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Where members of the bench, bar and public come for top quality programs and legal research tools.

 

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Find out more about our CLE series and sign up today for upcoming programs.

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The Freedom Suits Exhibit NOW OPEN THROUGH DECEMBER 3

Thank you to those who viewed the Slavery in St. Louis exhibit, now at its next location in Jefferson County. Join us to see The Freedom Suits exhibit. The Freedom Suits is an exhibit created for the Law Library Association by the Missouri State Archives.

Judge Sengheiser and Judge Fowler at Sept 12th event

September Meet and Greet Event a Success

Thanks to those who came!

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Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor

Award-winning journalist and author Steven Greenhouse guides us through the key episodes and trends in history that are essential to understanding some of our nation’s most pressing problems, including increased income inequality, declining social mobility, and the concentration of political power in the hands of the wealthy few.

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Judge Susan E. Block, Esq.

Juvenile Law: Back to Basics: What you need to know!

Learn all the basics in the practice area of juvenile law at this program. 

Our presenter is Susan E. Block, Esq. Block is an attorney at Paule Camazine & Blumenthal. She has been a lawyer for over 45 years. She practices in the areas of family, probate and juvenile law. Formerly, she served as a judge in the State of Missouri for 25 years.

Block has been involved in the Caring for Kids, the St. Louis County Children’s Service Fund Coalition and Missouri Foundation for Health.


Dorris Keeven-Franke

The Second Confiscation Act and Archer Alexander

Learn more about the issue of Confiscation and Contraband during the Civil War, as demonstrated by the case of Archer Alexander, a freedom seeker buried in St. Louis. His heroic actions earned him freedom on September 24, 1863 by Lincoln’s Second Confiscation Act, for "important services to the United States Military Forces”. He is the enslaved figure seen rising with President Lincoln in Washington, D.C. and is listed on the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.


photo of Karen Aroesty, Esq.

Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession

Understanding bias becomes an everyday thought activity when we connect who we are and how our experiences shape us, along with a better understanding of how our brain impacts how we see others. Consider your brain and bias and fulfill Elimination of Bias CLE credit with long time community educator Karen Aroesty, founder of Aroesty Allied LLC.