MAY 2025 | 47 THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL EDUCATIONAL CONTENT The celebration of Law Day allows bar members to reaffirm our commitment to foundational principles, such as the checks and balances of power enshrined in our Constitution. While we celebrate the freedoms we enjoy under this governing framework, it is also critical that all citizens understand how the three branches of government function in order to participate effectively in government. For 2025, we have focused on creating new video content that highlights education related to the Oklahoma courts. The videos feature several volunteer Oklahoma judges and lawyers discussing how our courts function, our state’s judicial selection process and foundational principles – such as the Rule of Law – in engaging, easy-to-understand language. These videos are optimized for viewing on social media and are being shared on the OBA’s channels, including YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram. We expect these videos to reach hundreds of thousands of Oklahomans throughout the Law Day season, and they will live on as evergreen content that schools, civic groups and individual viewers can access at any time of the year. Digital educational content is one of many ways OBA members are reaching the public. The Canadian County Bar Association is partnering with local high schools to allow seniors interested in the legal field to shadow bar members and judges for an afternoon. In Seminole County, which is recognized as the birthplace of Law Day, speakers presented on relevant topics at a local community center on April 30. And several county bar associations – such as Oklahoma, Seminole, Stephens, Tulsa and the Tri-County Bar Association in southeastern Oklahoma – hosted celebration luncheons and other events. We hope your local county bar is thinking of creative ways to get involved in Law Day in 2026! ART AND WRITING CONTESTS We believe it is never too early to begin learning these important concepts so that even the youngest students are prepared to be good citizens of our state and nation. This year, 1,569 students from 77 towns and more than 160 schools and homeschool groups entered the contest. More schools and homeschool groups from more towns across Oklahoma Judge Stephen P. Friot of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma discusses the federal court system for a video that will be shared with all Oklahomans as part of the Law Day public education campaign.
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