MoBarCLE and the Professional Education Group are proud to present this quality program

MoBar CLE
Live
Program
7.2 MCLE
hours

50 Years of Excellence

MBA
St. Louis
May 19, 2011
Hilton St. Louis Airport

Kansas City
May 20, 2011

Concepts
Embassy Suites – Plaza

About the Program

Your practice must keep pace with
your clients’ increasingly sophisticated
demands! Do you have the advanced
training, sophisticated tools and “in the

for Lawyers in the Age

trenches” experience to understand
and analyze financial transactions and
deals that are at the heart of most legal
matters? MBA Concepts for Lawyers is
an answer to the busy lawyer’s prayer!

of Financial Reform
  Your clients are more involved in
advanced aspects of capital markets
– with implications for their lives today,
through retirement, and even for
their estates. Your role as counselor
demands a thorough understanding of
these markets, to compete effectively
in a modern legal practice and to
provide the sound advice that clients
expect and deserve.
  Corporate clients increasingly face
vigorous scrutiny from shareholders,
the press, and regulators. Your
understanding of how business
works — and how corporate stability
and management effectiveness are
measured and reported — are vital to
providing effective representation.
  This a one-day crash course in
understanding the legal impact of
Featuring
business operations on your individual
and corporate clients, providing
important insights into their health,
value and future stability. Edward S. Adams
Edward S. Adams
 Program Moderators:
Alan J. Koshner, JD, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc. (St. Louis)
Laurie M. Schulze, Rains and Spiegel, LLC (Kansas City)

8:00 – 8:30 Registration

8:30 – 10:00 Part I
• Key Business Concepts
• Introduction to Accounting
• Advanced Accounting Concepts
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:45 Part II
• Financial Statement Analysis
• Manipulating the Books
• Accounting Concepts Applied to Legal Drafting
11:45 – 1:00 Lunch (on your own)
1:00 – 2:30 Part III
• Introduction to Corporate Finance
• Advanced Topics in Corporate Finance
• Cash Flow Analysis
2:30 – 2:45 Break
2:45 – 4:15 Part IV
• Understanding Stocks & Bonds
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Derivatives
4:15 Adjourn

Meet Edward S. Adams

  Edward S. Adams is the Howard E. Buhse professor of finance and law, co-director of the
Kommerstad Center for Business Law and Entrepreneurship, and director of CLE Programs at the
University of Minnesota Law School, where he specializes in corporate law, corporate finance, secured
transactions, commercial paper and bankruptcy.
  Following graduation cum laude from the University of Chicago Law School (where he served as
managing editor of the law review), Adams clerked for Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and worked in the Chicago office of Latham and Watkins.
  Adams is the author of 15 books and more than 30 articles on business-related issues, the two-time
recipient of the University of Minnesota Law School’s Stanley V. Kinyon Teacher of the Year Award, a
1997 M.B.A. graduate of the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota, and a 1998

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Vance K. Opperman Research Scholar, and a co-holder of the 1999 Julius E. Davis Chair in Law.
  As an attorney, business advisor and consultant, Adams has more than $1 billion in transactional
experience in public and private offerings of equity and debt, mergers and acquisitions of public and
closely held corporations, loan restructurings, receivables financing, structured finance, commercial CLE
transactions, and bankruptcy liquidations and reorganizations. 50 Y ears of Excellence
 MBA Concepts for Lawyers in the Age of Financial Reform
Send payment to: The Missouri Bar, P.O. Box 119, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0119, phone toll-free at 1-888-253-6013 or 573-635-4128,
FAX 573-659-8931. Paid registrations may be received by mail, phone, fax, or online at www.mobarcle.org.
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registrants are welcome. Please call us to ensure seating
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Registration Fee:
m $275 — Lawyer
m $260 — New lawyer admitted in Missouri after 1/1/08
m $137 — Season Pass Holder
Program Dates & Locations
m May 19, 2011 m May 20, 2011
St. Louis Kansas City
Hilton St. Louis Airport Embassy Suites - Plaza
10330 Natural Bridge Rd. 220 W. 43rd Street
314-426-5500 816-756-1720
Parking: Complimentary parking is
Parking: Self-parking validation will be
available on the surface lot surrounding
provided by The Missouri Bar registrar
the day of the program. This is a one- the hotel. Garage parking is reserved
for overnight guests only. Parking is on a
Hilton Airport parking lot in the front of first-come, first-served basis. Additional
the hotel. If you are unable to park in free parking is available across the street
the designated area, MoBarCLE is not in the Historic Westport area, which is
responsible for reimbursement of located within easy walking distance of
parking. the hotel. If you are unable to park in
the designated areas, MoBarCLE is not
responsible for reimbursement of parking.
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(qualifies for self-study credit only)
m  $275  —  DVD of entire program and printed course materials
Course materials:
Prepared by the speaker.
Credit:
This program qualifies for 7.2 MCLE credit hours. Kansas credit
has been applied for.
Comments, Suggestions & Inquiries:
Contact The Missouri Bar, CLE Department, P.O. Box 119,
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0119; phone toll-free at 1-888-253-6013
or 573-635-4128; fax 573-659-8931.
Special accommodations:
If you need special accommodations addressed by the Americans
with Disabilities Act, please contact Becky Brenneke at 573-638-2237
at least two weeks prior to the seminar date.
Cancellations:
We know you are busy! A colleague may attend in your place if he
or she could have registered at the same price. If you are unable
to attend a program, cancellation of registration must be received
in writing by MoBarCLE no later than 2 business days (Monday-
Friday) after the program concludes. Otherwise, you will receive
the course materials in full consideration of tuition paid.
A Word of Thanks
Those who plan and teach MoBarCLE seminars are volunteers.
Their generous contributions of time, talent, and energy make this
and every MoBarCLE seminar a success. We deeply appreciate
their work.
The Missouri Bar continues to encourage all its
members, including women and minorities, to participate
in the presentation of MoBarCLE programs.
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Total
7.2 MCLE

MBA
hours
CLE
50 Y ears of Excellence

St. Louis

Concepts
May 19, 2011
Hilton St. Louis Airport
10330 Natural Bridge Rd.
314-426-5500

Kansas City
May 20, 2011 for Lawyers in the Age
Embassy Suites – Plaza
220 W. 43rd Street of Financial Reform
816-756-1720 Featuring

Featuring
Edward S. Adams