Lawrence K. Hellman
Dean and Professor of Law

lhellman@okcu.edu

Courses:
Legal Profession

Education:
B.S., Washington & Lee University; J.D., M.B.A., Northwestern University

Background:
Dean Hellman practiced law with the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., and was a member of the faculty at Washington & Lee University School of Law before joining the faculty at OCU School of Law. He is an elected member of the American Law Institute and serves on the board of directors of Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, and the American Judicature Society. He is co-chair of the Oklahoma Bar Association’s (OBA) Rules of Professional Conduct committee and a member of the OBA’s Disciplinary Task Force. He is also a member of the Professionalism Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. He was a member of the Oklahoma Legislature's Task Force on Judicial Selection.

Selected Publications: (Click here for full list of publications.)

• The Oklahoma Supreme Court's New Rules on Attorneys' Trial Publicity: Realism and Aspiration, 51 Okla. L. Rev. 1 (1998)
• A Better Way to Make State Legal Ethics Opinions, 22 Okla. City. U. L. Rev. 973 (1997)
• When Ethics Rules Don't Mean What They Say: The Implications of Strained ABA Ethics Opinions, 10 GEO. J. LEGAL ETHICS 317-66 (1996)