Day at the Capitol - Oklahoma Bar Association

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

Time	Topic/Event	Speaker/Location
9:30 a.m.	Registration	Emerson Hall Oklahoma Bar Center 1901 N. Lincoln Blvd., OKC
10:00 a.m.	Welcome	Miles Pringle, OBA President
10:05 a.m.	Bills of Interest to the Attorney General's Office	Gentner Drummond, Oklahoma Attorney General
10:15 a.m.	Court Funding	Jari Askins, Administrative Director of the Courts
10:45 a.m.	Discussion of the Governor’s Agenda and Supporting Bills	Trevor Pemberton, General Counsel, Executive Office of the Governor
11:15 a.m.	BREAK
11:30 a.m.	Bills of Interest to the Judiciary	The Honorable Anthony L. Bonner, District Judge, Oklahoma County
11:55 a.m.	Information and Questions	Shanda McKenney, Chair of Legislative Monitoring Committee
12:00 p.m.	LUNCH
12:15 p.m.	How to Talk to Legislators	Clay Taylor, Taylor Capitol Group Emily Virgin, Former Minority Leader, Oklahoma House of Representatives
1 – 3 p.m.	Visit with Legislators	State Capitol Building 2300 N. Lincoln, OKC

This event has been approved for 3 hours general MCLE credit.