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Kansas City Municipal Court has been pretty taxing this year for lawyers who do business there. I’m not pointing fingers, but why did we have to mess with what was a pretty good system for the local bar, clients and ...

I have taught legal ethics in various formats in law schools the past two decades. During that time I have also given dozens of continuing education lectures to various groups of practicing lawyers across the United States. It has been ...

On Election Day this November Missouri voters will have the opportunity to vote on Amendment 2, which will permit embryonic stem cell research to proceed in Missouri free from threatening obstacles. The amendment is far down on a long ballot, ...

I recently watched a television program featuring Bill Gates and Warren Buffett speaking at the University of Nebraska. It was an informal forum, and students were allowed to ask questions. One of the remarkable questions was directed to both men. ...

My first experience with voting machines was as a child in the 1960s. I remember walking into the voting booth with my father. The booth was a mysterious place. The curtain closed around us, and I was confronted with a ...

When I was at law school I came across “Elephants have good memories.” I seized information and started using the comment “Elephants never forget.” Somewhere along the way through high school, college and law school, I realized that I had ...

OK, I’ve about had it. There are so many lies flying around about cloning stem cells, Viet Iraq and the rising failed economy that I am almost ready to quit paying attention. I’m not trying to make this column a ...

Social and religious conservatives, desperate to re-energize their disillusioned voters, are doing what they can with what New Jersey’s Supreme Court gave them this week. The court ruled that the state constitution required lawmakers to grant same-sex couples legal rights ...

The Nov. 7 election ballot has four proposals to change the Missouri constitution, which only voters may do. As in years past, some proposals are the subject of heated debate. Other proposals, whose merits may be self-evident, draw little attention. ...

Some years ago I was trying to figure out a way to describe what my life was like on a day-to-day basis. The first thing I thought of was that my life was “periods of being out of control, interspersed ...

I complain about this job sometimes. Mostly, it’s a function of failure to receive client payments, time constraints and mood, but lately I’ve been pretty happy with the flexibility that being a solo practitioner offers. My son is 10 months ...