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2 J. Mo. B. 1 (1946)

handle is hein.barjournals/jrmobar0002 and id is 1 raw text is: JO URNAL theMISSOURI BAR Official Organization oF All Missouri Lawyers Vol. 2 January, 1946 No. 1 Refresher Courses for Lawyer-Veterans Interim Report of Refresher Course Committee This Committee was appointed Oc- tober 16, 1945. It immediately re- viewed all available data with respect to refresher courses for veterans be- ing planned or conducted in various parts of the United States. For the most part, the courses were in the planning stage. We concluded that refresher courses, to be of value, should be offered to the veterans at the earliest possible date, using our own resources without waiting for outside assistance, either in the form of teachers or printed material; that the subject matter should not involve a re-education or review of hornbook law but rather should center on re- cent changes and developments in the general substantive law and matters such as the Civil Code, Corporation Code, O.P.A. Regulations, New Con- stitution, and the like; that where general subjects were treated there should be included practical sugges- tions on the know how. We learned that The Bar Associa- tion of St. Louis already had a re- fresher course program under way. The Chairman of our Committee met and worked with The Bar Association of St. Louis' Committee and that Com- mittee concurred in the conclusions we had reached regarding the char- acter and scope of the refresher courses. ST. LOUIS REFRESHER COURSE January 7 to March 1, 1946 As a result of these efforts there was organized and held a refresher course at St. Louis under the auspices of The Bar Association of St. Louis. It covered a period of eight weeks, beginning January 7, 1946. There were three two-hour sessions each week, a total of 48 hours of instruction, cover- ing 19 separate subjects, as follows: Forrest M. Hemker the Civil Code. Federal Taxation, Torts, Probate Proceduie, Workmen's Compensation, P.reeareh, O.PA. Begu- latiors r~d )iforcemrnt, Cri~r~i~l Law, Appellate Procedure, Corpora- tion Code, the Ncw Conskiluti3n; Prop- erty Law, Federal Constitution, Di- vorce, Evidence, Bankruptcy, Me- chanic's Liens, Insurance, Contracts and Labor Law. The lecturing staff was drawn from the practicing Bar, the faculties of Washington and St. Louis Universities, and the Circuit and Appellate Benches. Twenty lecturers participated, all serv- ing without compensation. There was no charge for the course, all printing and incidental expenses being de- frayed by the local Association. One hundred and seventy-five veterans en- rolled for the course. The average at- tendance has been between 125 and 150, although as many as 325 lawyers were in attendance at the Civil Code lectures. This course was enthusi- astically received and will be repeated if there is sufficient demand for it. KANSAS CITY REFRESHER COURSE March 11 to April 11, 1946 At Kansas City the Refresher Course has been organized by the members of our Committee with the able as- sistance of Dean Benjamin F. Boyer of the University of Kansas City, School of Law. A copy of the pros- pectus giving full details regarding this course is appended hereto. SPRINGFIELD REFRESHER COURSE April 22 to April 26, 1946 A questionnaire was sent by the Committee to lawyer veterans practic- ing in Missouri other than Kansas City and St. Louis from which it was ascertained that Springfield, Missouri, was the place most convenient to the greater number for the holding of a refresher course for the benefit of all these lawyers. Such a course obvi- ously could not be extended over a period of eight weeks so it is to be held over a five day period, having been tentatively set for April 22nd to April 26th, inclusive. The course will necessarily be condensed but will in- clude the more important of the sub- jects treated at St. Louis with per- haps the addition of National Service Life Insurance Claims and State Taxa- tion. It will be held in the KTTS Au- ditorium on the second floor of the Chamber of Commerce Building. Louren G. Davidson of our Committee is the Director. Cognizance has been taken of the housing situation, a spe- cial committee having been created to solve the problem. The following local committees are at work: (Continued on page 5)

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