Court News

JNC: VACANCY Oklahoma County District Judge

January 26, 2021

January 26, 2021 - The Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC) today announced a vacancy for the position of District Judge in Oklahoma County, Seventh Judicial District, Office 2. This vacancy is created by the appointment of the Honorable Thomas E. Prince to the Court of Civil Appeals. Two more vacancies were announced recently by the JNC.… Read more...

Justice Colbert to Retire

January 19, 2021

1/19/2021 Barbara Hoberock - Tulsa World OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Tom Colbert will retire effective Feb. 1. “With the retirement of Justice Tom Colbert, the Supreme Court of Oklahoma will lose a strong voice of sound reason and superb legal analysis,” said Oklahoma Chief Justice Richard Darby. “In his 16 years on the… Read more...

Courts & More Debuts

January 8, 2021

By John Morris Williams We are trying something different at the OBA this year. For the past several years after we stopped printing the court opinions on paper, we continued to have the opinions formatted, so the digital version looked exactly the same as what we used to print. In order to continue that practice,… Read more...

Legal Internship Committee Amendments to the Regulations

January 4, 2021

By H. Terrell Monks, Chair On December 15, 2020, via electronic vote, the Legal Internship Committee unanimously approved the following amendments to the Legal Internship Regulations. Regulation 2(C)4(a) was revised to allow in-court credit for negotiations/discussions conducted outside the courtroom. 4. Participation by the Licensed Legal Intern or observation of the Licensed Legal Intern’s supervising attorney or… Read more...

A new round of courthouse closures

December 4, 2020

The orders begin similarly, "In consideration of the Fourth Emergency Joint Order, 2020 OK 96 as issued jointly by the Oklahoma Supreme Court and the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, the continued rise of COVID-19 cases, and the predicted rise of infections" ... and proceed with various closure announcements for courts across the state. We… Read more...

Courtfacts.org Provides Judicial Retention Ballot Information

October 22, 2020

News Release, October 21, 2020 - Voters wanting to know more about the eight judges on the statewide judicial retention ballot can find background information for all the judges on one website, www.courtfacts.org. Created by the Oklahoma Bar Association, the website offers biographies and photos of the judges, plus an explanation of how the merit… 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...