The Oklahoma Bar Journal December 2022

INDIAN LAW SECTION AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS The OBA Indian Law Section has selected Colby Cook, Madelynn Dancer, Eastman Holloway, Lindsey Prather and Palmer Scott as recipients of the section’s 2022 G. William Rice Memorial Scholarship Award. The section developed the scholarship in order to encour age future OBA members to pursue practices within the field of Indian law. It honors and remembers G. William

THE BACK PAGE: YOUR TIME TO SHINE We want to feature your work on “The Back Page!” Submit articles related to the practice of law, or send us something humorous, transform ing or intriguing. Poetry, photog raphy and artwork are options too. Email submissions of about 500 words or high-resolution images to OBA Communications Director Lori Rasmussen, lorir@okbar.org.

From left Scholarship Committee Co-Chair Brian Candelaria, Colby Cook, Madelynn Dancer, Lindsey Prather, Eastman Holloway and Chair Austin Vance

Rice, a distinguished Indian law practitioner, law professor and co-director of the Native American Law Center at the TU College of Law, who passed away Feb. 14, 2016. Debra Gee, the Scholarship Committee chair, explained, “This year we have expanded both the number of recipients and the aggregate amount of funds awarded, with $8,000 in scholarships granted. We drew a distin guished pool of applicants who have shown a passion for and interest in carrying on Professor Rice’s legacy as a practitioner, scholar and mentor.” Oklahoma is home to 39 federally recognized tribes and has the second- largest American Indian population in the United States. The OBA Indian Law Section is comprised of Oklahoma practitioners with an interest in Indian law. If you are interested in joining the committee, please visit www.okbar.org/committees/committee-sign-up.

LHL DISCUSSION GROUP HOSTS JANUARY MEETINGS The Lawyers Helping Lawyers monthly discussion group will meet Jan. 5 in Oklahoma City at the office of Tom Cummings, 701 NW 13th St. The group will also meet Jan. 12 in Tulsa at the office of Scott Goode, 1437 S. Boulder Ave., Ste. 1200. Each meeting is facilitated by commit tee members and a licensed men tal health professional. The small group discussions are intended to give group leaders and par ticipants the opportunity to ask questions, provide support and share information with fellow bar members to improve their lives – professionally and personally. Visit www.okbar.org/lhl for more information.

KICK IT FORWARD PROGRAM PAYS DUES FOR MEMBERS WITH DIFFICULTIES The Kick It Forward Program

paid four members’ dues for 2022, totaling $1,100. The program was born out of a desire to help fellow lawyers with financial difficulties. With the many economic challenges

lawyers face today, it can be a struggle to build up and maintain a legal practice. That’s why the Young Lawyers Division launched Kick It Forward in 2015, with a mission to assist lawyers of all ages in need by paying their OBA dues while they get on their feet. The program is funded by donations made through an election on your dues statement. By completing the Kick It Forward line, lawyers agree to pay $20, or the amount of their choice, to the program in addition to annual dues. OBA members who would like to donate to the program or request assistance paying their 2023 membership dues may visit www.okbar.org/kif for more information or to download an assistance request application.

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