Annual Missouri Chapters Conference

Schedule (Subject to Change):

8:15 – Registration Opens (in the Rotunda on the Third Floor)

8:30 – Breakfast Reception hosted by Senator Bob Onder (Room 331-A)

9:00 – Introductions & Welcome Remarks

9:15 – Elected Official Remarks

• Governor Michael L. Parson
• Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft
• Attorney General Eric Schmitt
  
  

9:45 – Implicit Bias—What is it, and how do we control for it under the Missouri Plan?

Moderated by Judge Duane Benton, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Panelists

• Edward Greim, Partner, Graves Garrett
• Mark Bremer, Partner, Shands Elbert
• Dale C. Doerhoff, Partner, Cook Vetter Doerhoff & Landwehr P.C.
  
  

11:00 – Keynote (To Be Announced)

11:20 – Panel Discussion: Title IX and Due Process at Universities

Moderated by: Judge Stephen R Clark, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri

Panelists:

• Brent Haden, Partner, The Law Firm of Haden & Colbert
• Ben Trachtenberg, Associate Professor for University of Missouri School of Law
• Andy Hayes, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Civil Rights & Title IX, University of Missouri
  
  

12:15 – Boxed Lunch (from Chez Monet, provided for registrants)

1:00 – Update from The Federalist Society

• Lisa Ezell, Vice President & Director of Lawyers Chapters
  
  

1:15 – Panel Discussion: School Choice: A Missouri Perspective

Moderated by Judge Sarah Pitlyk, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri

Panelists:

• Susan Pendergrass, Director of Research and Education Policy, Show Me Institute
• George O. Suggs, Partner, Schuchat, Cook & Werner
• Dr. Douglas Thaman, Executive Director, Missouri Charter Schools Association
  
  

2:30 – Closing Remarks by Speaker Elijah Haahr, Missouri House of Representatives

*4.8 hours of general MCLE approved, 1.2 hours of cultural competency, diversity, inclusion, and implicit bias CLE

*Registration will close Friday, January 24, 2020 at 5pm CST