2025-2026 Meetings - Please note the change to our 2025-26 Format:
- We will have one day of CLE with dynamic speakers. Our first year will focus on trial ad skills. Unfortunately, new lawyers are not present in the courtroom regularly. This impacts their opportunities to learn what to do/not to do. Whether you are a senior member or a new law school grad, you will glean something from the programming that you can promptly use in your next trial. Further, this will eliminate long meetings each month.
- We will still have our monthly meetings, but they will be civility/social events at locations to be determined. We will have fun, food/drinks, etc and we will have the option to allow members to sponsor happy hours. We want you to communicate more as opposed to sitting quietly at meetings with the small groups that you already interact with on a monthly basis.
- We will continue to meet with our small groups to allow for mentorship and relationship-building opportunities.
2025-26 Meeting Schedule
New Member Orientation: New Members, Judges and Executive Board Members Only
August 22, 2025, at 12pm (noon)
Johnson County District Courthouse, Meet at the 2nd Floor Elevators
150 W. Santa Fe, Olathe, Kansas 66061
LARGE GROUP MONTHLY MEETINGS AND SOCIALS - ALL MEMBERS 2025-26
September:
ANNUAL ALL MEMBER SOCIAL: September 18, 2025; 5:30 pm
Boulevard Brewing Company, 2534 Madison Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64108
October:
October 14, 2025, at 5:30pm
Location: Coach's Bar & Grill, 9089 W 135th Street, Overland Park, KS 66223
November:
November 13, 2025, at 5:30pm
Location: Thompson Barn, 11184 Lackman Road, Lenexa, Kansas
December:
No Large Group Social
January:
January 13, 2026, at 5:30pm
Location: Made in KC in Lenexa City Center, 8703 Penrose Lane, Lenexa, Kansas
February:
February 10, 2026, at 5:30pm
Location: Silo Modern Farmhouse, 17501 W. 87th Street, Lenexa, Kansas 66219
March:
(Note This is a Backup Date Only in Case of Weather Cancellation)
March 10, 2026, at 5:30pm
Location: TBD
April:
April 14, 2026, from 8:30 am until 6:00 pm (Happy Hour follows CLE)
**Joint Meeting with the Earl E. O'Conner American Inn of Court**
Location: Johnson County Community College, Capitol Federal Conference Room
12345 College Blvd, Overland Park, Kansas
May:
No Large Group Social
June-July:
No meetings – summer break
BENCHER ARTICLE: Judge O'Grady- Writing the article for the American Inn of Court National Newsletter (to be submitted by March 31, 2026)
Charities Chosen for the 2025-2026 Year:
CASA
Courthouse Cupboard