Vol. 4 No. 33 | Aug. 14, 2024
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"The Community Partners Campaign, 'Bringing Justice Home: Supporting Oklahoma Families,' is addressing legal needs in Oklahoma. Did you know that over 800,000 people in Oklahoma live with household incomes below 125% of the federal poverty level? For a family of three, this translates to trying to survive on just $25,820 a year. These families often face significant legal challenges that can further jeopardize their stability and well-being. Alarmingly, 92% of legal needs go unmet among low-income families, leaving them vulnerable and without necessary support.
The Oklahoma Bar Foundation Board of Trustees invites all attorneys and law firms to join our 2024 Community Partners Campaign to bring justice home for Oklahoma families. Your contribution will directly fund nonprofit legal programs that provide crucial support to those in need."
"If there is one thing the COVID-19 pandemic taught us, it was that people in many professions, ours included, could truly work from anywhere as long as they could access a reasonably reliable internet connection. For some, that might have been their kitchen table, the back porch, a makeshift office in a closet or, if they were lucky, a vacation home. Judging co-workers’ office spaces on a videoconference became 'a thing.' My go-to was the front seat of my 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee, sitting in my driveway because it was the one place I was pretty sure my potty-training toddler would not appear on a Zoom meeting wearing only his PJ Masks Pull-Up (or less) or serenade participants on a conference call with his rendition of the musical theme to Paw Patrol. It would not have gotten me a high score on the Twitter account Room Rater, but it did bring me some much-needed peace and quiet."
This article originally appeared in the August 2023 issue of the Oklahoma Bar Journal. The bar journal will return in September.
Submissions are now being accepted for numerous themed topics for the 2025 issues of the Oklahoma Bar Journal. Editors are recruiting authors to write articles in the areas of military and veterans, law practice basics, cannabis law and more. Submission information is available online, and the editorial calendar will connect you with the specific editor for each topic. Contact OBA Communications Director Lori Rasmussen with questions.
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By OBA MAP Director Jim Calloway
Remember the early promise of social media? We could all share our thoughts, opinions, photographs and videos with everyone in the world – at no cost. It turned out that the correct observation should have been “at no monetary cost.” But there were costs ranging from impacting our privacy to dealing with scammers. Some believe social media overuse has contributed to a growing mental health crisis, particularly among the young.
Many popular social media platforms have seen declining use for a number of reasons.
But LinkedIn use has increased over the last few years. Many posts that I would have seen on other social media accounts I now see on LinkedIn. But the essential nature of LinkedIn remains. The focus is still on business users. You typically won’t see children or vacation photos posted. The users themselves tend to shut down political arguments. Lawyers can fit in nicely to promote their practices.
"Getting the Most from LinkedIn for Professional and Practice Development" by Catherine Sanders Reach, director of the North Carolina Bar Association Center for Practice Management, is a master class on the proper business use of LinkedIn in today’s environment. Great tips abound. I suggest that everyone at least read and implement her first tip on creating a personal LinkedIn URL that is easier to remember. Then, add that link to your email signature block. That is just the first of many valuable tips on how to more effectively manage your LinkedIn content. Even if you do not spend a lot of time with LinkedIn, investing an hour or so in making your page appear more organized and professional is a good investment.
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