By all accounts, St. Louis’ Mini Law School sponsored by The Missouri Bar was a success. Organizers had initially hoped to have approximately 50 people attend the law school for the public. But more than 310 people registered for the ...

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The president of the American Bar Association says that courts across the nation are facing potential threats to their independence. H. Thomas Wells Jr. (pictured with recently exonerated prisoner Josh Kezer, center, and Bryan Cave attorney Charlie Weiss, right, whose pro bono representation freed Kezer) said the threats ranged from ballot initiatives to partisan elections to rating systems from special interest groups. Wells was at Saint Louis University School of Law on Monday as a panelist for a roundtable discussion on the independent judiciary.

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American Bar Association President H. Thomas Wells Jr. will be at Saint Louis University School of Law on Monday as a panelist for a roundtable discussion on the independent judiciary. The roundtable is hosted by the Bar Association of Metropolitan ...

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As debate looms in the Missouri Senate on a constitutional amendment altering the Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan, The Missouri Bar is reiterating its opposition to changing the way the state chooses some of its judges. Bar President Tom Burke and President-elect Skip Walther held a press conference on Tuesday morning to skewer proposed changes offered in House Joint Resolution 10. The two attorneys portrayed the alterations as a way of injecting politics into the plan and giving more power over judicial selection to the governor.

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