Bench & Bar Information
The on-demand programming will include 7 hours of CLE credits, including 1 ethics hour, and will be available until June 30.
In-person Bench & Bar attendees will receive access to the 6 hours of additional on-demand programming as part of their 2025 in-person registration.
The on-demand programming will be available through June 30, 2025, and registrants will be emailed a link to access those sessions.
Please be advised that the on-demand library is still a work in progress, and there may be additional programming changes made after June 1st.
Speaker Biographies
Wednesday, JUNE 25, 2025, IN-PERSON—Total Credit Hours: 6 (1 Ethics)
8:30 a.m. REGISTRATION BEGINS
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Judicial Insights: Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Update
Justice Pamela Goodwine and Judge Glenn Acree
10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Circuit Court Clerk/AOC and Fayette Circuit Court Update
Vince Riggs, Fayette Circuit Court Clerk, Judge Kim Bunnell
11:05 – 12:05 p.m. Juvenile Justice – District Court
Judge Lindsay Hughes Thurston
Judge Melissa Moore Murphy
LUNCH
1:15p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Federal Court Update
Judge Matthew Stinnett, United States Magistrate Judge U.S. District Court, E.D. Of Kentucky
2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Family Law Judges: Order in the Court! What every attorney needs to know about contempt proceedings.
Judge Ross Ewing and Judge TBA
3:30 p.m. -4:30 p.m. “Other People’s Money” AI, Prospective Clients, GALS, and “Is it Related”
Review and Update on Recent KBA Ethics Opinions
Larry Deener, Landrum & Shouse
ON-DEMAND Bench & Bar 2025—Total Credit Hours: 7 (1 Ethics)
Linked videos appear in blue. Available through June 30, 2025
Limited Scope Representation
Glenda Harrison
Ethics – Opinion
Synopsis of SCRs & Limited Scope Representation
Legal Help Centers
Free Legal Answers Handout
Kentucky Fried Cannabis: Is the Bluegrass State Ready to Get Baked?
Brad Clark, KY Cannabis Law Group
Written Material
An Overview of Fayette Mental Health Treatment Court and What Makes a Good Referral
Judge John Tackett, Liz Bancroft, Bill Buckman, Annabelle Vance, Bruce Simpson
Written Material
GALs in DV Courta/k/a a DiVa GALa
Judge Ross Ewing, Judge Traci Brislin
PDF Outline
Written Material
Obtaining Medical Records after December 22, 2024: What You Need to Know NOW
Erin McMahon
Written Material
The Divorce is Over; Now What?: How to Enforce Decrees Using Collections Law
Matthew Boggs
A Fair Fresh Start: Securing Expungements for Low-Income Clients
Courtney Brothers – Equal Justice Works Fellow, LABG
Written Material