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OBA Seeks Award Nominations

May 6, 2022
The Oklahoma Bar Association is accepting nominations for its annual awards presentations.  Nominations must be received by 5 p.m. Friday, July 1. Awards will be presented to recipients at the OBA Annual Meeting this November at the Oklahoma City Convention Center. Awards are open to lawyers and non-lawyers who have positively impacted the community.  Attorney… Read more...

New Attorneys Take Oath

May 3, 2022
Oklahoma Board of Bar Examiners Chairperson, Robert E. Black, announces that 54 applicants who took the Oklahoma Bar Examination on February 22-23, 2022, were admitted to the Oklahoma Bar Association on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, or by proxy at a later date.  Due to the continuing threat of COVID-19, the Oklahoma Supreme Court Chief Justice… Read more...

Oklahoma Lawyers Offer Free Legal Advice on April 28

April 21, 2022
Thursday, April 28 – 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.  Numbers to call: 405-493-9131 or 918-551-6022 Email: AskALawyer@okbar.org  Lawyers across Oklahoma will provide free legal advice on Thursday, April 28, during the annual statewide celebration of Law Day. Oklahoma residents may call 405-493-9131 or 918-551-6022 to speak to a licensed attorney at no charge. Those with legal questions… Read more...

February 2022 Bar Results

April 19, 2022
Results – February 2022 Oklahoma Bar Exam A total of 141 took the exam; 66 passed; pass rate 47%. The following list includes EVERYONE who passed the February 2022 exam. Abraham, Andrew FrancisAiley, Ashley NicoleAlabbasi, Alex AbrahamAllred, Spencer DavidAmes, Tyler EdwardAtkinson, Cristine LynneBatien, Teija AnnBeatty, Lauren ElizabethBennett, Briah MichelleBorgia, Michael ThomasBradley, Michael PatrickButler, Cory JayButton,… Read more...

Oklahoma Lawyers To Offer Free Legal Advice

April 15, 2022
Lawyers across Oklahoma will provide free legal advice on Thursday, April 28, during the annual statewide celebration of Law Day. Oklahoma residents may call 405-493-9131 or 918-551-6022 to speak to a licensed attorney at no charge. Those with legal questions also have the option to email AskALawyer@okbar.org to access the service.  “This is the 47th… Read more...

OBA Day at the Capitol is Back for 2022!

March 9, 2022
March 22, 2022 | 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.Oklahoma Bar Center | Emerson Hall, 1901 N. Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma CityRSVP for lunch: Alisha Davidson; 405-416-7014Click here for the full schedule. CLICK for ZOOM link Mark your calendar for Tuesday, March 22, when OBA Day at the Capitol returns to the Oklahoma Bar Center. The event… Read more...

Owasso High School Mock Trial State Champs

March 7, 2022
Owasso High School’s Team Zip, Zap, Zok edged out Jenks High School’s Team The Truth to claim the Oklahoma High School Mock Trial Championship. Owasso High School has won the state championship four of the last five years.   The mock trial program, now in its 42nd year, involves teams of students portraying attorneys and defendants… Read more...

MOCK TRIAL TEAMS HEAD TO SEMIFINALS

February 25, 2022
Eight teams from Jenks, McAlester, Moore, Oklahoma City, Owasso and Tulsa will participate in the 2022 Oklahoma High School Mock Trial semifinals. The rounds are scheduled for Monday, Feb. 28 in Oklahoma City at the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma and in Tulsa at the Page Belcher Federal Building. The… Read more...

Judicial Nominating Committee Announces Nominees for the Court of Criminal Appeals

January 21, 2022
The Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC) announces the three nominees for the position of Court of Criminal Appeals, District 1.  After concluding the review process and conducting in person interviews,  the JNC submitted to the Governor the following nominees for this position: William J. Musseman, Jr., Broken ArrowJoy L. Thorp, Broken ArrowRussell C. Vaclaw, Bartlesville Under… Read more...

Tulsa Attorney Takes Oath as OBA President

January 20, 2022
Tulsa attorney James R. “Jim” Hicks was sworn in as the Oklahoma Bar Association president during a virtual ceremony on Jan. 14. He will lead the OBA’s 17-member Board of Governors that meets monthly and governs the 18,000-member association. Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Darby administered the oath from his office at the Oklahoma Judicial… Read more...