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D. Brook Bartlett Lectures

The D. Brook Bartlett Lectures began in June 2001 as a memoriam to the late Honorable D. Brook Bartlett. The Lectures are held annually during the month of June at the Charles Evans Whittaker Courthouse in Kansas City, Missouri.  If possible, they are also simulcast to the United States Courthouse in the Central Division in Jefferson City, Missouri and the Southern Division in Springfield, Missouri.

Invitations are sent to active members of the WDMO bar approximately four weeks prior to the annual event.  Reservations are required. In the past, three (3) hours of CLE have been approved by the Missouri Bar and the Kansas Bar and there has been no fee to attend.

In addition to an annual presentation by the United States Courts, Western District, Court en banc, the following individuals have presented at the DBB Lectures.

 

Year Presentation Presentation
2023 "Recent Developments in Class Action Law"
Professor Robert Klonoff
Jordan D. Schnitzer Professor of Law
Lewis & Clark Law School Portland, OR
 

Selected Recent Developments in Class Action Law and Practice 

Additional Resources

MO CLE code: 724690
KS CLE code: 203046  
(NO Ethics or Elimination of Bias hours)

"The Supreme Court in Review"
Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean
Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law,
Berkeley Law, University of California

PDF Materials

MO CLE code: 724690
KS CLE code: 203046  
(NO Ethics or Elimination of Bias hours)

“8th Circuit Model Jury Instruction Builder Panel”  
Dan Boatright
Littler Mendelson, P.C.
Sheena Hamilton
City Counselor, St. Louis, MO
Eric Brust
Eighth Circuit Librarian 

MO CLE code: 724690
KS CLE code: 203046  
(NO Ethics or Elimination of Bias hours)

2022

“Important Legal Issues – 200 Years in Missouri”
Dr. Kenneth H. Winn, Missouri State Archivist, Retired

PowerPoint

Missouri CLE code: 697819
Kansas CLE code: 191368

“The Civil Rights Legacy of KC Race Riots”
Senior U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs
Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
Quinton Lucas
Mayor, Kansas City, MO
Alvin Brooks
Civic Leader, Kansas City, MO
Tara Raghuveer
Director, KC Tenants

Jeff Simon
President, Howard F. Sachs Historical Society
Moderator

PDF Materials 1 | PDF Materials 2

Missouri CLE code: 697819
Kansas CLE code: 191368

"The Supreme Court in Review" 
Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean
Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law,
Berkeley Law, University of California

PDF Materials

Missouri CLE code: 697819
Kansas CLE code: 191368

2021 “Mining the Nuggets of Federal Practice”
James Wagstaffe, Partner & Professor, Wagstaffe, vonLoewenfeldt, Busch & Radwick, LLP

PDF Materials | PowerPoint

Missouri CLE code:  674769
Kansas CLE: reported by Court within 30 days

"The Supreme Court in Review" Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean
Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, Berkeley Law, University of California

PDF Materials

Missouri CLE code: 674769 
Kansas CLE: reported by Court within 30 days

2020
"Coming Soon to a Courtroom Near You: How Artificial Intelligence Will Disrupt the Substance and Process of Life"
Gary Marchant, Regents Professor of Law, Arizona State University

PDF Materials 1 | PDF Materials 2 | PowerPoint | Video Presentation

*If you need to receive the Kansas CLE Notice of Accreditation for this program please email: Diana_Diaz@mow.uscourts.gov
Missouri CLE code: 609396

"The Supreme Court in Review" Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean
Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, Berkeley Law, University of California

PDF Materials | Video Presentation

*If you need to receive the Kansas CLE Notice of Accreditation for this program please email: Diana_Diaz@mow.uscourts.gov
Missouri CLE code: 609396

2019 "Finding Identity in our Cross-Cultural World through Awareness"
Sukhsimranjit Singh
Managing Director
Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution
Pepperdine University School of Law

PDF Materials 1
PDF Materials 2

"The Supreme Court in Review", Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean
Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, Berkeley Law, University of California

PDF Materials 1

2018 "The (Not So) Long Arm of the Law", Troy McKenzie, Professor of Law,
New York University, School of Law

 

"The Supreme Court in Review", Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean
Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, Berkeley Law, University of California

PDF Materials

2017 "Taking Adverse Depositions: The New Paradigm", Robert Musante, Esq.,Robert Musante’s CLE Seminars, Walnut Creek, CA

PDF Materials

"The Supreme Court in Review", Erwin Chemerinsky, Current and Founding Dean, School of Law University of California – Irvine

PDF Materials

2016 "Objection!: Hearsay and Hearsay Exceptions", Professor Cynthia E. Jones, American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, DC

PDF Materials

"The Supreme Court in Review", Professor Erwin Chemerinksy, Founding Dean, University of California, Irvine School of Law

PDF Materials

2015 "The Ethics of Witness Preparation"
Daniel I. Small, Partner
Holland & Knight
Boston, MA
"The Supreme Court in Review"
Dean Erwin Chemerinksy, Founding Dean,
University of California, Irvine School of Law
and
Miguel Estrada, Partner
Gibson Dunn, Washington, DC
2014 "Evidence, Ethics & Effective Lawyering", Professor Laurie L. Levenson, Loyola Law School

"The Elements of a Strong Introduction to a Brief", Professor Timothy P. Terrell, Emory University Law School

"The Supreme Court in Review", Professor Erwin Chemerinksy, Founding Dean, University of California, Irvine School of Law

Written Materials: 2014 Bartlett Materials

2013 Home Run Motions, Jurisdiction, Twombly and Celotex
James M. Wagstaffe, Professor
Kerr & Wagstaffe, LLP
Hastings College of the Law and
San Francisco State University

Written Material | PowerPoint

The Supreme Court in Review
Erwin Chemerinsky
Founding Dean
University of California, Irvine School of Law
2012 Direct Examination As Jurors Want It
Professor Thomas A. Mauet
University of Arizona
James E. Rogers College of Law
The Supreme Court in Review
Erwin Chemerinsky
Founding Dean
University of California, Irvine School of Law
2011 The Supreme Court Review: October 2010 Analysis and Differing Perspectives
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky
University of California, Irvine School of Law &
Ken Starr, President
Baylor University
Protecting Lawyer Confidences in the Internet Age Professor Burnele Powell
University of South Carolina School of Law
2010 Better Brief-Writing in 60 minutes
Bryan A. Garner
Law Prose, Inc., Dallas, TX
The Supreme Court in Review
Erwin Chemerinsky, Founding Dean
University of California, Irvine School of Law
2009 Direct Examination As Jurors Want It
Professor Thomas A. Mauet
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
The Supreme Court in Review
Erwin Chemerinsky, Founding Dean
University of California, Irvine School of Law
2008 Persuasive Closing Argument: Ethical but Effective
Professor Barbara Bergman
University of New Mexico
The Supreme Court in Review
Professor Robert J. Pushaw
Pepperdine University School of Law
2007 Impeachment - The Law and The Technique
Professor Thomas A. Mauet
University of Arizona, College of Law 
The Supreme Court in Review
Professor Erwin Chemerinsky
Duke Law School
2006 The Supreme Court - Year in Review
Professor Drew S. Days III
Yale Law School
Electronic Discovery-Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
The Honorable Lee Rosenthal, U.S. District Judge, S.D. Texas,
Kenneth J. Withers, The Sedona Conference &
Jonathan M. Redgrave, Redgrave Daley Ragan & Wagner LLP
2005   The Supreme Court - Year in Review
Professor Erwin Chemerinsky
Duke Law School
Guideline Sentencing after Booker
Professor Susan R. Klein
University of Texas School of Law
2004  Trial Advocacy
Professor Stephen A. Saltzburg
George Washington Law School
Evidence from an Advocate’s View
Professor James W. Jeans Sr.
University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law
2003  The Supreme Court in Review
Professor Suzanna Sherry
Vanderbilt Law School
Employment Discrimination Law in a Nutshell
Professor Joel Friedman
Tulane Law School
2002  Supreme Court Review - Year in Review
Professor Erwin Chemerinsky 
University of Southern California Law School
Employment Discrimination Law in a Nutshell
Professor Joel Friedman
Tulane Law School
2001  Supreme Court Review - Year in Review
Professor Erwin Chemerinsky
University of Southern California Law School
Federal Practice & Procedure
James M. Wagstaffe
Kerr & Wagstaffe LLP

 

Biography

Judge Bartlett practiced law in Kansas City, Missouri with the law firm of Stinson, Mag, Thomson, McEvers, and Fizzell. He then served as an Assistant and then a First Assistant in the Missouri Attorney General’s Office. He returned to Kansas City to practice with Blackwell, Sanders, Matheny, Weary, and Lombardi.

In 1981, President Ronald Reagan appointed Judge Bartlett to the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Judge Bartlett was elevated to Chief Judge in 1995. During his tenure as Chief Judge the new courthouse in Kansas City, Missouri was planned and built. Judge Bartlett passed away on January 21, 2000 while serving as Chief Judge.

Ms. Karen Iverson Bartlett, Judge Bartlett’s wife and an attorney, said “Brook strove to give those who appeared before him a chance to tell their story in a venue of respect and compassion, and he succeeded time and again.”

Justice Clarence Thomas, United States Supreme Court, who worked with Judge Bartlett at the Missouri Attorney General’s Office, observed that “...Judge Bartlett enjoyed a wonderful reputation among his fellow jurists and among members of the bar. He was considered deliberate, analytical, thoughtful, and dedicated to fairness and impartiality, but even more, he was a good man and he was my friend.”

Taken from the Historical Society News
of the U.S. Courts in the Eighth Circuit
Vol. 8 2001