The Oklahoma Bar Journal April 2024

OBA L eadership A cademy OBA Leadership Academy Participants Attend March Meeting Focusing on Public Service

T HE 16 PARTICIPANTS OF the OBA Leadership Academy have several bimonthly meetings scheduled throughout the year. Most recently, the group met March 7-8 for their meeting at the bar center. The theme of the meet ing was “Public Service.” After the conclusion of the meeting on March 7, the group attended a volunteer event held at Palomar in Oklahoma City, where they received a tour and heard about the organization’s legal net work. Their next event will be held on Law Day, Wednesday, May 1, when all participants will be vol unteering for Ask A Lawyer.

Katie Dilks, executive director of the Access to Justice Foundation, discusses the status of access to justice in Oklahoma. Participants also had the opportunity to hear from Anden Bull from Palomar, Rachel Benbrook with the OSU Foundation and Judge Brett Butner, associate district judge of Seminole County.

Participants heard from several speakers on March 7-8 at the bar center during their second meeting. Topics included etiquette, running for office and serving on nonprofit boards. Pictured, Amy Curran with the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits discusses special considerations for attorneys serving on a nonprofit board.

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