Vol. 4 No. 14 | April 3, 2024
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2024 OK 20: RE REINSTATEMENT OF CREDENTIAL OF REGISTERED COURTROOM INTERPRETER
2024 OK 21: STITT v. TREAT
2024 OK 22: STATE ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION v. KELLY
2024 OK 23: INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT #52 OF OKLAHOMA COUNTY v. WALTERS
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No published opinions this week.
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The Supreme Court of Oklahoma Court Calendar
The Supreme Court of Oklahoma is in session year round, unless otherwise noted. The court regularly schedules conferences on Mondays and other days as needed.
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The April edition of the Oklahoma Bar Journal is now available online. This issue focuses on "Indian Law," with articles highlighting the details of Indian law, tribal courts, the land buy-back program and much more. Take a look!
FEATURED ARTICLES
The Last True People’s Court: Oklahoma’s Tribal Courts as an Access to Justice
By Robert Don Gifford
The Unfortunate Path: The History Leading to the Indian Child Welfare Act
By J. Renley Dennis
Bridging the Gap: A Systematic Guide to Tribal Code Drafting
By Chloe M. Moyer
Fractionation or Consolidation? The Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (2012-2022)
By Conor P. Cleary
Examining the Implications of Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Coughlin: How are Tribal Business Enterprises Impacted Under the Bankruptcy Code?
By Mark A. Craige, Logan Hibbs and Michael McBride III
Farm Bill Implications in Indian Country
By Carly Griffith Hotvedt, Kelli Case and Mallory Moore
The Model Tribal Energy Code: Energy Sovereignty for Native American Nations
By Dr. Greg Guedel and Philip H. Viles Jr.
"As you may know, Law Day is a deep tradition in Oklahoma. Hicks Epton, Wewoka attorney and 1953 OBA president, launched the OBA’s 'Know Your Liberties – Know Your Courts Week' while head of the OBA’s public relations committee in 1951. This event was established with the purpose of educating the public about the legal system and celebrating the liberties we have as Americans. The event spread across the nation and evolved into what we now know as Law Day. Law Day and related activities help the OBA accomplish its goal to, in the public interest, encourage practices that will advance and improve the honor and dignity of the legal profession. You can learn more about this history on the OBA website at www.okbar.org/lawday."
On Wednesday, May 1, celebrate Law Day with the Oklahoma Bar Association! Attorney volunteers are needed to answer legal questions at no charge from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. For more than 60 years, the Oklahoma Bar Association has celebrated Law Day with activities and events taking place over several weeks and in dozens of counties across our state.
This year, Oklahomans will have the opportunity to ask questions via phone or email. To volunteer in Oklahoma City, contact Connie Simmons at connie@okcbar.org or 405-236-8421. To volunteer in the Tulsa area, contact Dan Crawford at lawdaytulsa@okbar.org or 918-240-7331. For all other counties, contact your local county Law Day chair.
Information about county Law Day chairs may be submitted to haileyb@okbar.org.
"The number of bills that remain at issue this session has dwindled dramatically over the last two weeks. The committee deadlines for houses of origin passed, and the deadline for making it off the floor in the house of origin was March 14. There are a series of deadlines in the weeks of April 8 and 15, at which point all bills must be voted out of the opposite chamber’s committee in order to remain alive. The final deadline for this session is the third reading of bills from the opposite chamber, which is April 25. Pursuant to the Oklahoma Constitution, the Legislature must adjourn sine die from the regular session no later than 5 p.m. on May 31. Should the governor deem there to be important unfinished business following the end of the regular session, he may elect to call a special session to address any other outstanding issues."
The following is a modification to the Oklahoma Rules of Professional Conduct as proposed by the OBA Rules of Professional Conduct Committee. These proposed changes will be considered by the OBA Board of Governors. The proposed rule changes update and clarify the advertising rules. Members of the OBA are encouraged to review the proposed changes and submit any comments by May 1 (via email) to proposedrulechanges@okbar.org or (via hardcopy) to ORPC Comments, OBA, P.O. Box 53036, Oklahoma City, OK 73152.
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Featured CLE
By OBA MAP Director Jim Calloway
Like many lawyers, I still sometimes take notes by hand on a legal pad. The challenge is that saving information in a nondigital format hampers reuse and searching. I have, in the past, “converted” the notes to a digital format by opening Word and using its dictate speech recognition tool to create a searchable file.
Catherine Reach, director of the North Carolina Bar Association Center for Practice Management, has just posted "Modern Note-Taking," a review of several note-taking tools including both apps and physical devices like the reMarkable 2. This is a great resource for those of us who need to upgrade our digital note-taking.
You will have more opportunities to learn from Ms. Reach as she will be a guest speaker at the OBA Annual Meeting, July 9-12, in Norman.
The Oklahoma Bar Journal is a publication of the Oklahoma Bar Association. All rights reserved. Copyright© 2024 Oklahoma Bar Association. Statements or opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Oklahoma Bar Association, its officers, Board of Governors, Board of Editors or staff. Although advertising copy is reviewed, no endorsement of any product or service offered by any advertisement is intended or implied by publication. Advertisers are solely responsible for the content of their ads, and the OBA reserves the right to edit or reject any advertising copy for any reason. Legal articles carried in The Oklahoma Bar Journal are selected by the Board of Editors. Information about submissions can be found at www.okbar.org.