To promote legal science and the administration of justice. Promotion of legal science in the form of continuing education is a principal effort of the organized bar. The Bar Association has undertaken an extensive education program for its membership with thousands of registrations annually. In May 1950, Volume 1, Number 1 of the St. Louis Bar Journal was published. The quarterly publication, produced by the Bar Journal Committee, is a scholarly work addressing procedural and substantive facets of the law.
Entire issues are devoted to single themes.
The Board of Editors continually receives requests for permission to reprint articles in other publications. Promotion of the administration of justice has been pursued by the Association in manifold ways since the origin of the Association. Sections and Committees of the Association critically analyze existing legislation and offer, upon recommendation of The Board of Governors, original bills to the appropriate legislative body. To promote and maintain the efficiency and integrity of the Judicial Departments of the Government. Lawyers cannot function without courts and vice versa.