The Oklahoma Bar Journal December 2023

B ar N ews : C ommittee S ign U p

2024: Your Time to Get Involved!

Access to Justice Works to increase public access to legal resources Awards Solicits nominations for and identifies selection of OBA Award recipients Bar Association Technology Monitors bar center technology to ensure it meets each department’s needs Bar Center Facilities Provides direction to the executive director regarding the bar center, grounds and facilities Bench and Bar Among other objectives, aims to foster good relations between the judiciary and all bar members Cannabis Law Works to increase bar members’ legal knowledge about cannabis and hemp laws Civil Procedure and Evidence Code Studies and makes recommendations on matters relating to civil procedure or the law of evidence N OW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY to join other volunteer law yers in making our association the best of its kind – by signing up to serve on an OBA committee in 2024. Did you know the OBA has more than 20 active committees – meaning there are many oppor tunities for you to serve and lead in your profession? By joining a committee, you can get more involved in the association, net work with colleagues and work together for the betterment of

colleagues and build your net work and leadership skills at the same time. I invite you to review the full list below. We will make appoint ments for 2024 soon, so choose your top three committee choices and fill out the online form at https://bit.ly/3SjMzcE. I am looking forward to hearing from you!

Disaster Response and Relief Responds to and prepares bar members to assist with disaster victims’ legal needs Diversity Identifies and fosters advances in diversity in the practice of law Group Insurance Reviews group and other insurance proposals for sponsorship Law Day Plans and coordinates all aspects of Oklahoma’s Law Day celebration Law Schools Acts as liaison among law schools and the Supreme Court Lawyers Helping Lawyers Assistance Program Facilitates programs to assist lawyers in need of mental health services Legal Internship Liaisons with law schools and monitors and evaluates the legal internship program our association and our commu nities – all in a way that is mean ingful and relevant to you! By serving on an OBA com mittee, you can tackle projects for which you have a passion – whether that’s improving access to justice for all Oklahomans, fostering public understanding of the law or helping your fel low lawyers who may be facing challenges with addiction or sub stance abuse. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to build rela tionships with your professional

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To sign up or for more information, visit www.okbar.org/committees/committee-sign-up.

Legislative Monitoring Monitors legislative actions and reports on bills of interest to bar members Membership Engagement Facilitates communication and engagement initiatives to serve bar members Member Services Identifies and reviews member benefits Military Assistance Facilitates programs to assist service members with legal needs Professionalism Among other objectives, promotes and fosters professionalism and civility of lawyers Rules of Professional Conduct Proposes amendments to the ORPC Solo and Small Firm Conference Planning Plans and coordinates all aspects of the

annual conference Strategic Planning

Develops, revises, refines and updates the OBA’s Long Range Plan and related studies

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