THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL 6 | APRIL 2026 Bar News in a Minute IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES The Oklahoma Bar Center will be closed Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day. Also, be sure to docket these important upcoming events: The third annual Oklahoma Chief Justice Colloquium on Civility and Ethics will be held April 1. This event will feature guest speakers U.S. Sen. James Lankford and former Oklahoma Attorney General Michael C. Turpen. Register at ok.webcredenza.com. The new attorney swearing-in will be at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 24, in the House chambers at the Oklahoma state Capitol. Law Day will be celebrated statewide on Friday, May 1. Visit www.okbar.org/lawday for more information. Launching Your Law Practice will be held Monday, June 1, at the bar center in Oklahoma City. This is a no-cost, semiannual workshop for new lawyers and lawyers opening their own law practices. Register by emailing Nickie Day at nickied@okbar.org or by calling 405-416-7050. Learn more at www.okbar.org/oylp. The 38th annual Sovereignty Symposium, presented by the OCU School of Law, will be held June 15-16 at the OKANA Resort in Oklahoma City. Visit www.sovereigntysymposium.com to learn more about the event and register. The OBA Midyear Meeting will be held at the OKANA Resort in Oklahoma City on June 17-19. Registration is now open! Visit www.okbar.org/midyear to learn more and register. KRISTIN JARMAN APPOINTED ASSOCIATE DISTRICT JUDGE FOR MURRAY COUNTY Gov. Kevin Stitt recently appointed Kristin Jarman of Pauls Valley as the associate district judge for Murray County, replacing Associate District Judge Mark Melton, who resigned Sept. 30. Judge Jarman’s legal career includes practice in prosecution, defense, administrative, municipal, civil, family, juvenile, contract and real estate law. She has also served as an administrative law judge and municipal judge. She previously worked as a prosecutor in the district attorney’s office and later as a defense attorney with the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System. She also served on the Oklahoma Board of Juvenile Affairs. Judge Jarman graduated from OSU in 2003 and then attended the OU College of Law, earning her J.D. in 2006. WRITE FOR THE BAR JOURNAL TO EARN MCLE CREDIT Recently, the Oklahoma Supreme Court amended the rules for mandatory continuing legal education to include writing scholarly articles that are published in the Oklahoma Bar Journal. The MCLE Commission will award 6 credits per published article for each contributing author. Contact OBA Communications Director and Oklahoma Bar Journal Managing Editor Lori Rasmussen at lorir@okbar.org to learn more about this opportunity. Visit https://bit.ly/3ZepRZ3 to read the Supreme Court order. DIANE VAUGHAN APPOINTED ASSOCIATE DISTRICT JUDGE FOR LOGAN COUNTY Special Judge Diane Vaughan was recently appointed as associate district judge for Logan County, filling the position left vacant by Judge Louis A. Duel, who died after serving in this position for 16 years. Judge Vaughan served as special judge for Logan and Payne counties for three years. Before serving as judge, she served as assistant district attorney in Logan County, worked in private practice in Guthrie and served 21 years in the Air National Guard, retiring as a JAG officer. She graduated from the OCU School of Law in 2012.
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