If I have learned anything about wellness and the six principles of well-being (emotional, physical, spiritual, social, intellectual and occupational), it is that they do not exist on their own. Each of them weave into the others and support each other. Each principle is important, but emotional well-being seems to be the one that creates the bedrock for the others.

Law firms make rich targets for ransomware attacks because they are entrusted with so much sensitive information. That can prove irresistible to hackers, who are increasingly organized and sophisticated in their approach. Thankfully, there are ways lawyers and law firms can protect themselves to both prevent a ransomware attack and even stop one that is in progress before a situation becomes dire.

As we all know, COVID and the pandemic have had a huge effect on how the world operates and how we do things from day to day. Adjusting to the new normal has allowed The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL) and the BAMSL Young Lawyers Division (YLD), to continue in their mission to reach and engage young lawyers while also helping the community at large.

I have been blessed with several invaluable mentors in my legal career. Hopefully you have, too. Mentoring lawyers is critical to the future of our profession, and a topic worth revisiting.

Humility and service — with a dose of self-deprecation thrown in — is a way of life for Jeffery McPherson, a partner at Armstrong Teasdale LLP.

A colleague once described a vacation he took. He detailed with great enthusiasm how he really enjoyed the Airbnb he and his wife rented for a week because it had an extra bedroom that allowed him to set up an entirely separate office. That way, his work did not interfere with their "vacation time."

The year 2021 began exactly the same way 2020 ended: Virtually.

Legal Community to Distribute Gifts, Food, Books and Crafts on Saturday (Dec. 4) to 1,600 Local Children in Foster Care or Impacted by the Justice System

BAMSL Bar Center will close at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, November 24, 2021, for the Thanksgiving holiday and reopen at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, November 29.

If you are a renter having trouble paying your rent or a landlord who has lost rental income due to challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, help may be available. Through funding from the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program, there are a wide variety of state and local programs that offer assistance—including financial assistance—to those who are struggling to make ends meet.