Total Credits: 6.6 MCLE, 6.0 Ethics, 4 Kansas Ethics, 2 Kansas LPM
8:30-9 a.m. | Registration and continental breakfast
9-9:50 a.m. | Charting a personal path
Speaker: Stuart Teicher, The CLE Performer
9:50-10 a.m. | Break
10-10:50 a.m. | IOLTA & trust accounting issues
This is an instructional CLE to aid you in implementing appropriate trust accounting procedures and understanding the Rules of Professional Conduct as they apply to your client trust account.
Speaker: Kelly Dillon, Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel, Jefferson City
10:50-11 a.m. | Break
11-11:50 a.m. | Strengths based living in law: Overcoming adversity and building career satisfaction
Featuring powerful personal stories of resilience, this session will explore strategies to overcome career-related adversity, such as pursuing what's important to you, tapping into your strengths to achieve goals, and taking advantage of your current and past circumstances to build powerful relationships and a brighter future.
Moderator: Erin R. McClernon, Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC, Kansas City
Panelists: Shirley J. Rukcic, City of St. Louis Treasurer's Office, St. Louis; Robert H. Wendt, The Wendt Law Firm, St. Louis
11:50 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Lunch (provided)
12:30-1 p.m. | Resources and services from The Missouri Bar
Speaker: Maria A. Sanders, Director of CLE & Member Services, The Missouri Bar, Jefferson City
1-1:10 p.m. | Break
1:10-2 p.m. | Staying safe with modern technology
Artificial Intelligence is out to get us. Siri and Alexa are leading the way, and ChatGPT isn’t too far behind. In this program we’ll learn about some of the dangers with all of that.
Speaker: Stuart Teicher
2-2:10 p.m. | Break
2:10-3 p.m. | Trust accounting scenarios
This is an instructional CLE to aid you in implementing appropriate trust accounting procedures and understanding the Rules of Professional Conduct as they apply to your client trust account.
Speaker: Kelly Dillon
3-3:10 p.m. | Break
3:10-4 p.m. | Speaking to clients and keeping clients
Speaker: Stuart Teicher
4 p.m. | Adjourn
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| 01 Charting a Personal Path (21.5 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 02 IOLTA & Trust Accounting Issues (246 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 03 Strengths Based Living (512.9 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 04 Resources and Services from The Missouri Bar (7.1 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 05 Staying Safe with Modern Technology (341.3 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 06 Trust Account Scenarios (226 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 07 Speaking to clients & keeping clients (21.5 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| MCLE Form (150.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| MOLAP Information (210.1 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Important Information for Attorneys Seeking Kansas Credit (102.8 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
Kelly Dillon is an investigative examiner-paralegal for the Missouri Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel where her duties include oversight of the Trust Account Overdraft Notification Program, conducting financial examinations and other investigations. Kelly is a Certified Fraud Examiner and has been with the Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel since 2001.
Erin is the Attorney Development Manager and Well-Being Working Group Chair at Ogletree Deakins. After twelve years practicing law, she now helps lawyers successfully navigate their careers and their well-being. Erin serves on The Missouri Bar’s Well-Being Committee and has been recognized nationally and locally for her well-being-focused initiatives.
Shirley Rukcic is the Chief of Staff and General Counsel of the City of St. Louis Treasurer’s Office. She has been with that office since 2008. Previously, Ms. Rukcic was in private practice from 1998 to 2006 handling various legal matters with a primary focus on the Bosnian Community.
Maria A. Sanders currently serves as the Director of CLE and Member Services for the Missouri Bar where she leads a team of talented individuals to provide continuing legal education programs and member benefits and resources for the lawyers of Missouri. She has been on staff with the Missouri Bar since March of 2023. Prior to that, she practiced in tax law for over 20 years, including serving as General Counsel for the Missouri Department of Revenue from 2018 to 2023. Ms. Sanders graduated from Mizzou Law School with an LLM in Taxation from the University of Missouri -KC Law School.
Stuart I. Teicher, Esq. is a professional legal educator who focuses on ethics law and writing instruction. A practicing attorney for over two decades, Stuart’s career is now dedicated to helping fellow attorneys survive the practice of law and thrive in the profession. Mr. Teicher teaches seminars, provides in-house training to law firms and legal departments, provides CLE instruction at law firm client events, and also gives keynote speeches at conventions and association meetings.
Stuart helps attorneys get better at what they do (and enjoy the process) through his entertaining and educational CLE Performances. He speaks, teaches, and writes—Thomson Reuters published his book entitled, Navigating the Legal Ethics of Social Media and Technology.
Mr. Teicher is a Supreme Court appointee to the New Jersey District Ethics Committee where he investigates and prosecutes grievances filed against attorneys. Mr. Teicher is an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown Law where he teaches Professional Responsibility, and he is an adjunct professor at Rutgers University in New Brunswick where he teaches undergraduate writing courses.
Mr. Wendt graduated in 1967 from the University of Missouri School of Law. Bob was a St. Louis criminal defense attorney from 1967 to the late 70’s. Bob succumbed to alcoholism and was disbarred in January of 1981. In 1982, Bob was convicted in federal District Court of conspiracy to effectuate a jail break. He served time from February,1983 to July 1983. Bob came to AA in October 1983.
He was reinstated in May of 1989. From readmission to present, he is a Civil litigation trial attorney specializing in products liability and FELA.
Bob received a Presidential Pardon-in January of 2001. He is the current President of Missouri Lawyers Substance Abuse Foundation, founded in July, 2024.”
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