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The LCBA’s 2026 Bench/Bar Gala will be held on Thursday, January 15, 2026, beginning at 5:00 p.m., at Big Grove Brewery, 170 1st Street SW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404. More details coming soon!

LCBA members, please join us for the annual LAST CHANCE FOR ETHICS two hour CLE on Thursday, December 18 at the Rosedale Park Event Center, 5977 Mount Vernon Rd., Cedar Rapids . The CLE will be late afternoon, specific time to be determined. A great line-up is planned! Speakers include our very own but nationally recognized Tim Semelroth to talk about AI and the Iowa State Bar Association's DEI director, Malycki Manon-Sosa. This CLE is FREE to all dues-paid LCBA members. (A

Hon. Henry Hamilton III LCBA members, please join us for the November bar meeting on Thursday, November 20 from 12 to 1 PM in Cedar Rapids.  We are thrilled to have as our guest Hon. Henry Hamilton III, who will speak on " A Lawyer’s Indispensable Duty to Uphold the Rule of Law." His presentation will examine the obligations of lawyers and judges to champion the Rule of Law and defend the principles of democracy. It will also explore the consequences when we fail to meet thes

Henry Hamilton LCBA members, please join us for the November bar meeting on Thursday, November 20 from 12 to 1 PM in Cedar Rapids.  We are thrilled to have as our guest Hon. Henry Hamilton III, who will speak on " A Lawyer’s Indispensable Duty to Uphold the Rule of Law." His presentation will examine the obligations of lawyers and judges to champion the Rule of Law and defend the principles of democracy. It will also explore the consequences when we fail to meet these obliga