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As a recent UMKC School of Law graduate, I wanted to take this opportunity to sing a few praises on behalf of the UMKC Law community. The Rookies Column is written by four UMKC School of Law graduates, and in ...

How important is having fun? I say very important. Remember, “Laughter is the best medicine,” and “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.” I’ll leave it up to the scientists and medical community to document the ways humor helps ...

Well, we have finally gotten to the end of the “fail-safe tips”. For the last several weeks we have talked about a comprehensive set of tips in the area of “administration” that should enable you to set up your law ...

As a few of you know, I work for the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office in Independence, Missouri. Although I primarily handle drug-related cases, we as an office handle numerous felony level driving while intoxicated cases. Sadly, many of the felony ...

We have been talking for the last sixteen weeks about “fail-safe tips” for law office administration. There are eighteen “fail-safe tips” in all. We have two “fail-safe tips” left to talk about in order to complete our discussion. The area ...

Sometimes one takes on a cause just because it is right, even if no one seems to notice. Such may be the case for the Missouri House of Representatives if a proposed change to the state Constitution goes to public ...

I was a law clerk for Presiding Judge Jay A. Daugherty in Division 13 of Jackson County for 2 1/2 years. We worked a variety of dockets. During my clerkship, I learned a few things and would like to now ...

This week we are going to continue to talk about “fail-safe tips” for law office administrations. You will remember we have eighteen of these “fail-safe” systems for operating your law office. This week’s “fail-safe tip” is the use of closure ...

Late last month I had the pleasure of speaking to the fifth graders at Mill Creek Elementary School in Lenexa. I was one of the 10 presenters for the school’s annual Author/Illustrator Workshop. I encouraged questions and got quite a ...

Reading the current unemployment report is a little like the old riddle of asking if a glass of water is half full or half empty: it depends on how one looks at the bottom line. Headlines following last Friday’s U.S. ...

Okay, everybody hang in there, there are only three more topics to talk about in the area of “fail-safe” systems that make up the administrative part of your law practice. Bear with me while I finish up this “fail-safe” concept ...