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Jenks High School Named Mock Trial State Champion
March 6, 2024
Jenks High School’s Team Courtroom Crusaders edged out Oklahoma City’s Academy of Classical Christian Studies to claim the Oklahoma High Schoo Mock Trial Championship. This is the second time Jenks High School has won the championship and the first time the Academy of Classical Christian Studies has made it to the final round of competition. … Read more...
Oklahoma City Lawyer Takes Oath as OBA President
January 23, 2024
Chief Justice M. John Kane IV administers the oath of office to 2024 OBA President Miles Pringle on Jan. 19. Miles Pringle was sworn in Jan. 19 as the 2024 Oklahoma Bar Association president. He will lead the OBA’s 17-member Board of Governors, which meets monthly and governs the 18,000-member association. Supreme Court Chief Justice… Read more...
2023 Spotlight Award Winners Honored
September 12, 2023
The Oklahoma Bar Association Women in Law Section is planning its annual conference to celebrate and support women in the legal profession. This one-day event will kick off at 9 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 22, at the Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker, Oklahoma City. The event will also feature the Mona Salyer Lambird… Read more...
Annual Women in Law Conference Set for Sept. 22
August 28, 2023
The Oklahoma Bar Association Women in Law Section is planning its annual conference to celebrate and support women in the legal profession. This one-day event will kick off at 9 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 22, at the Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker, Oklahoma City. Attorney and New York Times bestselling author Chandler Baker… Read more...
The Oklahoma Bar Association’s Wills for Heroes program serves those who serve their communities by offering no-cost legal assistance in the areas of wills and estate planning to first responders and emergency personnel. Oklahoma lawyers will be providing this service at Shangri-La Resort in Afton on Saturday, July 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.… Read more...
OBA Seeks Award Nominations
May 17, 2023
The Oklahoma Bar Association is accepting nominations for its annual awards presentations. Nominations must be received by 5 p.m. Friday, June 30. Awards will be presented to recipients at the OBA Annual Meeting Nov. 1-3 at the Skirvin Hilton Hotel in Oklahoma City. Awards are open to lawyers, non-lawyers and legal organizations that have positively… Read more...
Owasso High School Crowned Mock Trial State Champion
March 10, 2023
Owasso High School’s Team Elle edged out Jenks High School’s Team Justice for All to claim the Oklahoma High School Mock Trial Championship. Owasso High School has won the state championship five of the last six years. The Mock Trial program, now in its 43rd year, involves teams of students portraying attorneys and defendants in… Read more...
Eight teams from Ada, Jenks, Moore, Oklahoma City and Owasso will participate in the 2023 Oklahoma High School Mock Trial competition. The rounds are scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 28, in Tulsa at the Page Belcher Federal Building and Wednesday, March 1, in Oklahoma City at the U.S. Western District Federal Courthouse. The winning teams from… Read more...
Ponca City Lawyer Takes Oath as OBA President
January 20, 2023
The new Oklahoma Bar Association officers and board members convened at the Oklahoma Supreme Court Ceremonial Courtroom at the state Capitol on Friday, Jan. 20, to be sworn into office. Administering their oaths of office was Oklahoma Supreme Court Chief Justice M. John Kane. Brian T. Hermanson of Ponca City will serve as 2023 president… Read more...
Swearing-In Ceremony – Spring 2022
May 13, 2022
Oklahoma Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Darby administered the oath of attorney to more than 50 new admittees during a ceremony at the Oklahoma Judicial Center on April 26, 2022. Congratulations to the state’s newest lawyers! A gallery of the event is below! View the recorded ceremony on the OBA's Facebook page. Read more...
