If you have not yet registered for the Bench & Bar Conference, please do so today! Camden at the Lake is SOLD OUT. Overflow rooms are still available at Lodge of the Four Seasons. Our speaker lineup includes: 

• A Missouri Supreme Court Judges panel discussion 
• Federal Judges panel
• “Review of the Lamar Johnson Case” by Judge David Mason
• “Lively Interactive Discussion on Managing Those Uh Oh Moments Involving DE&I That Arise in the Workplace” – Dana & Keith Cutler

Special thank you to our Diamond Sponsor, Onder Law. We hope to have a record showing at the Lake!

Presented by the Labor & Employment Section

In conjunction with this CLE, we will be hosting a happy hour and conducting the officer elections for the Labor & Employment section for the 23/24 bar year.  The happy hour is sponsored by the law firm of McMahon Berger, and this will take place at Schlafly Bottleworks on Thu, March 23, 2023 from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM CT.

The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis Women in the Legal Profession invite you to celebrate Women’s History Month on March 29. Join us as we welcome the 2022-2023 Missouri Bar Officers, Lauren Tucker McCubbin (President), Megan Phillips (President-Elect), and Shelly Dreyer (Vice President), the first slate of all female officers in the Missouri Bar’s 79 year history, as well as the first female Missouri Bar President, Doreen Dodson, and the first African-American female Missouri Bar President, Dana Tippin Cutler.

We will also welcome special guest, the Honorable Robin Ransom, of the Supreme Court of Missouri, who will join us via Zoom to discuss her journey.

BAMSL, the Membership Committee, and the Well-Being Committee are working with SLU Law to organize weekly Wednesday 30-minute walks from 12-12:30. It’s a great opportunity to get outside, meet some students, and promote BAMSL. We are looking for individuals or firms to “sponsor” the walk each week by committing to being present for the walk. The walks will occur downtown-students and lawyers will meet at the Freedom Suites Memorial at noon for a 30-minute walk. You choose the route from the Freedom Suits!

Questions? Contact Amy Rebecca Johnson ajohnson@pcblawfirm.com

BAMSL has officially begun the unpacking stage of the office move! Excitement is in the air at BAMSL, but there is still much to do. We are excited to finally unveil BAMSL's new office space to all of our members.

Our new address: 319 N 4th St, Suite 100, St. Louis, MO 63102-1909

Last call! Attorneys Against Hunger is hosting a food drive in support of Operation Food Search. Food drop-off locations are located at the Law Library Association of St. Louis (10 N Tucker Blvd., 13th Floor St. Louis, MO 63101),  Metropolitan Square Lobby (211 North Broadway St. Louis, MO 63102 Broadway Entrance Lobby), BAMSL's New Office (319 N 4th St, Suite 100 St. Louis, MO 63102-1909), and St. Louis County Courts Building (105 S Central Ave Clayton, MO 63105). Canned foods, dried spices, cereal, and basic toiletries are the most needed donations. NO glass containers, & NO ramen noodles

BAMSL staff has recently vacated our office at 555 Washington Ave and is in the process of moving to the new office location at the Security Building! Plans to host our members in the new office space are being created so stayed tuned. 

The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis Women in the Legal Profession section welcomes women law students to apply for the 2023 Doris Banta Memorial WILP Scholarship.  In celebration of the life and renowned legal career of Doris Banta, and in support of those desiring to follow in her footsteps, BAMSL’s Women in the Legal Profession (WILP) welcomes current 1L and 2L women law students who are committed to an “internship or position [that] will address, legal issues that affect women, including internships and positions that involve domestic violence, gender fairness, child custody and similar issues.”

The John C. Shepherd Professionalism Award is given annually at the Law Day Luncheon to a BAMSL young lawyer (a member who is 36 years of age or younger or licensed to practice for five years or less) who exemplifies the BAMSL Tenets of Professionalism in the tradition of John C. Shepherd.

Nominations must be received no later than 5:00 p.m., March 28th, 2025

The upcoming Spring St. Louis Bar Journal will focus on Privacy and the Law.  For advertising rate information, please e-mail jmacke@bamsl.org.  Ad deadline is 9 a.m. on Wednesday, March 1^st.  As of this writing, two premium full page, full color cover spots are still available.