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CLE Overview
Attorneys love history. After all, members of the legal profession permeate almost every significant historical marker in American history. It's natural that we'd be interested in the attorneys who proceeded us and so impacted the America in which we live today.
PLENARY SESSION
If you love history, you love Abraham Lincoln. This year is the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth. In honor of that occasion, the OBA/CLE Annual Meeting plenary session will focus on the life of Lincoln and what we can learn, as lawyers, from his life.
"Lessons on Professionalism: The Life and Practice of Abraham Lincoln" is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 5, at 9 a.m. Approved for three hours of MCLE ethics credit, this session will begin with a presentation by a former Louisiana State Bar president, E. Phelps Gay. His session, titled, "Abraham Lincoln: A Few Remarks about a Real Man," will review the eventful life of our 16th president, especially as it relates to the practice of law.
Thereafter, a professionally produced DVD about Lincoln's life will be presented. Organized by ethics areas, the DVD will frame ethics issues for discussion by an esteemed panel: Mr. Gay; Judge David Lewis, Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals; Judge Jane Wiseman, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals; Steven Dobbs, Dobbs and Middleton, Oklahoma City; Professor Rick Tepker, University of Oklahoma College of Law; Gina Hendryx, OBA general counsel, and Travis Pickens, OBA ethics counsel.
MULTI-TRACK SEMINARS
The Wednesday CLE multi-track format will be used again at this year=s meeting. Members will have an opportunity to select from in excess of 30 different sessions. Five tracks of simultaneous CLE programming will be offered: Family Law, Criminal Law, Nuts and Bolts, Real Property Law and Recent Developments.
The Family Law track is packed with useful information on cutting-edge and relevant topics. Planned by Kimberly Hays, Tulsa, the sessions will include presentations on the child support changes, the changes and reorganization of Title 10, a primer on relocation, attorney fees and liens and artificial reproduction law. Eufaula attorney Deborah Reheard will speak on a scary topic but offer you practical advice on what to do when you get that OBA envelope marked "Confidential."
The ever-popular Criminal Law track, planned by Oklahoma City attorneys Ben Brown and Charlie Sifiers, includes sessions on expungements, current evidentiary issues, registration of violent and sex offenders, the Oklahoma Open Records Act dealing with scientific evidence, methamphetamines, and ethics in criminal law — plus much more.
Lawyers need the Nuts and Bolts track more than ever in these times. Planned by the OBA Young Lawyers Division, spearheaded by Rick Rose of Oklahoma City, this track includes sessions on buying and selling real property, energy law basics and family law basics. Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Jim Winchester will speak on "How to Communicate with Baby Boomers;" Jim Calloway, director of the OBA Management Assistance Program will answer the question, "What Does the Internet Think of You?" and OBA General Counsel Gina Hendryx will share her professional expertise and provide one hour of ethics when she presents, "Client Care — Intake, Expectations and Boundaries."
For the first time ever, the Wednesday CLE tracks will include a Real Property track. Oklahoma City attorney Kraettli Epperson has carefully selected topics relevant to the general practitioner: defeating borrower's claims, using LLCs to hold and convey title, perfecting and renewing judgments, the Marketable Record Title Act, defensible title and use of transfer on death deeds.
You don't have to wait until December to get the most recent changes to the law. The Recent Developments track will provide updates on ethics, Indian law, employment law, adoption law and tort reform. Jim Calloway will speak on recent economic developments when he addresses "Billing Strategies in a Changing Economy."
The five tracks will occur simultaneously in five meeting rooms at the Sheraton Hotel. Each track is divided into 50-minute blocks, and breaks will coincide. Attendees can mix and match programs they attend and fit together the CLE that best suits their needs. Ethics and technology sessions are scattered throughout the day. Registrants receive materials on a CD for all Wednesday sessions, not just the sessions attended.
So, at this year's Annual Meeting, be a part of history. Join us for some quality CLE that is guaranteed to be beneficial, entertaining and educational. Reserve your spot now with OBA/CLE and get excited about learning again.
