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Happy Birthday Magna Carta: Cake and CLE at Wednesday's SMBA Monthly Lunch!
June 17, 2015, 11:45, The Tower Club, 1MCLE (register)
Dr. Thomas Russo will present Magna Carta and Its 13th-Century Cultural Contexts: Politics, Religion, Bureaucracy and the Law. Join your colleagues for this special celebration and learn more about the Great Charter. After lunch stay a few minutes to have birthday cake and sign our giant birthday card while you mingle with our Magna Carta Community Partners.

Magna-ificent Facts and Fun:
Magna Carta Is 800—'This Awful Thing' That Shaped Legal Rights – NPR
Magna Carta Google Doodle
7 Things to Know About the Magna Carta – Time
Magna Carta: leaders celebrate 800th anniversary of the Great Charter – The Guardian

The Celebration Continues
Magna Carta: Enduring Legacy 1215-2015 – The celebration continues with activities this summer and fall, culminating in a national exhibition brought to the State of Missouri by the Springfield Bar Foundation hosted at Missouri State University, Meyer Library.

Magna Carta: Symbol of Freedom Under Law
2015 SMBA Law Day Photos and Recap

Need CLE?

The SMBA is offering our very popular annual SMBA CLE Hour by Hour with great discounts for preregistered SMBA members to help you satisfy all or part of your MCLE needs before the June 30 deadline.

2015 SMBA CLE: Hour by Hour
Tuesday, June 30, 2015, 8 am to 5 pm, 1-9 MCLE (2MCLE Ethics)
Hickory Hills Country Club, 3909 E Cherry (register online), or register by phone (417) 831-2783 or email to melanie@springfieldbar.com.
Advance Registration:
SMBA Members: $40/hour, $35/hour 4 hours or more, $300 all day
Non Members: $50/hour, $400 all day

July SMBA Member CLE Lunch: Implicit Bias and Access to Justice
Presented by Wesley Pratt
July 15, 2015, 11:45, The Tower Club, 1MCLE (register)

August SMBA Member CLE Lunch: The Honorable Patricia Breckenridge, Missouri Supreme Court
August 19, 2015, 11:45, The Tower Club, 1MCLE (register)