This week, Better Courts for Missouri, a grassroots organization devoted to judicial selection reform, advised Missouri Bar members on how to obtain a refund of the portion of their Bar dues that are being used to support anti-reform efforts. They also posted an online initiative petition for Missourians to "let . . . legislators know that now is the time for judicial selection reform."

Read the Bar dues letter

Update - The Missouri Bar responded to Better Courts for Missouri's efforts in the latest edition of "Esq." The Bar said Better Courts is merely "a fringe group." The Bar did not directly comment on Better Courts' recent letter to Missouri lawyers, nor did the Bar address Better Courts' on-line petition effort. A link to the full "Esq." article is available here.