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Bar Results Announced for July 2020 Exam

September 3, 2020
The Oklahoma Board of Bar Examiners released results of the July 2020 bar exam on Thursday, September 3, 2020. A total of 268 persons took the exam and 215 passed providing a pass rate of 80 percent. Successful applicants who have met character and fitness approval and have passed the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam are… Read more...

Member Spotlight: Lt. Col. Gabe Bass Returns from Afghanistan

August 28, 2020
Back in March when the global pandemic caused the closure of courthouses, law offices and brought on the era of Zoom meetings and working from home, OBA member Gabe Bass was on the other side of the world. Gabe Bass of Bass Law Firm. Lt. Col. Bass was in Afghanistan as the Officer in Charge… Read more...

Let’s Talk Housing Program Addresses COVID-19 Related Evictions

August 14, 2020
The Oklahoma Bar Association calls on Oklahoma lawyers to help keep families from becoming homeless by serving as mediators in eviction claims. The request for volunteers to help both tenants and landlords comes as the eviction crisis is inundating the court system and even as the federal government released a new moratorium to bar evictions… Read more...

McGirt CLE Courses Offered

August 10, 2020
Oklahoma City, August 10, 2020 – The Oklahoma Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Department has made available two online courses addressing the recent McGirt decision. The courses, available online, are the first in a planned multi-part series on the issue following this summer’s US Supreme Court decision in the landmark case. OBA CLE Director Janet… Read more...

High School Mock Trial Winners Announced

March 4, 2020
It was the third year in a row Owasso High School was guaranteed the win as the RDEX team competed against the Rutherford Team in the Oklahoma High School Mock Trial Championship in Norman. Team Rutherford emerged as the winner. The mock trial program, now in its 40th year, involves teams of students portraying attorneys… Read more...

Two Owasso Mock Trial Teams to Compete for State Mock Trial Championship

February 28, 2020
Two Owasso High School mock trial teams, Team RDEX and Team Rutherford, will compete to determine the winner of the Oklahoma High School Mock Trial competition on Tuesday, March 3. The final round will begin at 5 p.m. in the Bell Courtroom at the University of Oklahoma College of Law in Norman. The public is… Read more...

High School Mock Trial Semifinal Winners Announced

February 24, 2020
Mock trial teams from Ada, Broken Arrow, Clinton and Stillwater high schools with two teams from McAlester and Owasso are advancing to the semifinal rounds of the 2020 Oklahoma High School Mock Trial competition. Rounds are scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 25, in Tulsa at the Page Belcher Federal Building and Wednesday, Feb. 26, in Oklahoma… Read more...