Our friends at the Urban League of Metro St. Louis are requesting 10 lawyers on Friday, May 15, for their “Weekend of Service: One Year Later” for families still recovering from the 2025 tornado. They are looking for volunteers from 7:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. in two hours shifts, two lawyers per shift. 

7:00 - 9:00 a.m.
9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

To volunteer, please contact Mark Levison at mlevison@lashlybaer.com or (314) 436-8320.

Join BAMSL’s Young Lawyers Division and Well-Being Committee for a spring social and kickball game in celebration of Well-Being in Law Week. The event takes place on Friday, May 8, from 4:00–6:00 p.m. at Shaw Park – Shaw Park North Shelter in Clayton, MO. Come out to enjoy the fresh air, connect with fellow members, and have some lighthearted fun. Be sure to register and sign the waiver in advance.

By Mike Bartolacci

It is common for trust grantors to want to protect those persons chosen to serve as trustee by eliminating any potential liability for ordinary negligence. Missouri’s Uniform Trust Code expressly permits trustee exculpatory clauses, providing only that such clauses are unenforceable and ineffective to relieve a trustee from liability for conduct committed in “bad faith or with reckless indifference to the purposes of the trust or the interests of the beneficiaries.” However, instead of the language in §10-1008, attorneys seeking to limit trustee liability instead often provide the trustee’s liability shall be limited to “gross negligence.”

Read more in the January-February issue of the St. Louis Law Journal!

The 2026 Corporate Counsel Institute, presented by the Association of Corporate Counsel – St. Louis Chapter and The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, will be held on Wednesday, May 13, at The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis. This event offers in-house counsel and legal professionals a full day of CLE-accredited programming, focused on corporate law, compliance, and emerging legal trends. There will also be valuable networking opportunities with peers and industry leaders.

Join us for the 2026 BAMSL Golf Tournament on Monday, June 15 at Glen Echo Country Club for an 11:00 a.m. Shotgun Start – Scramble Format.

Registration includes boxed lunches before start, 18-holes of golf, golf cart, after reception with heavy appetizers and drinks while prizes are announced.

Join BAMSL’s History Committee at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, May 8, as we take a guided tour of the Mill Creek: Black Metropolis exhibit at the Missouri History Museum. We will explore Mill Creek as a Black metropolis, all that made it special, and its erasure from the St. Louis landscape.

The tour will be followed by a one-hour CLE examining the legal process behind the historic condemnation and blighting of property in this close-knit Black community, if due process protections were provided to property owners, and the remedies available once property is declared blighted or condemned.

Connect with members of the bench at Brief Encounters: Speed Networking with the Bench and Sustaining Partners. Back by popular demand, this is a unique opportunity to engage in quick, impactful conversations with judges and legal professionals.

Join us for this productive session at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 28.

Free yoga with Amy Lynn Yoga, LLC, sponsored jointly by BAMSL Wellness Committee and Women in the Legal Profession (WILP) on Thursday, April 30, 2026, beginning at 5:00 p.m. with a social hour to follow.
 
Class is open to beginners as well as more seasoned yoga practitioners. Please bring your own yoga mat and water bottle. Extra yoga mats will be available on a first come, first serve basis.

The Twenty-First Circuit Judicial Commission (St. Louis County) is accepting applications for the associate circuit judge vacancy created by the resignation of the Honorable Joseph L. Green to become an assistant United States attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri.

By Untress “Trez” Quinn

Let me begin by saying congratulations on your completion of law school and passing the bar exam. Not just for checking these boxes but deciding to walk through a door that not everyone has the courage to open. Your new career marks the beginning of a journey that is intellectually rigorous, emotionally demanding, and deeply transformative. You are now a part of a profession that has shaped and continues to shape the world. From the Constitution to contracts, from the courtroom to the community, the law is one of the most powerful tools we have for advancing our society. Now it's yours. Yours to study, to question, to interpret, and yes, to wield. 

Read more in the January-February issue of the St. Louis Law Journal!