June 2020 Bar Bulletin
Sections. Earlier this year, KCBA conducted a survey of both members and nonmembers to learn about their thoughts regarding KCBA sections. In-person section meeting attendance has been decreasing in recent years in favor of online participation, so we sought to learn more of what was behind this trend.
We knew that one cause was the recent change to MCLE regulations that removed in-person attendance requirements. Yet one of the most important benefits of section membership is networking, developing new contacts and catching up with old friends, which seems ideally suited for an in-person experience.
Of the 221 survey respondents who “attend a section meeting,”...