Understanding the Law

All items are available in the following quantities:
For individuals 1 each
For distribution 1, 25, 50 or 100 each
(Unless otherwise indicated, there is no charge for brochures, booklets and legal forms.)

Client Resource Guide
Includes:

• Meet Your Lawyer
• The Attorney-Client Relationship
• Lawyers' Fees
• Missouri Lawyer Referral Service
• The Fee Dispute Resolution Program
• The Complaint Mediation Program
• Client Security Fund
• Missouri's Lawyer Discipline System
• Finding the Legal Help You Need
• Missouri Paralegals

Probate Law Resource Guide
Includes:

• Anatomical Gifts
• Joint Tenancy
• Guardians & Conservators Under Mo. Law
• Wills
• Revocable Living Trusts
• Living Wills and Other Advance Directives
• Durable Powers of Attorney
• The Probate Division

Business Law Resource Guide
Includes:

• Bankruptcy
• Business Organizations
• The ADA: Rules for the Workplace
• Workers' Compensation

Family Law Resource Guide
Includes:

• How to Handle Anger
• Marriage
• Divorce
• Juveniles and the Law
• Child Support in Missouri
• Adoption
• You Are Still Parents
• Assistance to Parents of Children with Disabilities

Law and the Courts Resource Guide
Includes:

• Small Claims Court
• What to Do in Case of an Auto Accident
• Your Rights in Traffic Court
• Your Rights if Arrested

Consumers And The Law
Includes:

• Your Rights as a Tenant
• Buying a Home
• Buying on Time

Juveniles and the Law

Eminent Domain

Careers in Law

Mass Disaster Victims' Guide

Understanding the Law
This brochure lists the various printed materials available from The Missouri Bar, and includes an order form.

Practicing with Paralegals (for lawyers)

Alcohol Abuse: A Professional Tragedy (for lawyers)

Booklets

Domestic Violence and the Law: A Practical Guide for Survivors
48-page booklet explores survival and legal options for domestic violence victims

You Can Stop Child Abuse
8-page booklet explains Missouri's Child Protection Orders Act

Senior Citizens

Senior Citizens Handbook
50-page booklet on laws and programs affecting senior citizens in Missouri

Legal Forms

The Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care and Health Care Directive
One copy, which may be photocopied, is provided free of charge. Additional printed copies are available at a cost of 75 cents per copy.

Courts/Judicial Elections

Small Claims Handbook
This booklet describes in greater detail the procedures of the small claims court. Single copies are available at no charge, with additional copies costing 25 cents each.

Voting for Missouri's Judges
Explains Missouri's judicial selection/retention system Of Interest to Educators

A Curriculum Resource Guide for Citizenship Education, Grades K-12 ($15.00)
Contains more than 200 teaching activities categorized by objectives

The Bill of Rights: An Introduction
36-page booklet summarizes first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution

Lessons in Freedom: A Bill of Rights Resource Packet for Grades K-12
Features educational activities for grades K-12

Missouri Bar Law-Related Lending Library Catalog
Complete listing of videos, films and filmstrips available from The Missouri Bar, along with ordering information

"The Citizenship Educator"
Quarterly newsletter providing teachers with citizenship education information, as well as news about Missouri Bar programs and services.

Judges in the Classroom
This publication is for both judges and teachers. For teachers, it outlines how a judge could be a valuable resource at any level. For judges, there are guidelines for classroom visits, sample lesson plans and a list of topics that teachers would like judges to address during a classroom visit. The sample lesson includes handouts that may be reproduced for classroom presentations.

Citizenship Education for a Free Society
This brochure describes The Missouri Bar's law-related education activities.

Stepping Out
Features topics of interest to high school students about to live on their own

Law-Related Education High School Teaching Manual
61-page guide to legal reasoning and court issues

The Missouri Bar Coloring Book
A coloring book illustrating the components of the legal system for preschool and early elementary school children

Law and the Courts ($1.50)
An American Bar Association media guide for judges and lawyers

Law as a Career ($1.00)
Published by the American Bar Association

For the News Media

News Reporter's Handbook on Law and Courts ($15.00)
193-page handbook provides an overview of Missouri's court system, including terminology and procedures

Legal Directory for Reporters
Pocket-sized booklet provides contact persons for various areas of the law

"Briefly"
Monthly, 4-page newsletter with bar news of interest to the media.

To order, indicate how many of each item you need,
then fill in the order form on the next page.

Videotapes

Limited Government and the Rule of Law ($15.00)
Discusses limitations on government powers, and how and why the system works (26 minutes, color)

U.S. Constitution & Federalism($15.00)
Looks at the balance of governmental powers (28 minutes, color)

Freedom of Expression ($15.00)
The growth of equality (29 minutes, color)

The U.S. Constitution and the Economy ($15.00)
The growth of government (27 minutes, color)

Equal Protection of the Law ($15.00)
Covers the growth of equality under law, from its beginning to modern-day affirmative action (29 minutes, color)

Estate Planning for Newlywed Couple ($15.00)
Features a question and answer format

Estate Planning for Parents of Teens ($15.00)
Features a question and answer format

Estate Planning for Widowed Parent ($15.00)
Features a question and answer format

Send this completed order form with your check for amount due and mail to: Communications Department, The Missouri Bar, P.O. Box 119, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102.

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