Day at the Capitol

Legislative

The Legislative Monitoring Committee focuses on the following measures:

Administration of justice
Court organization, selection, tenure, salary and other incidents of the judicial office
Rules and laws affecting practice and procedure in the courts and in administrative bodies exercising adjudicatory functions
The practice of law

OBA Bylaws Art. VIII Sec 3

Legislative Proposals and Endorsements in Principle:

The House of Delegates has the authority to place a measure on the Legislative Program or to endorse it in principle, with at least a 60% vote.

OBA Bylaws Art. VIII Sec 5

Action by the Association upon proposals for improvement of the law by legislation or by judicial rule shall consist of:

OBA Bylaws Art. VIII Sec 2

This program has been approved for 3 hours of general MCLE credit.
RSVP to Mark Schneidewent by March 17.

*Agenda is subject to change.

Time	Topic/Event	Speaker/Location
9:30 a.m.	Registration	Oklahoma Bar Center 1901 N. Lincoln Blvd.; OKC
10:00 a.m.	Welcome	OBA President Brian Hermanson and/or President-Elect Miles Pringle
10:05 a.m.	Discussion of the Governor’s Agenda and Supporting Bills	Trevor S. Pemberton, General Counsel, Office of Governor J. Kevin Stitt
10:30 a.m.	Court Funding	Jari Askins, Administrative Director of the Courts at Oklahoma Judicial Center
10:55 a.m..	BREAK
11:00 a.m..	Bills of Interest to the Judiciary	Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman
11:30 a.m.	Judicial Nominating Commission Update	Jim Webb
11:55 a.m.	Information and Questions	OBA President-Elect Miles Pringle
12:00 p.m.	LUNCH
12:15 p.m.	How to Talk to Legislators	Emily Virgin, Former Minority Leader for the Oklahoma House of Representatives
1 – 3 p.m.	Visit with Legislators	State Capitol Building 2300 N. Lincoln, OKC