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Join ACC St. Louis for an Estate Planning for Veterans Clinic on Tuesday,  March 19th from 3:00 - 7:00 PM.  Please note that this is an in-person pro bono clinic. 

We need attorneys and notary publics who will be working directly with eligible veterans and their spouses to prepare:

- Simple Wills
- Powers of Attorney
- Living Wills
- Health Care Directives

Volunteers will be:
- Trained (see below)
- May work in pairs if desired
- Provided snacks/drinks during the event

We will be using an estate planning package developed by the Missouri Veterans Commission.  In advance of the Clinic, training be a 1-hour webinar, conducted by Scotty Allen, General Counsel, Missouri Veterans Commission. 

Deadline to register:  Monday, March 18th

Location:   
Vet Center   
10815 Midland Blvd.
St. Louis, MO  63114

We look forward to seeing you in-person on Tuesday, March 19th. 

Opportunities in your career equating to success are rarely happenstance, they're a result of strategic planning and knowing how to accurately portray your professional story.

Join Mosah Fernandez Goodman, Founder and President of Top Talent Advocates, and Lindsay Hofbauer, Client Advocacy at Top Talent Advocates on Friday, February 23 for Program #4 in a 4-part VIRTUAL series breaking down the career tools and insights you need to successfully manage your legal career.

· What to Consider Prior to Starting Your Legal Job Search

· The Career Tools You Need to Pursue a New Legal Role

· ManagingYour Legal Job Search

· Closing the Deal: Interviewing, Negotiating and Onboarding for Your Next Legal Role

Schedule:
11:45 - 12:00 pm - Zoom line open for check-in
12:00 - 1:00 pm - Program

We look forward to seeing you ONLINE on Friday, January 26th!

Join the ACC St. Louis and Washington University Olin Business School for a half day program on Influencing Positive Corporate Culture on Friday, April 12th at the Knight Center at Washington University.

Today's corporate attorneys are frequently called upon to make critical decisions that impact many different stakeholders. These high-risk, high-opportunity decisions are often made under considerable time pressure. How much weight do we give to analytics and data versus experience, emotion and intuition?

Session #1:  Informal Leadership with Dr. Ashley Hardin

• Exercising leadership requires more than just a worthy goal or a good idea.  It also requires an understanding of how things really get done in organizations and how you can influence people both within and outside your chain of command in order to gain support and overcome resistance.  In other words, it requires skill at leading through influence.   This workshop will help you develop the three key skills of leading through influence: a) navigating politics, b) understanding power, and c) exercising influence.

Session #2:  Behavioral Design Thinking with Elanor Williams

• Badly designed decisions or poorly worded messages can prevent people from making good choices. Fortunately, the ways in which people are most likely to be confused, overwhelmed, or led astray can be understood and anticipated, and these insights can be an asset to businesses and policymakers looking to improve decision making.  This session will teach you to apply behavioral science to how you structure and present everyday decisions, to help those around you to make better choices as consumers, as employees, and as citizens.

Date:

Friday, April 12, 2024

Schedule:

7:30 - 8:30 a.m.  Breakfast, Networking and CLE Check-in (Second Floor)
8:30 - 9:15 a.m.  Washington University Olin Business School and Q&A (Room 200)
9:15 -  10:30 a.m. Informal Leadership 
10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 - 12:00 p.m. Behavioral Design Thinking
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Box Lunches served

Location:
Charles F. Knight Center at Washington University
Throop Drive and Snow Way Drive
St. Louis, MO  63130
Parking Validated in Knight Center Garage  

Please note that this is a Complimentary, Members Only Event.

No-Show or Cancellations made after 5:00 pm on Monday, April 8th will be charged a $65 fee. 

Missouri CLE Approved:  3.0 Hours

Earn up to 7 CLE credits while connecting with colleagues at the 13th Annual ACC MN In-House Counsel Conference on Thursday, June 20, 2024, at the University of St. Thomas School of Law in downtown Minneapolis. 

Eight standard CLE sessions will be offered, from which you choose four. Earn special-category CLE credits, too, at the two keynote programs:

- Ethics keynote at 8:00 AM 

- Elimination of Bias keynote at 12:30 PM

A buffet breakfast starts the day at 7:15 AM. Lunch and an end-of-day reception are also included with registration.

BONUS #1: Validated parking will be provided for the 11th & Harmon Parking Ramp.

BONUS #2: Stay for the reception and be eligible for prize giveaways.

Registration is open to all in-house counsel and a bargain for all attendees: 

  $99 for ACC members 

  $199 for non-members

Thanks to our ten presenting sponsors: 

Ballard Spahr LLP | Bassford Remele |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP | Bowman and Brooke LLP |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP | Greene Espel PLLP |
Latitude Legal  | Maslon LLP |
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP | Saul Ewing LLP

...and to our two break sponsors:

ArcherHall | Consilio

Minnesota CLE credits for the Conference programs are pending.

ACC members, use the link in your emailed invitations for efficient registration.

We can't wait to see you there!

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. See you next year!

Who says you only have to work at strengthening your professional connections? How about some play, too, while we're at it? 

Join us on Thursday, April 25, at The Puttery in downtown Minneapolis for a little bit of networking and a whole lot of fun. Food, drinks and putters provided!

Admission is free and open to ACC members and to in-house counsel first-time guests. 

Thanks to our sponsor, Merchant & Gould!

Join ACC St. Louis and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis on Thursday May 9th at the Ritz Carlton for the 39th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute (CCI)!

7:30 – 8:30  Registration, Continental Breakfast and Visit Exhibitors

8:30 – 8:40  Welcome & Kick Off Remarks

President, Association of Corporate Counsel  

President, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis 

8:40 – 9:30  Session Title:  This is Not a Game (Show)! Ethical Issues in Internal
  Investigations That Could Land Your
  Company in Jeopardy!
1-Hour Ethics
Law Firm:  Bryan Cave

9:40 – 10:30 Session Title: Hot Topics from the Highest Courts
Law Firm: Lewis Rice 

10:30 – 10:45 Break: Visit Exhibits

10:45 – 11:35 Session Title: Organizing Trends and Employer Strategies after the NLRB’s CEMEX Decision.
Law Firm: McMahon Berger 

11:35 – 1:00  Lunch and Presentation
St. Louis is Resurgent:How Business and Civic Leaders Are Coming Together to Move the Metro Forward

Speakers:  
Carolyn Kindle, CEO and Co-Owner at St. Louis CITY SC
Gabe Gore, City Attorney, City of St. Louis
Travis Sheridan, Chief Community Officer for Wexford Science and Technology and Co-Chair of the Brickline Campaign
Moderator:  Jason Hall, CEO, Greater Saint Louis

1:00 – 1:15  Break: Visit Exhibits

1:15 – 2:05   Session Title: The Building Blocks of M&A:  Key M&A Issues and Trends
Law Firm:  Armstrong Teasdale

2:05 – 2:15  Break: Visit Exhibits

 2:15 – 3:05
Break Out A:  Thriving Under the Corporate Transparency Act
Law Firm:  Polsinelli  

Break Out B: Finding the Fodder of Fraud: Strategies for Your Practice
Law Firm:  Thompson Coburn

3:05 – 3:20 Break; Visit Exhibits

3:20 – 4:10  Session Title: Challenges &
  Opportunities Posed By Artificial
  Intelligence in the Practice of Law
Law Firm:  Husch Blackwell

4:20 – 5:10  Session Title:  Inclusive Leadership: The 6 To Do’s (Title Updated 3-28-2024)
1-Hour Elimination of Bias
Law Firm: Ogletree Deakins 

5:10 - 6:30  Reception and Prizes Awarded