This program is primarily targeted to first-year law students who are interested in taking advantage of spring recruitment and on-campus interview opportunities, but any student needing a primer on using the many facets of the Symplicity CSM program is encouraged to attend.

Carol Kinser, Data Analyst & Systems Manager

First-year students interested in pursuing on-campus interviews or other summer clerkship opportunities should attend this session.

First impressions can make or break an opportunity. For many students, the first contact they have with a prospective employer is through their career documents, i.e. resume, cover letter, writing sample, etc. This session will offer tips and examples to develop top-notch documents that will compel employers to give your application serious consideration. Debbie Boles, Law Career Counselor, will provide a lively and energetic program that will motivate you to maximize your potential as it relates to developing these documents.

Debbie Boles, Law Career Counselor

I invite each of you to attend our own Oklahoma City University Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., celebration program. On Tuesday, January 22, 2008, at 6:30, our campus will again be a site of celebration for the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This event will be held in the Bishop W. Angie Smith Chapel. Celebrations honoring his life are held all across our nation and our state.

I am not familiar with any that hold their celebration on the day following the national holiday. We do this with purpose and with the hope that each member of our campus community and friends of the university can join us for this very special evening. We are committed to honoring this very special man for his commitment to social justice. Martin Luther King, Jr., saw a world not marred by differences, but one in which differences are celebrated and valued.

We believe that our mission is in concert with his message and celebrate the progress that our University has made. Likewise the attendance, involvement and participation from a variety of campus constituencies has continued to grow and I hope you too will be a part of this event.

This year, we are honored that the Rev. Ernest Jackson, Jr., will be the keynote speaker. Rev. Jackson is the Senior Minister of Christ United Methodist Church and the Administrative Pastor of Shalom Ministries here in Oklahoma City.

In addition to the message from Rev. Jackson, we will be entertained by the University Chamber Choir under the direction of Randi Von Ellefson, the Spirit of Grace Liturgical Dancers, Miss Black Oklahoma, the OCU Rhythms, Mr. OCU International, the Generation Blessed Choir and much, much more.

I encourage each of you to join me, in support of our students and in recognition of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by attending this celebration.

Sincerely,
Tom J. McDaniel
President

Students interested in studying in Tianjin China this summer at OCU’s program at Nankai University should plan to attend a session with Nankai University School of Law’s Dean Zuo. The session is scheduled for next Wednesday, 1/23/08 at 1:45 in Sarkeys room 114. More information about the program is available at: http://www.okcu.edu/law/academics/international/China.php

If you have never been on a professional interview or have no experience with legal professionals, this program is a must to attend. So what really happens during the interview process and how do you go about perfecting your interview persona? This program will cover the questions you want answered, but were afraid to ask. Gina Rowsam, Assistant Dean for the Professional and Career Development Center, will share her experience and insight derived from assisting students over the past decade.

Gina Rowsam, Assistant Dean, Professional and Career Development Center

Did you know that:

• This year about 1.2 million Americans will have a first or recurrent coronary attack. About 379,000 of these people will die.
• About 7.2 million Americans age 20 and older have survived a heart attack.
• Sudden cardiac death takes 330,000 lives each year.
• If no bystander CPR is provided, a victim’s chances of survival are reduced by 7 to 10 percent with every minute of delay until defibrillation.

source: American Heart Association

Student Health and Disability Services is sponsoring a Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) class for any interested student, staff or faculty member.

The class is being taught by a paramedic, Bill Justice. Bill has many years of experience with EMSA and OKCFD. Certification will be valid for 2 years. This course will offer American Heart Association Heartsaver CPR and Healthcare Provider CPR. (Nurses and Nursing Students may participate in this course!)

Participants will be introduced to the use of Automatic External Defibrillators (AED).

Prior registration is required. Prior registration allows you to receive your CPR card at the end of the session. Class size is limited to 10 participants. Cost is $25, to be paid by cash or check directly to the instructor of the class. The class will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. and is expected to last 2 ½ to 3 hours.

To register for this course, e-mail Brenda Johnston. Thanks!

Jurist-in-Residence Judge Michael Daly Hawkins will participate in a discussion with legal research and writing professors and day 1L students about the Tenth Circuit proceedings earlier that day. Upper class students may attend this special program, too.

Students, faculty and staff will be able to pick up two complimentary tickets next Wednesday, Thursday or Friday during lunch.  More information to come.

Justice Stephen G. Breyer of the United States Supreme Court will address the law student body in the Homsey Family Moot Courtroom. His appearance will include a Q&A session. Watch for details about his visit, and plan to come early, as space is limited and the U.S. Marshall’s will be administering a security screening

Application Deadline: Friday, January 18, 2008

More Information

Team members:

• Andy Bowman
• Jodie Cole
• Whitney Robison
• Heather Devan
• Joshua Wells
• Trevor Pemberton

The team is coaged by Professor Bill Conger.

Sports and entertainment law has become more and more popular as avenues for creation and distribution of entertainment products have grown. It continues to be a niche area of practice, though, and accessing and obtaining jobs requires applicants to have training and experience in particular areas. Nona Lee, OCU LAW JD95, who currently serves as Vice President and General Counsel of the Arizona Diamondbacks, will offer her perspective on pursuing a career in this area.

This program is co-sponsored by the PCDC and SPELA.

Nona Lee, Vice President and General Counsel

OCU LAW has had a longstanding relationship with Oklahoma Lawyers for Children (OLFC). Many students have benefitted from past volunteer intake training (NOTE: a volunteer training session will be scheduled in late February or early March) and involvement with OLFC by assisting with intake and processing of cases involving abused or neglected children. This presentation will highlight a new program whereby students can have more direct contact with attorneys as cases proceed through the legal system. Students need not have had the intake training to participate in this new program.

Lynne McGuire, OCU LAW JD95, and President and CEO of OLFC, will present this program. Volunteer attorneys are assigned cases in which they represent abused or neglected children, those least able to speak for themselves. These attorneys are interested in partnering with law students to maximize the quality of the representation afforded these children. OLFC and OCU LAW have developed a new program in which volunteer law students are paired with an attorney to work on these cases. Students will have the opportunity to work one-on-one with an attorney on various aspects of the case, including court appearances, witness interviews, research and writing. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear more information about this exciting new pro bono service opportunity that is open to all law students. Learn how you can develop your legal skills, increase your knowledge of the court system, develop your professional network, receive mentoring from a practicing lawyer, and provide much-needed assistance to children.

Oklahoma Lawyers for Children was co-founded in 1997 by D. Kent Meyers and Don R. Nicholson II, both of whom are attorneys in private practice in Oklahoma City. A judicial order was issued giving OLFC the authority to assist the overburdened public defenders in representing deprived children. These children have been removed from their homes due to neglect or abuse by their parent(s) and/or caretaker. Two additional orders have since been signed expanding the role of OLFC volunteers. Currently OLFC has more than 400 volunteer attorneys, over 150 non-attorney volunteers, as well as legal assistants, mediators, court reporters, private investigators, legal graphic and copy companies, who donate their time, talent, and resources to help abused and neglected children.

This program is co-sponsored by the PCDC and OLFC.

This program is designed for 1L Fulltime and 2L Part-time students wishing to participate in Spring On-Campus Interviews. NOTE: hiring criteria/academic screening vary by employer and geographic area (contact the PCDC for research assistance). OKC attorneys will conduct mock interviews and provide students with instant feedback about their resumes, cover letters, professional dress and interview skills. In order to secure sufficient attorney participation, the PCDC must gauge student interest. Those students who wish to participate and believe they will meet the employers' screening criteria MUST register via Symplicity by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, January 11, 2008. The interview slots will be limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Participants will be required to upload a cover letter and resume in Symplicity prior to the interviews -- further details and instructions will be emailed to all students who have RSVP'd by the deadline.

In order to make life easier for our law graduates, we will be holding an event next week that we call “Countdown to Commencement” (CTC). CTC is a two-day event that allows you, at one time, to complete all of the various tasks that must be taken care of prior to your graduation. This is your one and only opportunity to take care of these details early and in an easy three-step process. While you are not required to attend this, I can guarantee that later you will be sorry that you didn’t, so please make time sometime during these two days (approx. 45-60 minutes) to attend.

CTC will be held in Sarkeys, Room 216 and 205, on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 5-6, from 9 a.m.-6 p.m., both days. The February CTC is ONLY for May 2008 graduation candidates, and those August 2008 graduation candidates who will be “walking” in May.

In order to complete the graduation process, you need to take care of the following details (whether at CTC or on your own). If you choose to participate in CTC, you must complete all THREE steps, in order.

STEP 1: Go to ROOM 216 (PCDC office)

Complete the required Professional and Career Development Center interview/employment survey which tracks information for required ABA reports on employment status of our graduates.

STEP 2: Go across the hall to ROOM 215A

Robert Coulthard will be present to provide you with details about his specialized bar review preparation program and other important information. The results of his programs have spoken for themselves after both the February 2007 and July 2007 bar exams.

STEP 3: PROCEED TO ROOM 205 to attend to final graduation details

•  Order your cap, gown and hood (to be paid for when you pick them up in May—approximately $50),
• Order personalized graduation announcements, your class ring, and/or a diploma frame, if desired (payable at CTC),
• Have graduation photos made wearing a cap and gown--at CTC, if desired,
• Schedule your required financial aid exit interview (if you have received financial aid while in law school),
• Complete a form detailing your law school activities (to be listed in the graduation program), and,
• Vote for Faculty Marshals and Hooders to serve at your Hooding and Commencement Ceremony. Two Faculty Marshals assist you in the processional and recessional by leading you in and out of the sanctuary. Two Faculty Hooders assist you by placing your doctoral hood upon you at the appropriate time during the ceremony.

We strongly encourage you to schedule time to participate in Countdown to Commencement. It is truly the easiest way for you to complete the administrative processes necessary for you to graduate, so mark your calendars! You may pay for announcements, class rings, etc, by cash, check or credit card (VISA and MasterCard only). If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 208.5355, or at dfathree@okcu.edu.

The team members are Reginald Smith and Candace Arnold.

In order to make life easier for our law graduates, we will be holding an event next week that we call “Countdown to Commencement” (CTC). CTC is a two-day event that allows you, at one time, to complete all of the various tasks that must be taken care of prior to your graduation. This is your one and only opportunity to take care of these details early and in an easy three-step process. While you are not required to attend this, I can guarantee that later you will be sorry that you didn’t, so please make time sometime during these two days (approx. 45-60 minutes) to attend.

CTC will be held in Sarkeys, Room 216 and 205, on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 5-6, from 9 a.m.-6 p.m., both days. The February CTC is ONLY for May 2008 graduation candidates, and those August 2008 graduation candidates who will be “walking” in May.

In order to complete the graduation process, you need to take care of the following details (whether at CTC or on your own). If you choose to participate in CTC, you must complete all THREE steps, in order.

STEP 1: Go to ROOM 216 (PCDC office)

Complete the required Professional and Career Development Center interview/employment survey which tracks information for required ABA reports on employment status of our graduates.

STEP 2: Go across the hall to ROOM 215A

Robert Coulthard will be present to provide you with details about his specialized bar review preparation program and other important information. The results of his programs have spoken for themselves after both the February 2007 and July 2007 bar exams.

STEP 3: PROCEED TO ROOM 205 to attend to final graduation details

•  Order your cap, gown and hood (to be paid for when you pick them up in May—approximately $50),
• Order personalized graduation announcements, your class ring, and/or a diploma frame, if desired (payable at CTC),
• Have graduation photos made wearing a cap and gown--at CTC, if desired,
• Schedule your required financial aid exit interview (if you have received financial aid while in law school),
• Complete a form detailing your law school activities (to be listed in the graduation program), and,
• Vote for Faculty Marshals and Hooders to serve at your Hooding and Commencement Ceremony. Two Faculty Marshals assist you in the processional and recessional by leading you in and out of the sanctuary. Two Faculty Hooders assist you by placing your doctoral hood upon you at the appropriate time during the ceremony.

We strongly encourage you to schedule time to participate in Countdown to Commencement. It is truly the easiest way for you to complete the administrative processes necessary for you to graduate, so mark your calendars! You may pay for announcements, class rings, etc, by cash, check or credit card (VISA and MasterCard only). If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 208.5355, or at dfathree@okcu.edu.

Students interested in OCU Law's summer 2008 study abroad programs should plan to attend an informational session presented by Stetson University College of Law's Associate Dean for International and Cooperative Programs John F. Cooper. The session is scheduled for Wednesday, February 6th at 1 pm and repeated at 5 pm in the Homsey Family Moot Court Room (Sarkeys 100).

2008 summer programs are offered in Granada, Spain, The Hague, Netherlands / Freiburg, Germany, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Tianjin, China. The summer programs fill up fast so plan to attend this informational session if you have any interest in studying abroad this summer. OCU Law offers the programs in cooperation with Stetson University College of Law.

For more information visit: http://www.okcu.edu/law/academics/international/

Students interested in OCU Law's summer 2008 study abroad programs should plan to attend an informational session presented by Stetson University College of Law's Associate Dean for International and Cooperative Programs John F. Cooper. The session is scheduled for Wednesday, February 6th at 1 pm and repeated at 5 pm in the Homsey Family Moot Court Room (Sarkeys 100).

2008 summer programs are offered in Granada, Spain, The Hague, Netherlands / Freiburg, Germany, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Tianjin, China. The summer programs fill up fast so plan to attend this informational session if you have any interest in studying abroad this summer. OCU Law offers the programs in cooperation with Stetson University College of Law.

For more information visit: http://www.okcu.edu/law/academics/international/

DEADLINE EXTENDED!!! This program is designed for first-year women law students interested in honing their presentation (resume, cover letter, interview) skills from the special perspective of being a woman in the legal profession. A core group of women faculty have committed to guiding women law students along this path and have constructed a program that brings together local legal professionals interested in assisting women law students in their career goals.

Advance registration via Symplicity is required by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, January 30, 2008.

What Family Law Practitioners need to know

Professor Christina Misner will speak about her experiences as family law attorney.

The 1996 Solomon Amendment provides for the Secretary of Defense to deny federal funding to institutions of higher learning if they prohibit or prevent ROTC or military recruitment on campus. This has brought into question the constitutionality of the legislation. In Rumsfeld v. FAIR, handed down on March 6, 2006, the Supreme Court rejected the arguments of FAIR, SALT and several individual plaintiffs and upheld the constitutionality of the Solomon Amendment. The Supreme Court decided that law schools' and law faculties' First Amendment free speech rights were not violated by the Solomon Amendment because law schools and faculties remain free to voice their opposition to the military's discriminatory "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy as it relates to sexual orientation.

This discussion will provide insight about this issue from the Department of Defense and affected servicemembers’ perspectives. The presenters include Darla Jackson, OCU LAW Library Reference and Access Services Librarian and former military attorney and Emily Hecht, Staff Attorney with the Washington, DC, based group Servicemembers Legal Defense Network.

This law raises many issues, several of which are highly charged. OCU LAW is pleased to present this information and is proud that several disparate student organizations – Lesbian and Gay Law Students Association, American Constitution Society, and the Federalist Society – have combined efforts to offer this program of civil discourse.

Co-sponsored by PCDC, LGLSA, ACS, FedSoc

Landmark federal loan legislation, the College Cost Reduction Act, was passed in 2007 which will affect many law students. This session will explain the new legislation and how it can help individuals with repayment of federal loans if they are working for certain types of employers or have incomes at certain thresholds, regardless of the employer. As with any new government program, there are many details. Students must be aware of what their options and obligations are in order to take advantage of the opportunities afforded by this new legislation.

Jennifer Killman, OCU LAW Senior Loan Counselor, and Angie Carver, Account Manager - Student Services Division with Commerce Bank, will present this program.

Food will be provided.

The program is co-sponsored by the PCDC and Office of Financial Aid.

Jennifer Killman, Senior Loan Counselor Angie Carver, Account Manager - Student Services Division Commerce Bank

Professor Maye will be conducting his MPRE review on Saturday February 16, 2008 from 9 am to 1 pm in Room 109. This is an excellent review. There is a free review. Students tell me that this is a must review. See you all there!

You choose from a variety of dishes including Collard Greens, Corn Bread, Potato Salad, Fried Chicken, Sweet Potato Pie, Sodas, Sausage Biscuits and much much more for just $5 a plate!

And this year BLSA is inviting the entire OCU community!

Every year we run out of food so don't get left behind

Mastering the ability to communicate in social and business settings is critical to successful professional development and career achievement. Many people feel awkward or do not know how to capitalize on being in situations where there are groups (small or large) of people. This can be especially so when around those whom they do not know. This program will outline etiquette considerations for being in situations such as a cocktail or business reception. Law and Business students will participate in this program.

Light reception fare will be offered. There is no charge for this program, but advance registration through Symplicity is required by Thursday, February 14, 2008.

Co-sponsored by the PCDC and Meinders School of Business.

Join us for our last meeting before initiation presenting:

How to make your summer work for you

Summer internship panel discussion

• Wisconsin District Attorney’s Office
• Blue Star Energy
• Chicago Cook County District Attorney’s Office
• Steven’s Chiropractic
• Dallas District Attorney’s Office
• Oklahoma Lawyers for Children
• Texas 13th Court of Appeals
• Goolsby Olson & Proctor

Join us for our last meeting before initiation presenting:

How to make your summer work for you

Summer internship panel discussion

• Wisconsin District Attorney’s Office
• Blue Star Energy
• Chicago Cook County District Attorney’s Office
• Steven’s Chiropractic
• Dallas District Attorney’s Office
• Oklahoma Lawyers for Children
• Texas 13th Court of Appeals
• Goolsby Olson & Proctor

Mastering the ability to communicate in social and business settings is critical to successful professional development and career achievement. Many people feel awkward or do not know how to capitalize on being in situations where there are groups (small or large) of people. This can be especially so when around those whom they do not know. This program will outline etiquette considerations for being in situations such as a cocktail or business reception. Law and Business students will participate in this program.

Light reception fare will be offered. There is no charge for this program, but advance registration through Symplicity is required by Thursday, February 14, 2008.

Co-sponsored by the PCDC and Meinders School of Business.

Three teams will represent OCU LAW:

• Team 1- Kim Garelick and Steven Foster
• Team 2- Robin Smith and Jamie Ortiz
• Team 3- Shandi Stoner and Anitra Abdullah Levy

The team will be coached by Casey Ross-Petherick

Barristers' Ball is OCU Law’s annual formal function. This year’s theme is Old Hollywood. It is formal attire, women in dresses and gowns, men in suits and tuxedos. You can also dress according to theme...think Fred Estaire, Ginger Rogers. There will be a band and DJ and dancing all night. Most people go to dinner beforehand, but there will be hors d'oeuvres, desserts, nonalcoholic beverages and a cash bar throughout the night. Your ticket will get you hors d’oeuvres, drink tickets, and favors. When you pick up your tickets, you will also be getting a list of local vendors offering discounts for the occasion such as restaurants and salons. Tickets will be ready for pickup the week prior to Barristers’ and payment will be due at that time.

The Court of Criminal Appeals for the State of Oklahoma will hear oral arguments in the case of Jeremy Alan Williams, Appeallant, v. the State of Oklahoma.  This is a death penalty case.

The arguments will conclude shortly after 11:00 AM, at which time the judges will conduct break-out sessions with students to discuss the case and other criminal law issues. Box lunches will be provided (free) for all attending the break-out sessions.

• Case Synopsis
• Order Setting Oral Argument
• Appellant Brief
• Appellee Brief
• Appellant's Reply Brief

Since you will be present in an actual court of law to hear the oral arguments, you need to observe the following rules of etiquette:

• Arrive shortly before 10:00 AM. Latecomers will not be permitted in the courtroom. You must remain for the entire argument, which will conclude at 11.
• Turn your cell phone off.
• Remove headgear before entering the courtroom.
• We will provide a secure location to store backpacks, books, etc. during the hearing.
• In short, be prepared to act professionally at a solemn professional event, where the stakes, life and death, are as high as they can get.

Pizza luncheon to learn about Holloway Inn.

• Solicitation of Applicants
• Application

The OCU LAW Professional and Career Development Center will hold its first Governmental Career Fair from 3 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 in the Sarkeys Law Center. This event will provide OCU LAW students the opportunity to learn about various ways a legal education can be used in governmental positions and how to access employment or volunteer positions. Some of these positions can qualify for the Dean's Summer Public Interest / Pro Bono Fellowship program.

OCU LAW offers a limited number of public interest fellowships to its students for summer clerkships with organizations providing legal services to nonprofit entities and underrepresented members of society. Application deadline is March 27, 2008. For more information and the application visit www.okcu.edu/law/PCDC/students/pbpi/, phone (405) 208-5332 or e-mail the program coordinator, Laurie Jones, at ljones@okcu.edu.

The OCU LAW Professional and Career Development Center will hold its annual Pro Bono and Public Interest Law Career Fair from 3 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, February 28, 2008. This event gives OCU LAW students the opportunity to meet with representatives from several public interest groups to explore options for summer work that will qualify for one of the Dean's Summer Public Interest / Pro Bono Fellowships.

Public interest organizations who have participated in the past included the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma; Catholic Charities; Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma Inc.; Oklahoma Disability Law Center Inc.; Oklahoma Indian Legal Services Inc.; Oklahoma Lawyers for Children; Tulsa Lawyers for Children Inc.; YWCA Oklahoma City; OCU LAW Public Interest Law Group; and OCU LAW Native American Legal Resource Center.

"Public interest and pro bono service is one of the cornerstones of the legal profession," said Gina Rowsam, assistant dean for the Center. "OCU LAW is committed to providing opportunities and resources for students to develop experience in these areas."

OCU LAW offers a limited number of public interest fellowships to its students for summer clerkships with organizations providing legal services to nonprofit entities and underrepresented members of society. Application deadline is March 27, 2008. For more information and the application visit www.okcu.edu/law/PCDC/students/pbpi/, phone (405) 208-5332 or e-mail the program coordinator, Laurie Jones, at ljones@okcu.edu.

The summer course schedule and registration materials are now posted on the law school's website. Registration for the 2008 summer term will take place in the Student Services Office on March 3, 4, and 6.

Mr. Azhar is an OCU alumni of 2006, and is currently employed in Dallas with Mathur Law Offices, P.C.

The Mathur Law Offices's areas of practice are Immigration, Criminal, Family, Litigation, Appeals and Corporate.

This is an exciting opportunity to visit with a recent graduate from OCU and discuss how he launched his legal career, and to have an opportunity to network with him.

Interested in Entertainment Law?

SPELA Presents guest speaker, Jay Shanker, of McAfee & Taft!

Jay will be speaking with students about his practice as an Entertainment Lawyer in both Oklahoma City and Los Angeles. Please come by the Homesy Family Moot Courtroom at 5PM on Wednesday, March 5th to listen to his presentation and enjoy great food from Pei Wei!

If you are interested in getting some more information about Jay Shanker prior to attending SPELA's Meeting, please visit: http://www.mcafeetaft.com/AttorneysStaff/Attorneys/JayShanker.aspx

Of course all students are welcome and encouraged to participate. Stick around after the presentation to help plan SPELA's next fundraiser, "Comedy for a Cause!"

SPELA always accepts new members, so if you are interested in either Sports or Entertainment Law, SPELA is the organization for you!

Come by and see what SPELA is all about!

The OCU LAW Chapter of the American Bar Association Law Student Division is hosting an event entitled “The Importance of Diversity in the Legal Profession” at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Mar. 5, 2008 in the rotunda of OCU’s Meinders School of Business. Attorney Tony Coleman will be the guest speaker. The event will feature the release of the OCU Law School 2008-2009 Diversity Calendar. A reception will follow the program.

“Diversity in the legal profession is imperative to serve the needs of the American people. The program is to designed to display the diversity of OCU Law School and encourage diversity in the legal profession,” said Reginald O. Smith, who serves as lieutenant governor for diversity in the 10th Circuit of the ABA’s Law Student Division.

Tony served three Senate Pro Tempores of the Oklahoma Senate over seven years before entering private practice. Tony holds a Bachelor's in Business Administration from the University of Oklahoma (2001) and a Juris Doctorate from Oklahoma City University (2005). Tony is a member of the prestigious National College for DUI Defense. Tony is also a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the American Bar Association, the Oklahoma Bar Association, the Oklahoma County Bar Association, and is licensed to practice in the United States District Court in the Western District of Oklahoma. Tony is founder and partner in the law firm of Goza, Washington, & Coleman.

Team Members:

• Abby Alford
• Brian Beatty
• Andrew Chilson
• Jennifer Janz
• Todd murray
• Dan Shackle
• Lindsey Simmons
• Greg Winningham

The team is coached by Jeffrey Lynch.

Team Members:

• Stephanie Bradley-Miller
• Michael Cooper
• Jarrod Hickman
• Lane Lucas
• Kimberly Selinger
• Susanne Suiter

The team will be coached by Jean Giles and Steve Presson.

Each year, several OCU LAW students benefit from the Dean's Summer Public Interest and Pro Bono Fellowships. Funding for these fellowships has come from private annual fund donations. This year, as happens at many law schools around the country, the OCU LAW Public Interest Law Group will host an auction to provide even more funding to this important endeavor. Many organizations and individuals are contributing their time, talents, and resources, to this inaugural program including an OCU LAW graduate who is a professional auctioneer.

Read further details and RSVP for the auction

This event is co-sponsored by PILG & PCDC.

Oklahoma Lawyers for Children was co-founded in 1997 by D. Kent Meyers and Don R. Nicholson II, both of whom are attorneys in private practice in Oklahoma City. A judicial order was issued giving OLFC the authority to assist the overburdened public defenders in representing deprived children. These children have been removed from their homes due to neglect or abuse by their parent(s) and/or caretaker. Two additional orders have since been signed expanding the role of OLFC volunteers. Currently OLFC has more than 400 volunteer attorneys, over 150 non-attorney volunteers, as well as legal assistants, mediators, court reporters, private investigators, legal graphic and copy companies, who donate their time, talent, and resources to help abused and neglected children. To date OLFC volunteers have represented more than 2,666 children in Oklahoma County. The Courts and DHS have recently asked OLFC to assist children in Canadian and Cleveland Counties also. Many OCU law students and their family members have volunteered in this important program.

A Panel Discussion

With Professors Danne Johnson, Vicki McDougal, Michael Mitchelson, and Rick Goralewicz from Legal Aid

We will have a panel of moot court participants who won the National Native American Law Students Association's annual moot court competition that will be answering questions on how to succeed in moot court and giving out general tips regarding the process. We are trying to gear this specifically for the 1L's because they have their 1L moot court competition coming up.

All interested students, but especially second-year full-time and third-year part time students (as the timeline to apply for these positions involves preparations during the last summer of law school), are encouraged to attend the following program.

Securing a federal judicial clerkship can have a significant and lasting impact upon one's career. This presentation will offer the perspective of one of OCU LAW's recent graduates, Tynan Grayson. Current students wishing to know how their career paths can be positively influenced by such an experience are encouraged to attend this session. In addition to hearing about what a federal judicial clerk does, participants will learn from the PCDC staff about the logistics for applying to these positions.

Tynan Grayson is an associate with Crowe & Dunlevy in Oklahoma City. Her practice focuses on business and commercial litigation and appellate law. She is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Western, Eastern, and Northern Districts of Oklahoma and in all Oklahoma state courts.

Ms. Grayson graduated magna cum laude from the Oklahoma City University School of Law in 2005, and, upon graduating, was voted most likely to succeed by OCU faculty. While in law school, Ms. Grayson was a member of the Jessup International Moot Court Team, served as president and treasurer of the National Women Law Students' Association, as vice-president of the Black Law Students' Association, and as an Oklahoma Lawyers for Children volunteer. She was on the Faculty Honor Roll and earned the CALI Award for Excellence in Contracts I, Contracts II, Antitrust Law, Advanced Legal Research (Foreign, International and Comparative Law), Advanced Legal Research (U.S. Law), and Trademark and Unfair Competition Law.

Before attending law school, Ms. Grayson earned a master’s degree in computer science from Oklahoma State University and a bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, in computer science from Langston University. Her master's thesis, “A Web Information Organization and Management System (WIOMS),” was published in proceedings of the 16th ACM SAC2001 Symposium in 2001.

Prior to joining Crowe & Dunlevy, Ms. Grayson served as law clerk to the Honorable Vicki Miles-LaGrange of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.

Ms. Grayson currently serves as secretary of the Federal Bar Association and on the Oklahoma Bar Association's Women in Law Committee. In addition, Ms. Grayson is an Oklahoma Bar Foundation Fellow and serves on the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Associate Board and the Oklahoma City University School of Law Executive Board.

Speaker: OCU Graduate William McKinney

Attorney McKinney is an experienced Public Defender. He currently works at the juvenile court handling deprived cases.

The law school will hold informational meetings next week to answer your questions about our externship programs for the summer and next year.

Professor Michael Mitchelson, our Director of Externship Programs, will make the presentations. Externships are a good way to integrate coursework with the practice of law, as well as to develop professional judgment.

The sessions about externships will be held:

• Wednesday, March 12, at noon in room 110
• Wednesday, March 12, at 5:00 pm in room 110
• Thursday, March 13, at noon in the Homsey Courtroom
• Thursday, March 13, at 5:00 pm in the Homsey Courtroom

Professor Misner and Professor Stoner will hold information sessions about our clinics later in the semester.

The Federalist Society Presents:
Judge Robert Dierker St. Louis Circuit Court

A Sitting Judge Breaks the Code of Silence to Expose the Liberal Judicial Assault

*** All Political Persausions are Welcome ***

Judge Dierker will be addressing many topics from his new book: The Tyranny of Tolerance: A Sitting Judge Breaks the Code of Silence to Expose the Liberal Judicial Assault.

Topics include:

• Why do the courts claim the power to tax us?
• Why is a Christian fired when he voices opposition to his employer’s favoring homosexuals?
• Why are airline pilots sued and sent to “diversity training” for recommending that suspicious-looking people of Middle Eastern appearance be kept off planes?
• Why does a judge who defends a monument to the Ten Commandments in a courthouse lose his job?
• Why are speech codes imposed on employers, university students, lawyers (and judges!), while “artistic” indecency is protected from even the mildest regulation?
• Why are peaceful abortion protesters thrown in jail, their right to free speech crushed?
• Why are white and Asian students denied admission to colleges and universities in the name of “diversity”?
• Why is an enemy fighter captured in Afghanistan granted access to U.S. federal courts, overturning judicial precedent safeguarding the president’s wartime powers—to say nothing of common sense

Robert H. Dierker Jr. is a circuit judge of the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit of Missouri. Before becoming a judge in 1986, he clerked for the Missouri Court of Appeals, worked in private practice, and served as assistant and associate counselor for the City of St. Louis. Judge Dierker holds his A.B. degree from St. Louis University, his J.D. degree from the University of Missouri at Kansas City, and his LL.M. degree from Harvard University.

"The Federalitst Society is changing the culture of our nation's law schools. You are returning the values and concepts of law as our founders understood them to scholarly dialogue, and through that dialogue, to our legal institutions.” -- Ronald Reagan

Guest Speaker: Dale Stemple

Mr. Stemple is a commodities and futures broker here in Oklahoma City.

The law school will hold informational meetings next week to answer your questions about our externship programs for the summer and next year.

Professor Michael Mitchelson, our Director of Externship Programs, will make the presentations. Externships are a good way to integrate coursework with the practice of law, as well as to develop professional judgment.

The sessions about externships will be held:

• Wednesday, March 12, at noon in room 110
• Wednesday, March 12, at 5:00 pm in room 110
• Thursday, March 13, at noon in the Homsey Courtroom
• Thursday, March 13, at 5:00 pm in the Homsey Courtroom

Professor Misner and Professor Stoner will hold information sessions about our clinics later in the semester.

The law school will hold informational meetings next week to answer your questions about our externship programs for the summer and next year.

Professor Michael Mitchelson, our Director of Externship Programs, will make the presentations. Externships are a good way to integrate coursework with the practice of law, as well as to develop professional judgment.

The sessions about externships will be held:

• Wednesday, March 12, at noon in room 110
• Wednesday, March 12, at 5:00 pm in room 110
• Thursday, March 13, at noon in the Homsey Courtroom
• Thursday, March 13, at 5:00 pm in the Homsey Courtroom

Professor Misner and Professor Stoner will hold information sessions about our clinics later in the semester.

The law school will hold informational meetings next week to answer your questions about our externship programs for the summer and next year.

Professor Michael Mitchelson, our Director of Externship Programs, will make the presentations. Externships are a good way to integrate coursework with the practice of law, as well as to develop professional judgment.

The sessions about externships will be held:

• Wednesday, March 12, at noon in room 110
• Wednesday, March 12, at 5:00 pm in room 110
• Thursday, March 13, at noon in the Homsey Courtroom
• Thursday, March 13, at 5:00 pm in the Homsey Courtroom

Professor Misner and Professor Stoner will hold information sessions about our clinics later in the semester.

Interested in studying abroad? This is your last chance to do it. Please attend the informational meeting on Monday, March 24, 2008 @ 1:00 pm and 5:00pm in room 104. This year two of OCU Law's finest will be teaching in Freiburg Germany, Professors Conger and Spivak. Don't miss out on the opportunity of a life time. If you have the slightest interest in studying abroad come to this meeting. The meeting will discuss all aspects of the trip, including the story behind the picture you see!

Interested in studying abroad? This is your last chance to do it. Please attend the informational meeting on Monday, March 24, 2008 @ 1:00 pm and 5:00pm in room 104. This year two of OCU Law's finest will be teaching in Freiburg Germany, Professors Conger and Spivak. Don't miss out on the opportunity of a life time. If you have the slightest interest in studying abroad come to this meeting. The meeting will discuss all aspects of the trip, including the story behind the picture you see!

Do you have a plan to create financial security for yourself? If you answered no, you are not alone. Please consider, though, as you make plans to identify and develop your career goals, an important component that is often overlooked is simple planning for outcomes that will create financial security. Many students put this off because they are focused on their studies and do not want to think about their student loans and how they will pay them back. Denial will not help. This program is designed to give students basic steps they can begin taking now to address financial goals and concerns.

A licensed financial advisor will present this program.

Food will be provided.

Mr. Richard Ogden, President of Cimarron Alliance Foundation, will be speaking at our meeting in regards to the latest events of state legislator Sally Kern.

We will also discuss the rest of the semester's agenda, including our community service project, pride, and other topics.

Mr. Michael Stack, Oil & Gas Attorney

Ms. Anne George, Former ALJ, Senior Chesapeake Attorney

Mr. Justin Vakilzadeh, Landman, Chesapeake Energy Corp.

Mr. Cole Courson, Landman, Chesapeake Energy Corp.

These four speakers will present a mock “Pooling Trial” like those that are frequently brought before the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. Pooling is an integral part of the practice and litigation of oil and gas law. This opportunity will give students a chance to observe what practitioners and professionals encounter frequently during their practice.

The two landmen will be able to provide insight on how a law degree facilitates entry into oil and gas industry in other area besides law.

A question and answer session will be held with all four speakers at the conclusion of the trial.

Dress is business-casual. A light dinner will be served at both meetings.

Intersections: West Africa presents

World on Fire? Or Not Quite Yet?
Culture Clash and the Rule of Law in Global Trade

OCU Law Professor Phyllis E. Bernard, M.A., J.D.

Today’s savvy business executives and attorneys recognize that global trade has worked its way to the mainstream of America’s economy. (A quick illustration: walk through Wal Mart and identify how many products are made – or even grown – in America.) Prof. Bernard explains how tribal peacemaking methods developed at OCU School of Law have been adapted for use by the State Department and American Bar Association in several African nations. Her talk previews the next generation of dispute prevention and resolution involving volatile populations. The challenge is to introduce standardized law and business ethics in areas of the globe where clashes of culture can quickly ignite regional or international conflicts, disrupting supply chains vital to trade and peace.

Phyllis E. Bernard is a professor of law at Oklahoma City University School of Law, where she is the founding director of the Center on Alternative Dispute Resolution. She currently serves as the senior fellow for peace and non-violence for the Oikos Institute at OCU. For a decade, Prof. Bernard directed the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s Early Settlement Central Mediation Program.

This lecture is part of Intersections, a multidisciplinary program that focuses annually on different areas of the world for the purpose of enriching lives, sharing experiences, and fostering understanding across cultures. For more information see www.okcu.edu/intersections or call 208-5270.

As most law students will end up working for small to medium-sized employers, it is critical that they know how the hiring game works. Believing that there is a standard, routine practice these employers engage in each year is a deadly assumption. These types of employers do not have routine hiring practices and many of them make decisions to hire when they are not actively seeking a new employee. How does this happen? Through various types of interactions and the building of familiarity and relationships. This program is designed to simulate an interaction many students will encounter in a public setting and will utilize a technique that has become popular of late -- speed interviewing with practicing attorneys.

The event costs $5 to participate and is open to any interested law student. It will be held at the Bricktown Brewery on Friday, March 28, 2008, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Light hors d'ourves will be served. Advance registration through Symplicity is required. Register soon as space is limited.

Further details on the process will be provided to confirmed registrants. Questions should be directed to Dean Rowsam or one of the 1L Class Officers.

The PCDC and 1L Class Officers are pleased to co-sponsor this event.

Please join us to hear John Tointigh speak about tribal administration and tribal legal needs.

The University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law’s Tax LL.M. Program will present a program on its offerings in this area for students wishing to pursue this advanced degree.

Are you interested in becoming a part of the Immigration Law Clinic at OCU LAW? Attend an informational session to learn more.

Information and the application form is available at http://www.okcu.edu/law/academics/oculaw-immigrationlawclinic.php

Are you interested in becoming a part of the Immigration Law Clinic at OCU LAW? Attend an informational session to learn more.

Information and the application form is available at http://www.okcu.edu/law/academics/oculaw-immigrationlawclinic.php

Representatives from small legal employers will be on hand to visit with students about the reality of obtaining positions with these firms. Statistics bear out every year that most law graduates end up with small to medium sized employers. Because these employers do not engage in routine hiring practices, such as on-campus interviewing, it is critical that students understand how to obtain the attention of this segment of the legal market.

The PCDC is pleased to co-sponsor this career fair with Delta Theta Phi.

Featuring Professor Heather Gerken of Yale Law School

Intersections: West Africa presents
American by Choice:
Paths to Citizenship and What it Means to be an American

Olufunke Fontenot

Using personal and historical narratives, Professor Olefunke Fontenot, formerly of Nigeria, will discuss the socio-political dimensions of US citizenship laws and policies. Her lecture will also address aspects of the current immigration debate.

Olufunke A. Fontenot is a professor of criminal justice and currently Associate Dean of the School of Liberal Arts & Sciences at Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville, Georgia.

Fontenot has been in collegiate teaching for twenty-nine years. She was professor of law at the University of Lagos School of Law in Lagos, Nigeria before moving to the United States in 1989. She has an LL.B. from the University of Ife, Ile Ife, Nigeria; an M.Litt. from Cambridge University; and an LL.M. from Yale Law School.

Many of you will be in situations this summer where your research ability will be called upon. To ensure you have a firm foundation to perform at a high level for your employer, Lee Peoples, Associate Director of the OCU LAW Library, will conduct specialized training sessions. Attendees will learn about sources and strategies that will make life easier for any summer legal job. Form Books, Pattern Discovery and Deposition Questions, Practice Guides, Treatises, Looseleafs, and other valuable Practitioner Resources will be discussed. The PCDC strongly encourages students to attend.

Lee Peoples, Associate Director of the OCU LAW Library

Featuring:

• Professor Bill Conger
• Professor Laurie Jones
• Professor Carla Spivack
• Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeb Boatman

All Officer positions are open: President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary, and SBA Rep

Speaker: Private practice attorney and former Chairman of the Professional Responsibility Committee, Tom Riesen, to speak about how to CYA (prevent bar complaints). Tom Riesen is a solo practitioner in the field of family law and criminal law - he will also talk about how family law and criminal law are interrelated.

Many of you will be in situations this summer where your research ability will be called upon. To ensure you have a firm foundation to perform at a high level for your employer, Lee Peoples, Associate Director of the OCU LAW Library, will conduct specialized training sessions. Attendees will learn about sources and strategies that will make life easier for any summer legal job. Form Books, Pattern Discovery and Deposition Questions, Practice Guides, Treatises, Looseleafs, and other valuable Practitioner Resources will be discussed. The PCDC strongly encourages students to attend.

Lee Peoples, Associate Director of the OCU LAW Library

Application Deadline: Friday, April 4, 2008

More Information

Cost: $75 per Player or $300 per Team

The price includes: 18 holes of golf, cart, lunch, golf shirt, and prizes.

Simply fill out the sign up sheet that is attached and return it to me or Chris Papin or you can slide it under the door of the SBA Office.

Make checks payable to the SBA.

The sign up sheet can also be found on the OCU Law website under the SBA link

If you are interested in volunteering please contact Whitney Robison.

See brochure online at: http://www.dri.org/dri/event_brochures/13816.pdf

Presented by DRI’s Young Lawyers Committee

This webconference is designed to help young lawyers who are in their first five years of practice, and who have not had ample opportunity to gain important experience taking and/or defending depositions. Topics will include the selection of appropriate deponents, preparation for dep¬ositions, the effective use of deposition exhibits, and how to deal with objectionable opposing counsel.

A little bit about DRI…

DRI is the national organization of defense trial lawyers and corporate counsel. DRI provides numerous educational and informational resources to DRI members and offers many opportunities for liaison among defense trial lawyers, Corporate America, and state and local defense organizations. DRI also has an international presence, seeking to enhance understanding of the law among members of the defense community who have reason to be concerned with the expanding globalization of litigation defense. The following are DRI's goals:

• Education: To teach and educate and to improve the skills of the defense law practitioner
• Justice: To strive for improvement in the civil justice system
• Balance: To be a counterpoint to the plaintiff's bar and seek balance in the justice system in the minds of potential jurors and on all fields where disputes are resolved
• Economics: To assist members in dealing with the economic realities of the defense law practice, including the competitive legal marketplace
• Professionalism and Service: To urge members to practice ethically and responsibly, keeping in mind the lawyer's responsibilities that go beyond the interest of the client to the good of American society as a whole.

Speaker: Attorney Todd Taylor

We will also install the new Phi Alpha Delta officers.

A Year After Oklahoma’s HB 1804 Bill – The Impact of to Oklahoma

Guest Speakers :

• E. Vance Winningham, Attorney at Law
• Carol Helm, President of Immigration Reform for Oklahoma Now (IRON)

Mediated by Professor Marc Blitz

(Graduation Cords will be handed out at this Graduate Party)

If you are interested in practicing in Texas, make sure you attend this program as it will feature a panel of OCU LAW alumni who will discuss their professional journeys and will give advice and insight into being successful in the Texas market. Also, we will have on hand Julia Vaughan, Executive Director of the Texas Board of Law Examiners, who will provide information about the Texas bar application process and exam.

Co-sponsored by the PCDC, Texas Legal Society, and Academic Achievement Department.

Food will be provided.

OCU LAW hosts its annual Legal Affair Dinner and Awards Gala on Saturday, April 26 at the Skirvin Hilton Hotel in downtown Oklahoma City to honor distinguished alumni and friends.

Gerald & Jane Jayroe Gamble – alumni of OCU – will co-chair the event, now in its eighth year.

“We’re very pleased that these two distinguished citizens and outstanding members of the OCU family are offering their leadership to help make this event a success,” said OCU LAW Dean Lawrence K. Hellman.

Ticket prices start at $150. Proceeds from the event go to the law school’s general scholarship endowment.

Light sandwiches will be served in the Atrium just prior to the ceremony.

Stephanie Seymour, Federal Judge of the Tenth Circuit, speaker

Information for graduates

Final day to receive tuition refund for Summer Concentrated Courses

As summer is upon us, many of us will have time to think about our life, our direction and what is important. Necessary Dreams by psychiatrist Anna Fels will help you do this. In a thought provoking and engaging style, Fels explores the different aspects that ambition plays in our life and our tendency to have mixed feelings about this important motivator. She discusses the forces that promote and impede the development of ambition in a woman’s life and encourages us to claim the dreams that are necessary for a fulfilling existence. NAWL offers this program in collaboration with Karen Kahn, leadership and business development coach and principal of KM Advisors. To participate, please send a letter of intent to nawl@nawl.org.

For the uninitiated, Grill-A-Rama is an event at which Dean Fathree grills burgers and hotdogs for law students, faculty and staff. This is my way of appreciating you and all that you do to make OCU LAW such a great place. This is also a way to celebrate that summer school is half over--hallelujah (right, ASAP students???).

Please make a point to attend this event! Put it on your calendar right now.

Upper division students (yes, 1Ls you are now officially 2Ls, 2Ls are now 3Ls, etc.): come out and relax and have a burger and/or a dog on me. You deserve it (and much more) for making it through another year.

ASAP students: come meet your future colleagues at OCU LAW! We are pretty much a family here and we want you to begin to feel like a part of that family! Don't worry if you don't know very many people yet. You will after you come to Grill-A-Rama!

Faculty and staff: You give so much to the school. Come relax and enjoy the law students for a little while.

No classes

Start NAWL’s Annual festivities by making a difference! Join old friends and make new ones at NAWL’s Networking Reception on July 15 from 5:00-7:00 at McDermott Will & Emery benefiting The Bottomless Closet.

Simply put a few gently used fashion accessories-- business appropriate shoes, scarves, jewelry, purses—in your suitcase. Then bring them to the event and use them to accessorize suits provided by LexisNexis. Enjoy the company of your fellow NAWL colleagues while helping to give women returning to work a fashionable “leg up.” To register, please visit www.nawl.org. For a list of appropriate accessories, please click here. Questions? Contact Salila Yohn at syohn@axiomlaw.com.

Over 1,100 attendees enjoyed the spectacular 2007 Annual Luncheon at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, where we celebrated NAWL's achievements and honored NAWL award recipients! The 2008 will be even bigger and better! This gala luncheon will take place in the grand ballroom at the historic Waldorf-Astoria in New York City on Wednesday, July 16, 2008. We will honor Dean Elena Kagan of Harvard Law School; the DuPont Legal Department; Helaine M. Barnett, President of the Legal Services Corporation; the Hon. Deborah A. Batts of the Southern District of New York; and Professor Suzanne B. Goldberg of Columbia Law School. NAWL is also offering a number of dynamic programs in conjunction with the Annual Luncheon, including a CLE. To open the invitation, click here. To register, please visit www.nawl.org.

• $75
• 1.5 Ethics/.5 Substantive Credits applied for
• Sponsored by: LexisNexis®Mealey’s™

Before heading to the NAWL Annual Luncheon, join your colleagues for a stimulating CLE program on building a strong in-house/outside counsel relationship consistent with ethical obligations. This program will review, among other things, the factors considered by corporate counsel when engaging outside counsel; conflict of interest issues; the duty of confidentiality; and the arbitration of client-attorney disputes. To register, please visit www.nawl.org.

Complete your day at this exciting, interactive roundtable moderated by Lisa Belkin, “Life’s Work” columnist of the New York Times and contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine.

Learn how to win the war for talent by rethinking the way work gets done. Find out how the FACTS and Mass Career Customization frameworks can help you facilitate work/life balance, increase loyalty and productivity and enhance flexibility while maintaining billable hours and meeting economic demands. To register, please visit www.nawl.org.

OCU LAW welcomes 18 students and 1 professor from the Nankai University School of Law in Tianjin, China and 12 lawyers from the Tianjin (China) Bar Association to OCU LAW for the month long Certificate in American Law Program.

The Oklahoma Bar Association hosts a reception and dinner for OCU LAW’s Certificate in American Law Program.

Students interested in practicing patent law should investigate this opportunity. For program details, eligibility requirements, and registration instructions please view Job ID2706 in Symplicity CSM.

DEADLINE TO APPLY: March 21, 2008.

Chinese students and lawyers participating in OCU LAW’s Certificate in American Law Program visit local law firms: McAfee Taft, Crowe Dunlevy, Hartzog Conger Cason Neville

Chinese lawyers participating in OCU LAW’s Certificate in American Law Program visit the local law firm of Derryberry & Naifeh, LLP

Sponsored by the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession and co-sponsored by NAWL

The Equalitea is a tea/rally/reception that concludes the ABA Day of Equality by bringing together hundreds of people for celebration and inspiration. It will celebrate all the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession has accomplished in the past 20 years; highlight and thank the CLE program participants of the Day of Equality; and issue a call to action regarding the work that still needs to be done to achieve full equality for women in the profession.

For more information on the ABA Day of Equality programs, please see the Commission's website at http://www.abanet.org/women/dayofequality.html.

NAWL and the National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations will gather women leaders from firms and women’s bar associations from all over the county to discuss the successes, challenges and future efforts to drive the advancement of women lawyers forward. Designed as a combination of small group and full group discussions, The Conversation will be facilitated by Karen Kahn and John Mitchell, of the national consulting and coaching firm KM Advisors. The meeting will conclude with the creation of a list of the critical next steps needed to support each leader’s efforts in accelerating their agendas for success. This is an invitation only event. There is space for one woman per firm/organization. If you would like to be considered for an invitation please contact NAWL at nawl@nawl.org.

Chinese students and lawyers participating in OCU LAW’s Certificate in American Law Program visit the Oklahoma State Capitol