September 2006

Missouri Bar Annual Meeting Addresses Cutting-Edge Issues
The Missouri Bar/Missouri Judicial Conference Annual Meeting - Tentative Schedule of Events

Missouri Bar Annual Meeting Addresses Cutting-Edge Issues

The death penalty. The balance between privacy and the need for national security. Wouldn’t it be helpful if these crucial issues could be analyzed from a wide range of perspectives rather than being presented in the all-too-familiar cloth of political rhetoric?

Welcome to The Missouri Bar/Missouri Judicial Conference Annual Meeting, where these issues – and many more – are on the agenda. This year’s Annual Meeting is scheduled for September 27-29 at the Renaissance Grand Hotel in St. Louis.

Reporters are invited to cover any of The Missouri Bar’s 31 events, legal education programs and plenary sessions along with the 800 lawyers and judges who will be in St. Louis for the conference.

The meeting will feature four events of special interest to reporters:

• “Privacy in the Electronic Age”
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m., Thursday, September 28
Is the title an oxymoron? What does the future hold for an increasingly electronic society? Panelists will evaluate privacy issues from many perspectives, including the Department of Homeland Security, commercial data mining and profiling, constitutional rights and civil liberties.

Along with moderator Dan Margolies of the Kansas City Star, panelists are: Maureen Cooney, formerly acting chief director of privacy for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Timothy Spainhour, legal compliance leader for Acxiom Corporation; Neil Richards of the Washington University School of Law; Joseph Onek, senior policy analyst for the Open Society Institute; and J.R. Hobbs of the Kansas City law firm of Wyrsch, Hobbs & Mirakian.

• “Death Penalty: Problem? Solution? Both? Neither? A Multidisciplinary Discussion of the Strenghts and Weaknesses of Capital Punishment”
10:40 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, September 28
Eddie Roth of the Dayton Daily News will pose as legal counsel to a fictional, newly-elected governor. The premise is that the governor has asked to find out how the death penalty works – or doesn’t – in Missouri.

Panelists for this session will include: Samuel Gross of the University of Michigan Law School; Joshua Marquis, vice president of the National District Attorneys Association; Dr. Peter Markie of the University of Missouri-Columbia Philosophy Department; and Charles Jackson, former director of public safety for the State of Missouri.

• The Opening Luncheon and Chief Justice’s Address
12:15 – 1:30 p.m., Thursday, September 28
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri, Judge Michael A. Wolff, will deliver the annual “Chief Justice’s Address” at this luncheon.

In addition, the luncheon will feature a ceremony at which Lloyd L. Gaines will posthumously receive an honorary membership in The Missouri Bar. Gaines applied for admission to the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law in 1936 and was denied admission because of his race. It took a U.S. Supreme Court case to reverse the university’s discriminatory policy. Unfortunately, Gaines disappeared before enrolling and never attended law school.

Family members of Mr. Gaines will be present to accept the honorary membership.

• “The Real CSI: Real-Life Criminologists Separate the Fake from the Factual”
8:30 – 9:20 a.m., Friday, September 29
The public can’t get enough of television shows such as CSI . . . the intrigue, the good guy analysts, and forensic experts versus the killers. In this program, the myths will be shattered as top criminologists from the Missouri State Highway Patrol analyze actual scenes from the popular network drama and share their insights into forensic work. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer M. Joyce will moderate a panel consisting of Todd Garrison and Brian Hoey, both of the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

For more information . . .

Contact Jack Wax, Missouri Bar Media Relations Director (573-999-4732) or Gary Toohey, Missouri Bar Communications Director (573-635-4128). For a complete listing of all programs at the 2006 Annual Meeting – including presenters and program descriptions – visit The Missouri Bar’s website for the Annual Meeting at http://www.mobar.org/data/am2006/index.html.

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The Missouri Bar/Missouri Judicial Conference Annual Meeting
September 27-29, 2006 • Renaissance Grand Hotel • St. Louis
Tentative Schedule of Events

Wednesday, September 27

8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Missouri Bar Leadership Academy Meeting

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Judicial Conference: Probate & Associate Circuit Judges Board Meeting

10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Registration
Spouses’ Hospitality Room

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Judicial Conference: Circuit Judges Section Meeting
Judicial Conference: Retired Judges Section Meeting
Judicial Conference: Probate & Associate Circuit Judges Section Meeting

11:00 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Appellate Judges Meeting and Luncheon

1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Missouri Bar Board of Governors Meeting

1:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Judicial Conference: Plenary Session

2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Missouri Bar Resolutions Committee Meeting

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Judicial Conference: State Judges’ Voluntary Fund Committee

4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Judicial Conference: Missouri Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges Meeting

6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
President’s and Chief Justice’s Opening Night Reception – Crystal Ballroom at the Renaissance Grand Hotel

Thursday, September 28

All Day
Registration
Spouses’ Hospitality Room

7:00 a.m.
YLS 5k Morning Jog/One Mile Walk at the Gateway Arch

7:30 - 8:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast for All Attendees

7:30 - 9:00 a.m.
Workers’ Compensation Committee Breakfast Meeting

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
The Bar Plan Meeting

8:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Judicial Conference: Legislative Recognition & Awards Breakfast

8:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Lawyer to Lawyer Dispute Resolution Committee Breakfast

8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Missouri Leadership Academy Meeting

8:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Insurance Programs Committee Meeting

9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Plenary Session: “Privacy in the Electronic Age”

10:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Judicial Conference: General Business Meeting

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Plenary Session: “Death Penalty: Problem? Solution? Both? Neither? A Multi-Disciplinary Discussion of the Strengths and Weaknesses of Capital Punishment”

12:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Opening Luncheon and Chief Justice’s Address
Recognition of Senior Counselors
Special presentation: Missouri Bar license and membership posthumously awarded to Lloyd Gaines

2:00 – 2:50 p.m.
CLE Track Programming

3:00 – 3:50 p.m.
CLE Track Programming

3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
2005-2006 Young Lawyers’ Section Council Meeting

3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Judicial Conference: Circuit Court Budget Committee Meeting

4:00 – 4:50 p.m.
CLE Track Programming

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Missouri Bar Leadership Academy Reunion Reception

5:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Presentation of 2006 Michael R. Roser Excellence in Bankruptcy Award

6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
“Best of Missouri” Reception – Edward Jones Dome & Rams Field

8:30 p.m. - ?
YLS Evening at the Copia Urban Winery and Market

Friday, September 29

7:15 - 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast for All Attendees

7:30 - 9:00 a.m.
Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater St. Louis Breakfast Meeting

7:30 - 9:00 a.m.
State Bar of Wisconsin Nonresident Lawyers Division for Missouri Breakfast

8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Registration
Spouses’ Hospitality Room

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Tort Review Committee Breakfast Meeting

8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
Fellows of American Bar Foundation Breakfast Meeting

8:00 – 10 a.m.
Legislative Update

9:30 a.m. - 12:30 noon
MU Law School Alumni Committee Meetings

8:30 – 9:20 a.m.
CLE Track Programming

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Missouri State Public Defender System Meeting

9:30 - 10:20 a.m.
CLE Track Programming

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Missouri Institute for Justice

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Transportation Law Committee Meeting

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Plenary Session: “The Making of a Good Judge” – Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District Courtroom in the Historic Old Post Office

11:00 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Missouri Bar Family Law Section Council Meeting

12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Law School Alumni Luncheons
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
University of Missouri – Columbia School of Law
University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law
University of Kansas School of Law
Washington University School of Law
Saint Louis University School of Law
Notre Dame School of Law
Howard University School of Law
Harvard University School of Law

Afternoon:
No programming, free to enjoy St. Louis attractions

1:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Missouri Association of Legal Professionals Educational Meeting

2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Trustees of the Missouri Bar Foundation Meeting

2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
2006-2007 Young Lawyers’ Section Council

2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Trustees of the Supreme Court Historical Society Meeting

2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Law School Deans and Missouri Board of Law Examiners Meeting

3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Trustees of The Missouri Bar Meeting

6:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Missouri Bar Awards Reception and Banquet

For more information, or to make meeting registration and hotel reservation arrangements, please visit

www.mobar.org/data/am2006/index.html.