Saint Louis Bar Foundation

The Saint Louis Bar Foundation, the charitable arm of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL), has actively supported projects, big and small, in pursuit of its mission. This ranges from in its two annual outreach mainstays - Motion for Kids and the High School Mock Trial program, to seemingly modest grants to grass roots not-for-profit organizations, to being a rallying point for significant projects, such as the renovation of the City's Civil Courts Building (Cornerstone Campaign). Some of our initiatives are listed below:

Motion for Kids (MFK) provides an annual holiday party each December for metropolitan area children whose lives have been affected by the justice system. MFK is a St. Louis Bar Foundation project, conducted in conjunction with the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis and other community partners.

Women in the Legal Profession Scholarship is awarded annually to a law student in an internship with a qualified, metropolitan area organization. Preference is given to applicants whose internships involve legal issues affecting women, including domestic issues such as violence and child custody, but also others such as gender fairness.

The Missouri High School Mock Trial Competition is an annual program provides high school students the opportunity to prepare for trial and to try a civil or criminal case. Local judges and lawyers volunteer to work with the trial teams and to serve as judges and evaluators during the trials. The state champion team competes at the national level. The Bar Foundation jointly runs this program with BAMSL.

St. Louis Attorneys Against Hunger, an initiative of The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis with financial support from the Saint Louis Bar Foundation, unites lawyers and other legal professionals with the St. Louis community to fight against homelessness and hunger in the St. Louis metropolitan area. We work with community organizations such as the St. Louis Area Food Bank, Step It Up, Inc., and Operation Food Search.

Law-Related Education Programs allow schools and civic organizations to request lawyers and judges to speak with their groups about how the judicial system works and what judges and lawyers do. Specific legal topics may be available upon request.