderator: Erv Switzer
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3:10 p.m. |
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| Probate 2 |
Protecting the vulnerable or battle for control? The challenges of contested guardianships and conservatorships
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Katie Moore, Comm. Misty Watson
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3:10 p.m. |
- Protecting the vulnerable or battle for control? The challenges of contested guardianships and conservatorships |
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| Business 3 |
Cyber resilience & risk management: Businesscritical insights for lawyers |
Shawn Tuma |
4:20 p.m. |
- Cyber resilience & risk management: Business-critical insights for lawyers
- The GC + Ciso connection |
| Family 3 |
Duties to client/parents at family court — confidentiality, competence, diligence, zealousness, and so much more
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Laurie Snell
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4:20 p.m. |
-Powerpoint
-Combined pdf materials |
| Litigation 3 |
Tactics for effective mediation
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Molly Brown Bartalos
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4:20 p.m. |
- Tactics for effective mediation |
| Probate 3 |
Claims in decedent estates
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Comm. William Gust, Josh Rose
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4:20 p.m. |
- Claims in decedent estates |
| Friday, Sept. 19 |
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| Ethics Series |
Ethics 2 | A conversation with the Chief Disciplinary Counsel:
frequent complaints and related violations |
Laura Elsbury
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7:30 a.m. |
- A conversation with the Chief Disciplinary Counsel:
frequent complaints and related violations |
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| Business 4 |
Subchapter S corporations from start to finish
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John Carnahan, III; David Olive; Justin Cantwell
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9 a.m. |
- Subchapter S corporations from start to finish
- Outline |
| Family 4 |
Peer-to-peer: How platforms like PayPal & Venmo are used to hide money
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Krista Shelton, Prof. L. Michaelle Tobin
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9 a.m. |
- Peer-to-peer: How platforms like PayPal & Venmo are used to hide money |
| Litigation 4 |
View from the jury box
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Rod Loomer, local jurors
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9 a.m. |
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| Probate 4 |
Can you sleep at night? Ethical landmines in estates and trusts
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John Challis, Hon. Pat Connaghan
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9 a.m. |
- Can you sleep at night? Ethical landmines in estates and trusts
- Outline |
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| Business 5 |
Inside the AI black box: What lawyers need to know about how tech companies build and deploy AI
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Matthew Braunel
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10:10 a.m. |
- Inside the AI black box: What lawyers need to know
about how tech companies build and deploy AI
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| Family 5 |
Accessible wellness: chair yoga, ethics, and law
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Karen Bickel; Matthew Harris, MA, LPC
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10:10 a.m. |
- Accessible wellness: chair yoga, ethics, and law
- Wellness menu |
| Litigation 5 |
Crossing the (blue) line: tactics for deposing police officers in civil & criminal cases
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Dustin Goldberger
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10:10 a.m. |
- Crossing the (blue) line: tactics for deposing police officers in civil & criminal cases |
| Probate 5 |
From drafting to defense: How to prevent trust and estate litigation before it starts
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Jay Preston, Andy Peebles |
:10 a.m. |
- From drafting to defense: How to prevent trust and estate litigation before it starts |
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| Business 6 |
What businesses and employment lawyers should know about changes in business immigration law and policy: From work visas to work permits, and I-9 compliance updates
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Danielle Atchison
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11:20 a.m. |
- What businesses and employment lawyers should know about changes in business immigration law and policy: From work visas to work permits, and I-9 compliance updates |
| Family 6 |
Real estate & land title law: Overview for family law practitioners |
John Banjak
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11:20 a.m. |
- Real estate & land title law: Overview for family law practitioners |
| Litigation 6 |
That’s extraordinary! The use (and misuse) of applications for extraordinary writs in trial
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Hon. Jeffrey Bates, Hon. Deborah Daniels,
Hon. Jennifer Growcock |
11:20 a.m. |
- That’s extraordinary! The use (and misuse) of applications for extraordinary writs in trial |
| Probate 6 |
Family feuds and final wishes: The intersection of ffamily law and probate
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Heather Hall
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11:20 a.m. |
- Family feuds and final wishes: The intersection of family law and probate |