2008 Law Day Articles

 

 

Justice is at Stake in Missouri

        by Charlie Harris, Jr. President, The Missouri Bar

A Brief History of BAMSL’s Creation of the NonPartisan Court Plan

     by Thomas G. Glick, with an introduction by Genevieve Frank, President of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL

Rule of Law Depends on Judges Who are Free from Political Intimidation

by Greg Bentz, President Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association

Attacks on the Missouri Non-Partisan Court Plan: You Can't "Show Me" that Injecting More Politics into the Appointment of Judges is a Good Thing 

    by J. Dale Youngs, President, Missouri Institute for Justice

 Missouri Law Institute – Supporting the Courts through Public Education

An Open Letter to Missourians from Six Former Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justices

Justice in Jeopardy

    by Cathy Kelly, Deputy Director Missouri State Public Defender

Legal Aid of Western Missouri Continues Commitment to those in need of Legal Help

Legal Services of Eastern Missouri Continues Strong Advocacy for Low Income Community in 21 Counties

    by Dan Glazier

Need a Speaker for Your Group? – Contact The Missouri Bar

Saving the Missouri Plan – an  Editorial, reprinted from Judicature, the journal of the American Judicature Society.

The Law in Your Life … The Missouri Bar's podcast for the public

The Appeal by John Grisham –  a book review of a fictionalized account of judicial politics

Missouri Bar Counts on Civic Understanding to Stymie Efforts to Weaken and Politicize Courts