2022 Missouri Chapters Conference

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The 2022 Missouri Chapters Conference took place on January 24, 2022, at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City, MO. The topic of the conference was "Freedom of Thought."

Some social media companies are inviting the government to impose new content moderation and censorship requirements. Others say that in a free market system, consumers should be able to choose social media networks based on those networks’ content moderation policies. Still others suggest that Big Tech could be regulated as a common carrier, barring large platforms from discriminating against messages based on their content. Which is the best approach?

Featuring:

• Josh Divine, Chief Counsel to Senator Josh Hawley, United States Senate
• Lyrissa Lidsky, Dean and Judge C.A. Leedy Professor of Law, University of Missouri
• Amy Peikoff, Chief Policy Officer, Parler
• Moderator: Edward Greim, Partner, Graves Garrett LLC and President, Kansas City Lawyers Chapter

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Topics:	First Amendment • Professional Responsibility & Legal Education • Free Speech & Election Law

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The 2022 Missouri Chapters Conference took place on January 24, 2022, at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City, MO. The topic of the conference was "Freedom of Thought". 

How should we think about “lawyer-shaming”? At the close of the Trump administration, we saw an effort to deter law firms from re-hiring attorneys leaving the Department of Justice and to encourage corporate America to decline to work with firms that had re-hired such attorneys. And efforts have since moved on to targeting firms with clients involved in the fossil fuel industry.

Further, in the past year we have seen a spate of bar complaints filed against both lawyers holding or seeking political office and against lawyers representing or even merely advising political candidates and officeholders.

There has been controversy in years past over attorney pro bono work on behalf of detainees accused of terrorism.

As a matter of legal ethics and as a matter of industry norms, how should we think about such efforts and is there a consistent principle that should govern? Should law firms hire attorneys with a diversity of viewpoints? When are politically motivated bar complaints appropriate and when are they unethical?

Featuring:

• Stephen Davis, Partner, True North Law
• Charles Hatfield, Partner, Stinson LLP
• Gary Myers, Earl F. Nelson Professor of Law and former Law School Dean, University of Missouri - Columbia
• Moderator: Jennifer Bukowsky, Executive Director, Show-Me Defenders and President, Jefferson City Lawyers Chapter

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Topics:	Civil Rights • Education Policy • First Amendment • Free Speech & Election Law

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The 2022 Missouri Chapters Conference took place on January 24, 2022, at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City, MO. The topic of the conference was "Freedom of Thought".

Public K-12 schools across the country have introduced elements of critical race theory into their curriculums. The Biden Administration has produced a federal rule that would prioritize funding for history and civics programs shaped by CRT. Meanwhile, lawmakers in 16 states have introduced or passed legislation seeking to limit the teaching of critical race theory within public institutions. And parents across the country have pushed back against school boards adopting CRT and filed litigation to that effect. What is critical race theory? And are states and localities within their rights in designing and limiting curricula and what can and cannot be taught in public schools, or do laws that do so potentially violate First Amendment rights or other applicable law?

Featuring:

• Reverend Michael Barber, S.J., Professor of Philosophy, Saint Louis University
• Josh Hammer, Opinion Editor, Newsweek and Research Fellow, Edmund Burke Foundation
• Kimberly Hermann, General Counsel, Southeastern Legal Foundation
• Dave Roland, Director of Litigation, Freedom Center of Missouri
• Moderator: Mark Bremer, Partner, Shands, Elbert, Gianoulakis & Giljum, LLP and President, St. Louis Lawyers Chapter

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Topics:	Corporations, Securities & Antitrust • First Amendment • Free Speech & Election Law

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The 2022 Missouri Chapters Conference took place on January 24, 2022, at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City, MO. The topic of the conference was "Freedom of Thought".

Vivek Ramaswamy, New York Times bestselling author of WOKE, INC., gave the keynote address. He was introduced by Senator Bob Onder.

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