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2025
Are You Available for Some Conversation?
‘I Came Into This Room for a Reason…’
Do a Good Turn Daily
Shakespeare, Lincoln and Lawyers: Protecting the Rule of Law
The Magna Carta’s Everlasting Impact
In Flanders Fields, the Poppies Blow…
Sometimes You Find Yourself in the Middle Of Nowhere, and …
Divide et Impera
First, Just Be Still and Listen
The State of Our Association
2024
Setting Goals for the New Year
We Want You!
Legal Deserts
Law Day
20 Years Later: Time for an OBA Dues Increase
Let’s Meet Up at the Annual Meeting
From the Son of a Trailblazer
President’s Message – Judicial Retention Ballot
The Value of OBA Membership
The OBA’s Next Chapter
2023
New Beginnings
The Joy of Practicing Law
Raise Your Hand
Perhaps the Toughest Decision of All
Oklahoma Legal History is Ours to Make
Make Ethical Behavior a Daily Practice
Welcome Home!
Access To Justice: How Can Anyone Afford Justice Anymore?
Our Way to Thank Veterans for Their Service
Thank You!
2022
Ulihelisdi Atse Udetiyvsgv (Happy New Year)
Esprit de Bar
Once in a Lifetime
Changing the Conversation
Sail On
Messages from OBA President James R. Hicks Regarding SJR 43
The OBA Unmasked!
OBA Member Awarded Congressional Medal of Honor
Greenwood Rising
Civics, Civility and Collaboration: Lawyers Can Lead the Way