Missouri Bar Foundation

To relieve, aid and assist as charitable acts deserving members of the bar who shall be ill, incapacitated or superannuated and in need of aid or the dependents of deceased members of the bar who shall be ill, incapacitated or superannuated and in need of aid; the advancement of the science of jurisprudence and research therein; the promotion of improvements in the administration of justice and efficiency of judicial proceedings and decisions; the elevation of judicial standards; the study and improvement of legal education; the granting of scholarships to students of law; the preservation of the american constitutional form of government; to maintain libraries; to acquire preserve and exhibit rare books and documents, objects of art and items of historical interest having legal significance or bearing on the administration of justice.