Special Wednesday date to account for March Madness. (Rock chalk, Jayhawk.)

Held at Maceli’s downtown.

Held at Maceli’s downtown.

Meeting will be held at the Arterra Event Space.

Special early date to accommodate the Thanksgiving holiday!

Held at Maceli’s downtown.

Special Wednesday meeting this month!

Held at Maceli’s downtown.

CLE Program: SCOTUS Update with Judge Toby Crouse and Professor Steve McAllister

Held at Maceli’s downtown.

CLE program: A Fireside Chat with Judge Carl Folsom and Judge Catherine Theisen

Details TBD.

Wednesday meeting to accommodate college basketball season in Lawrence. Other details TBD.

Details TBD.

Details TBD.

Retired Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss will present a CLE titled: "Abraham Lincoln and America's Veterans Treatment Courts"

Details TBD.

Fireside Chat with U.S. Magistrate Judge Rachel Schwartz, hosted by U.S. Magistrate Judge Teresa James.

One hour of CLE followed by a social hour. Details TBD.

One hour of CLE followed by a social hour. Details TBD.

One hour of CLE followed by a social hour. Details TBD.

One hour of CLE followed by a social hour. Details TBD.

One hour of CLE followed by a social hour. Details TBD.

Protecting the Rights of LGBTQI+ Youth with speaker Sharon Brett. Ms. Brett is the legal director of the ACLU of Kansas, and we are very excited to have her! One hour of CLE followed by a social hour.

This kick-off event will start with a CLE at 5 PM.  This program, presented by Megan Walawender, will focus on emerging legal trends and changes to collegiate athletics.  Ms. Walawender is Associate Athletic Director for Legal Affairs at the University of Kansas.  She will be joined in part by Director of Athletics Travis Goff.  It is a must-see program for any KU fan!

We will also have a social event after the presentation if you want to stick around for that!

FREE TWO HOURS OF ETHICS CLE to all members of the Judge Huge Means Inn of Court

June 4, 2021 from 12-2 Webinar format

This CLE will be offered to all members of the Bar for $10

Gayle Larkin and Stan Hazlett will present an Update from The Disciplinary Administrator’s Office.   This will include new rules adopted and proposed rules.  This presentation will also include common mistakes and challenges that they see attorneys facing.

Jack McInteer will present Memoirs of an Ethics Investigator.  Mr. McInteer will present on actual cases on which he worked as an ethics investigator or disciplinary panel member and use those cases to illustrate the ethics rules involved.  The cases Jack has worked on have involved dishonesty, drugs, alcohol, suicide, prostitution, murder, mental issues, sex, lies, vindictiveness, and may other human failings all of which involve legal ethics.

At this time, we are accepting payment for this CLE by check payable to “Judge Hugh Means Inn of Court.” Please deliver payment to the Inn’s Treasurer, Eric Weslander at Stevens & Brand, 900 Massachusetts Street, Suite 500, Lawrence, Kansas 66044, or to the Inn’s CLE Coordinator, Bethany Roberts at Barber Emerson, 1211 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS 66044.

Details to be announced.

Details to be announced.

Details to be announced.

Lawrence, Kansas (January 15, 2021) – One of the nation’s leaders in implicit bias training in the law will speak to Lawrence area attorneys at a virtual event. The Judge Hugh Means Inn of Court (“Inn”) will host The Honorable Mark W. Bennett (Ret.), the first Director of Drake University Law School’s Institute for Justice Reform and Innovation, at its January 28 virtual Inn of Court meeting conducted via Zoom.

The American Inns of Court is an association of lawyers, judges, and other legal professionals from all levels and backgrounds who share a passion for professional excellence. In addition to its members, the Inn has invited all Douglas County prosecutors and defense attorneys to attend the Zoom event free of charge. “Judge Bennett’s presentation reflects the Inn’s mission and commitment to a culture of diversity and inclusion in the profession. This important topic impacts courtrooms across the country,” said Douglas County District Court Judge Amy Hanley, a member of the Inn’s Executive Committee. “We’re proud to host to a trailblazer in the study of implicit bias and we’re pleased to make the event accessible for the Douglas County Bar.”

Judge Bennett began his current position with Drake Law School after 24 years as a U.S. district judge in the northern district of Iowa and a legal career as attorney and judge beginning in 1975. Judge Bennett has educated more than 4500 state and federal trial and appellate judges on implicit bias in the last 10 years. He was the first judge in the nation to both discuss implicit bias with potential jurors and to give a written instruction on implicit bias. Judge Bennett has authored 28 law review articles on the impact of bias on sentencing, and federal issues intersecting law and cognitive psychology. He was a founding member of the National Implicit Bias Network and has spoken at more than 525 CLE programs in 41 states and several foreign countries. Bennett is featured in the BBC documentary “The House I Live In,” which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

Details to be announced.

Our October meeting program will be an appellate review with Chief Justice Luckert and Justice Wilson of the Kansas Supreme Court, and Chief Judge Arnold Burger and Judge Warner of the Kansas Court of Appeals.

Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Sri Srinivasan, who grew up in Lawrence, will discuss his career before joining the bench and his experiences since taking the bench. He will discuss matters including the jurisdiction of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, procedural practices associated with appellate cases implicating matters of national security, and his views on the development and mentorship of young attorneys. Mr. Michael Zubrensky, general counsel for the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, will moderate, and will also discuss his work, recent developments, and expected trends in the areas of qualified immunity and voting rights. This meeting will be held via Zoom, and web links to participate will be emailed to members.