BCBA: Other News

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Renew Missouri is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation which seeks to maximize development of energy efficiency and renewable energy in Missouri. Renew Missouri is seeking a staff attorney in its Columbia office, and will receive applications until December 30, 2011, or until the position is filled.

If interested, you may review the Job Description here.

The annual BCBA Holiday Party will be held on Thursday evening, December 8, 2011, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Columbia Country Club, 2210 Country Club Dr., Columbia, MO 65201. Spouses and dates are invited and welcome. A new feature this year will be a collection for the Food Bank. RSVPs are due by noon on Friday, December 2.

Featured entertainment for the evening will be a local jazz band, the Missing Window Trio. A band poster appears above.

The format will be a mixer with heavy hors d'oeuvres. There will be a host bar providing soft drinks, beer and wine. Mixed drinks will be available for purchase. A very brief program will take place at 7 p.m.

This year, instead of the party being just about bar members having a good time, we will also focus on giving to others in the holiday spirit. We will be collecting for the Food Bank , which helps many hungry people in our area. It also sends a lot of food to Joplin for the tornado victims, which has been an issue of particular concern for our bar members. Here's how it will work:

! We're asking each person to bring about $5 worth of non-perishable food items to the party --packages, bottles, cans. The Food Bank provide and pick up collection bins. If you bring food, your admission price will be $20 per person.

! If you prefer not to bring food or cannot do so for some reason, your admission price will be $25, and the bar will donate $5 to the Food Bank on your behalf.

We must have RSVPs for the Holiday Party by noon on December 2. Please RSVP to BCBA Secretary Gretchen Yancey, P.O. Box 584, Columbia, MO 65205, phone and fax 514 4061, email Gretchen@TheYanceyLawFirm.com.

You can pay at the door. If you RSVP but end up not being able to come, we will still need for you to pay since the bar will have to pay the Country Club based on the number who made reservations.

Link to one-page PDF file of this announcement for convenient printing: Holiday Party Announcement.

The 13th Judicial Circuit is offering a 3 hour CLE-credit "Advanced Guardian at Litem Training" on Thursday, November 11, 2011 at the Boone County Courthouse. November 11 is Veterans Day, a court holiday. Registrations are due by November 1. Direct link to PDF file: 2011 GAL Training Invitation.

Friday, October 21, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.: The Second Annual U.S. District Court Central Division’s CLE will be presented at the Christopher S. “Kit” Bond U.S. Court House at 80 Lafayette Street, Jefferson City, 65101. There is no registration fee and lunch will be provided by the Court. Registration is required no later than October 17, 2011, and can be done at http://surveymonkey.com/s/cjaworkshopregistration. For more information, contact Kay Bode at 573-634-3418 or Jackie Price at 573-556-7561, or review the invitation here.

The online Attorney Conflict Calendar will be modified Wednesday evening, August 24, to allow attorneys to choose whether to enter conflicts separately for Circuit and Associate Circuit Courts, or to enter conflicts once for review by both. Instructions regarding the change can be found here.

As reported in the July, August and September 2011 Newsletters, effective September 1, Boone County will be accepting attorney conflict dates exclusively through a new online Attorney Conflict Calendar. After September 1, 2011, only conflicts submitted electronically through this program will be accepted.

A username and password is required to access the Attorney Conflict Calendar on the 13th Circuit's website at http://207.119.89.253/. Attorneys must obtain usernames and passwords for themselves and staff members to access the online conflict calendar. To do so, complete the linked Microsoft Word table and email it to Marla Gunn, Secretary to the Presiding Judge. The following information is needed for issuance of usernames and passwords:

As announced in the March 2007 Newsletter, a group of local attorneys, judges and law school professors formed the "Elwood L. Thomas Inn of Court." The national Inns of Court web site is at www.innsofcourt.org. The purpose of the group is to provide tutelage for law students and lawyers with up to eight years experience, with the goal of promoting professionalism, ethics, and development of litigation skills.

For a current (March 23, 2011) announcement from the local group, including a list of founding members and a contact person's email address, click here.

2011 applications are now being accepted and are due by on or before April 6, 2011. Click here for the 2011 application in PDF format.