The Oklahoma Bar Journal September 2022

Diversity Awards Dinner | Thursday Evening OBA Diversity Awards are presented to Oklahoma businesses, groups or organizations promoting or developing diversity initiatives that advance justice, fairness and inclusivity. Awards are also presented to Oklahoma lawyers and members of the judiciary. Tickets will be available for purchase. Delegates Breakfast | Friday Morning Kick off the last day of the

General Assembly and House of Delegates | Friday Morning

The most important asso ciation business of the year takes place Friday morning – OBA award presentations, updates from judicial and OBA leaders, elections and consideration of resolu tions. The Kiowa Black Leggings Warrior Society will present the colors. For resolutions to be published in the official General Assembly and House of Delegates pub lication, proposed reso lutions in bill format must be submitted to Executive

Annual Meeting with a generous breakfast and hear from OBA member and Cherokee Nation citi zen Dwight Birdwell, who was recently presented with the Congressional Medal of Honor for military valor during the Vietnam War. The breakfast is free for delegates; tickets may be purchased separately for nondelegates.

The Kiowa Black Leggings Warrior Society will present the colors at Friday morning’s General Assembly.

Director John Morris Williams by Sept. 16 . The dead line to publish proposed resolutions in the October Oklahoma Bar Journal is Sept. 16.

Dwight W. Birdwell, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient

Wednesday CLE – Two Tracks to Choose From! Six hours of CLE; includes one hour of ethics. Agenda is subject to change. Criminal Law Track Land Track

9 – 9:50 a.m.

Sabah Khalaf – DUIs in Indian Country: A Post McGirt Analysis and Update Jacintha Webster – Tribal Court Victims’ Rights and Criminal Practice

Conor Cleary – Legal Ethics Issues in Indian Country

(includes ethics)

10 – 10:50 a.m.

Don Shandy – The Mining Act and Other

Environmental Regulations

11 – 11:50 a.m. Noon – 1:45 p.m.

Debra Gee – Tribal issues Law School Luncheons

Jennifer Krieg – Probate and Quiet Title Considerations

2 – 2:50 p.m. 3 – 3:50 p.m. 4 – 4:50 p.m.

Chrissi Ross Nimmo – “Jurisdiction” by Agreement Stephanie Moser Goins – McGirt and the Energy Sector Arvo Mikkanen – Tribal Issues (includes ethics credit) Greg Buzzard – Taxation in Indian Country Tribal Supreme Court Justice Panel moderated by OBA President James R. “Jim” Hicks

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