Management Assistance Program
What is the Management Assistance Program?
OBA-MAP is a practice management advisory department serving the members of the Oklahoma Bar Association. The program was created to help Oklahoma lawyers better organize and operate the business and management sides of their practices. The use of law office technology is also rapidly changing and reshaping the processes of the traditional law office.
Law Practice Tips
By Jim Calloway At the OBA Annual Meeting, during a discussion about smartphones, an attendee pulled out an old-style flip phone and smiled at us. This happens a lot, although not nearly with the frequency it did several years ago. Sometimes the lawyer is a bit sheepish about still having an old flip phone and…
Services
Free Telephone Hotline — The MAP staff attempts to answer brief questions about management and technology issues. Our number is 405-416-7008. Often we are able to provide callers with a citation to more detailed paper or book with more information about the topic.
Law Practice Tips — OBA MAP Director Julie Bays provides information on law office technology, management and legal ethics in the weekly Law Practice Tips found in your Courts & More newsletter.
Oklahoma Bar Journal Law Practice Tips column — Each theme issue of the Oklahoma Bar Journal contains the regular column “Law Practice Tips” by MAP Director Julie Bays. Many of these articles are also available online. You can see the latest articles on the LPT Articles page.