The Missouribar – 2020 CLE Rewind

• What it means to be a guardsman or reservist, their service obligations, and what legal protections they enjoy under state and federal law. 
• The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA), the Uniformed Services Employment & Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), the Military Lending Act (MLA) and state laws that protect military servicemembers and their families from legal problems that commonly arise during times of deployment. 

​(Originally presented September 10, 2019 as the webinar Military Law: Service Member Rights in Missouri) 
Speaker:  Scotty L. Allen, General Counsel, Missouri Veterans Commission, Jefferson City 

11:10 – 11:57 AM | Trust Account Rules & Best Practices  
This program will provide attendees with a clear understanding of the trust account rules (including recent updates), address how to determine what goes in the trust account, provide an update on recent disciplinary cases, give guidance on how to keep client trust account records, provide resources on how to do a self-audit to check for compliance in your office, how to accept credit cards, how to handle flat fees, and more. 
(Originally presented June 28, 2019 as the webinar Trust Account Rules and Best Practices) 
Speaker: Melinda J. Bentley, Legal Ethics Counsel, Jefferson City 

• Reviewing the numerous types of boundary landmines your clients may encounter 
• Managing your client’s expectations about boundary issues 
• Understanding the useful limits of the County Assessor’s tax maps and why all maps are inherently inaccurate 
• Knowing where to obtain more boundary records and when to hire a professional surveyor 
• Understanding potential boundary issue remedies 
• Knowing how to get a map admitted into evidence 

(Originally presented November 7, 2019, as the webinar Defusing Property Boundary Landmines) 
Speakers: Chris Dunn, GeoVelo, LLC, Columbia, and Brent E. Haden, Haden & Colbert, LLC, Columbia 

2:10 – 2:20 PM | Break 

2:20 – 3:15 PM | Drugs & Driving: Representing Clients in DUID Cases  
Join Joseph S. Passanise, criminal defense attorney and past president of the Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, as he explores issues in drug intoxication cases. Topics will include: 

• Who and what is a drug recognition expert 
• Missouri statutes and case law 
• Marijuana Intoxication & Carboxy THC  
• Motions to defend your client 

(Originally presented December 13, 2019 as the webinar Drugs & Driving: Representing Clients in DUID Cases) 
Speaker: Joseph S. Passanise, Wampler & Passanise Law Office, Springfield  

Note: This material qualifies for self-study credit only. Pursuant to Regulation 15.04.5, a lawyer may receive up to six hours of self-study credit in a reporting year. Self-study programs do not qualify for ethics, elimination of bias or Kansas credit.