MoBar MCLE Form
19th Annual Solo & Small Firm Conference
Branson
The Missouri Bar is accredited as a CLE sponsor by Regulation 15.04.2 promulgated pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 15.
To comply with the MCLE requirement, you will submit an Annual Report of Compliance to The Missouri Bar listing all CLE
programs attended for the reporting year. This document is provided to assist you in tracking CLE program attendance. Retain it for
your records. To determine the MCLE credit you will accrue at this program, add the total number of minutes actually attended,
divide by 50 and round to the nearest tenth of an hour. This program qualifies for a total of up to 21.4MCLE hours including up to
13.2 Ethics hours to be applied to the current reporting year of July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014. **The separately ticketed Bar Plan
Risk Management Program qualifies for an additional 2.0 MCLE hours including 2.0 Ethics hours.
THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2014
Minutes
Attended
Sessions Scheduled
8:45 – 10:40 (2.0 MCLE hours, 2.0 Ethics hours) ***
***Separately Ticketed Event***
The Bar Plan Risk Management Program: It’s About Time
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GAL 3-HOUR ANNUAL UPDATE TRAINING 9:20 – 10:40 (1.6 MCLE hours)
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Building Blocks for Your GAL Practice: Essentials, Updates and Lesser-known Aspects of being a Guardian Ad
Litem
BREAKOUT SESSIONS 9:30 – 10:40 (CHOOSE ONE—1.4 MCLE hours)
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Starting a Law Practice Boot Camp: What Not to Wear, What Not to Say, How to Act
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Criminal Law: How to Look Like a Member of the Justice League: Getting Your Client’s Criminal History
Expunged
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Administrative/Business Law: Sunshine Law for Solo & Small Firm Practitioners
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Technology: Protecting Your Professional Reputation Online
GAL 3-HOUR ANNUAL UPDATE TRAINING 10:50 – 12:00 (1.4 MCLE hours)
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A View from the Bench
BREAKOUT SESSIONS 10:50 – 12:00 (CHOOSE ONE—1.4 MCLE hours)
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Pre-Trial College / Litigation: Voir Dire
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Starting a Law Practice Boot Camp: The Essentials of Starting Your Own Firm
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Criminal Law: Representing Clients at Risk of Being Placed on the Sex Offender Registry
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Ethics: The Do’s and Don’t’s of Responding to an Ethics Complaint (1.4 Ethics hours)
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Technology: Writing for the eReader
SPONSOR PROGRAMS 12:20 – 1:10
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Sponsor Program: Your Firm Was Just Sued, Now What? How Your Malpractice Insurance Policy Responds to a
Claim
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Sponsor Program: How to Leverage Technology to Maximize Profitability
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THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2014 (continued)
Minutes
Attended
Sessions Scheduled
BREAKOUT SESSIONS 1:20 – 2:30 (CHOOSE ONE—1.4 MCLE hours)
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Pre-Trial College / Litigation: Storytelling: Opening Statements & Closing Arguments
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Employment Law: Wrongful Termination: The Exceptions to Employment at Will
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Starting a Law Practice Boot Camp/Ethics: Dealing with Difficult Clients – Are No Clients Better than Bad
Clients? (1.4 Ethics hours)
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Environmental Law: Hidden Environmental Dangers for Real Estate Development, Farms & Rural Property
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Family Law: International Parental Kidnapping
BREAKOUT SESSIONS 3:10 – 4:20 (CHOOSE ONE—1.4 MCLE hours)
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Employment/Administrative Law: Representing Clients in Unemployment Appeals Hearings
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Back to Basics: How to Construct Your File to Survive an Ethics Complaint (1.4 Ethics hours)
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ADR: 10 Mediation Traps & Pitfalls
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Probate Law: Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples
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Technology: E-Filing for Non-Techies
SPONSOR PROGRAMS 4:30 – 5:20 (CHOOSE ONE—1.0 MCLE hours)
GilsbarPRO—The Adaptable Lawyer: Staying Practical in Today’s Complex Legal Environment (1.0 MCLE hour,
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including 1.0 Ethics hour)
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The Bar Plan —Insurance and the Small Law Firm – Because All Policies are not Created Equal
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SLU Law —What Can the Law Schools Do For You? Bridging the Gap Between Law School and Practice (1.0
MCLE hour)
FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2014
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CLE AT SUNRISE 7:00 – 8:10 (1.4 MCLE hours)
PLENARY SESSION 8:50 – 9:40 (1.0 MCLE hours)
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The Fear Factor – How Good Lawyers Get Into Bad Ethical Trouble (1.0 Ethics hour)
BREAKOUT SESSIONS 10:20 – 11:30 (CHOOSE ONE—1.4 MCLE hours)
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Pre-Trial College / Litigation: You Have Class! How to Identify Potential Class Actions in Your Everyday Practice
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Practice Management/Ethics: It’s Not Time Management; It’s Life Management (1.4 Ethics hours)
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Back To Basics: Primer on Associate Circuit Court
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Administrative Law: Recent Developments in Administrative Law
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Family Law: Establishing Constructive Co-Parent Communications in High Conflict Divorce
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Technology / Practice Management: Law Office 2.0
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Immigration Law: Criminal Defense of Non-US Citizens: How Not to Commit Malpractice in Plea Negotiations
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Elder Law: Medicare, Medicaid and Other Settlement Nightmares; What Personal Injury Attorneys Must Know
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FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2013 (continued)
Minutes
Attended
Sessions Scheduled
BREAKOUT SESSIONS 12:45 – 1:55 (CHOOSE ONE—1.4 MCLE hours)
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Pre-Trial College / Litigation: A Solo’s Guide to Preparing Your Client for Deposition
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Ethics: Keeping My Big Mouth Shut (1.4 Ethics hours)
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Back To Basics: Nuts & Bolts of Bankruptcy
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Administrative Law: Practicing Before the Administrative Hearing Commission
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Personal Injury Law: Understanding Medicaid, SSI, SSDI, Medicare, HUD, and Food Stamps
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Technology: Getting the Most from Your PDF’s Using Adobe Acrobat Pro & Other Software
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Immigration/Family Law: Immigration Reform & Enforcement: Impact on Your Family Law Practice
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Medical/Legal Law: Direct and Cross-Examination of Expert Witness Physicians
BREAKOUT SESSIONS 2:10 – 3:20 (CHOOSE ONE—1.4 MCLE hours)
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Litigation: A Solo’s Guide to Case Development
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Practice Management/Ethics: What Starbucks™ Teaches us About Attracting Clients – The Ethical Way (1.4
Ethics hours)
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Back To Basics: Probate Basics: From Initial Interview to Inventory
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Tax Law: Cooked Books: Recipe for Representing a Client with a Potential Tax Problem
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Personal Injury/Litigation: How to Identify Potential Damages
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Technology: Confessions of a Techno-Geek: Practical Technology and Gadget Tips from the Trenches
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Practice Management: Planning Ahead: The Emotional & Social Aspects of Retirement
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Ethics: What’s in Your Trust Account? Using IOLTA, Accepting Credit Cards & More (1.4 Ethics hours)
BREAKOUT SESSIONS 3:50 – 5:00 (CHOOSE ONE—1.4 MCLE hours)
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Litigation: eDiscovery 101: Finding Electronically Stored Information & Using it at Trial
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Practice Management/Ethics: To Withdraw, or Not to Withdraw: We Hope That is Not the Question (1.4 Ethics
hours)
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Back To Basics: Probate Basics: From Inventory to Close
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Appellate: Taking the Fear Out of Filing a Writ
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Personal Injury/Litigation: Strategies for Persuading the Trier of Fact
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Technology: Top 10 Technology Traps & How to Avoid Them
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Practice Management: Planning Ahead: Mentoring an Attorney to Take Over Your Practice
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Discussion Group: In It to Win It: Campaign Laws & Lessons
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SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013
Minutes
Attended
Sessions Scheduled
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CLE AT SUNRISE PART 2 7:00 – 8:10 (1.4 MCLE hours)
BREAKOUT SESSIONS 8:20 – 9:30 (CHOOSE ONE—1.4 MCLE hours)
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Business Law: Advising the Small Business Client
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Estate & Trusts/Family Law/Military Law: Retirement Benefits of Military Personnel & Union Members
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Back to Basics: Appeals 101: Preservation, Evaluation & Making the Record
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Criminal Law: Cross-Examining the Arresting Officer on Standardized Field Sobriety Tests
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Collections: Remedies Available to Missouri Consumers
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Technology: Online Legal Research Tips & Tricks
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Practice Management: Rainmaking 1-2-3: Making Business Development a Natural Part of Your Everyday Life
BREAKOUT SESSIONS 9:40 – 10:50 (CHOOSE ONE—1.4 MCLE hours)
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Intellectual Property/Business: IP for the Non-IP Lawyer
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Real Estate Law: Missouri Landlord Tenant Law for the General Practitioner
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Criminal Law: Civil Aspects of DWI Cases – Protecting Your Clients Driving Privileges – LDP’s & RDP’s
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Practice Management/Ethics: Ethics in Trust & Estates (1.4 Ethics hours)
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Technology: 30 Apps & Sites in 70 Minutes
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Workers’ Compensation: Spotting Medical Negligence Claims in Personal Injury & Workers’ Compensation Cases
PLENARY SESSION 11:00 – 11:50 (1.0 MCLE hour)
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Influence: The Art & Science of Changing Minds
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TOTAL MINUTES ATTENDED