The Oklahoma Bar Journal May 2023

The YLD will always continue to answer its call to service. As his tory has shown, we have been here to serve the community and our young lawyer membership. May young lawyers continue to serve so we can maintain our division’s his tory and keep our dignified legacy. To better serve young lawyers, the YLD Board of Governors will now be answering questions and concerns from YLD members at yld@okbar.org. Ms. Shaffer Siex practices in Tulsa and serves as the YLD chair. She may be contacted at cshaffer@gablawyers.com. Left: 2014 OBA YLD Chair Kaleb Hennigh (right) assists an emergency responder preparing legal documents as part of the Wills for Heroes project. Top left: Past OBA YLD leaders Jennifer Castillo, LeAnne McGill, Lane Neal, Karolina Roberts and Collin Walke work in the community during the 2013 Day of Service. Top right: In August 2015, YLD members organized the first Kick It Forward Kickball Tournament to raise funds for the Kick It Forward Program to support bar members in need of financial help with membership dues.

We will always keep the stress balls, so everyone has some san ity to cling to during the exam. Another service project that has a dear place in my heart is the Will for Heroes program, which provides free wills to emergency personnel and veter ans in Oklahoma. The YLD has been traditionally charged with implementing the program in Oklahoma, and we are currently planning this year’s event. We’ve had consistent participation in the past apart from “COVID years.” Of course, everyone felt the chilling effect of the pan demic, but it certainly paused the YLD’s service focus.

members of the community could be informed on the information and help the young adults in their lives. Likewise, the bar exam sur vival kits are an ongoing tra dition that appears to become better with time. The kits, which are small care packages for bar examinees, are assembled by YLD members and are a great way to get everyone together. When I joined the board, it had medicine, candy, pencils, ear plugs and more. During the pandemic, facemasks and hand sanitizer were added to the kits. Now, we have expanded to include protein snacks as well.

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THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL