From Prof. Anna Carpenter of Tulsa: 2016 Midwest Clinical Legal Education Conference, University of Tulsa College of Law, October 6-8, 2016. Our plans continue to develop for the 2016 Midwest Clinical Conference and we want you to be part of
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Oklahoma Seeks to End Planned Parenthood Funding
New York Times (Nov. 20, 2015): Oklahoma: Governor Seeks to End Planned Parenthood Funding:Gov. Mary Fallin on Thursday asked Oklahoma’s Health Care Authority to cut its contracts with two Planned Parenthood affiliates, citing high rates of billing errors. The…
No Slam Dunk for This Oppressed Minority Shareholder Petition
The basketball court meets the law court in this week’s New York Business Divorce, featuring an unusual lawsuit brought by a minority member of the LLC that owns the WNBA’s Tulsa Shock, seeking to stop its recently announced move to…
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I was recently asked by a reporter about metrics relating to case filings and monetary recovery for the past fiscal year. I responded that the metric that has garnered much of my attention this year is “two-and-a-half” –the number of…
Reading the Great Constitutional Dream Book
I’m very much looking forward to a talk at the University of Tulsa on November 5 in a series named for Buck Colbert Franklin, a long-time Tulsa attorney and father of distinguished historian John Hope Franklin. And, even more
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Janet Levit Stepping Down As Dean Of Tulsa Law
University of Tulsa law dean Janet Levit will step down at the end of this school year. She has led the school since 2007.
Despite ugly execution, Oklahomans still strongly support death penalty
Main June 28, 2014Despite ugly execution, Oklahomans still strongly support death penaltyThe new article from the Tulsa World, headlined “Most Oklahomans strongly favor death penalty, poll shows,” highlights that public opinion has not turned against the death penalty…
Books: Reading Books on Law
By Tracy Thomas
Ken Kersch and Linda McClain have published the Annual Book Review Issue in the Tulsa Law Review. Here's the menu:
Permeable Sovereignty and Religious Liberty, Paul Horwitz
The Political Virtue, Russell Muirhead
The (Dys)Functions of American Federalism, Lisa L. Miller
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“Find Out About The Culture Of Your Company,” A Reader Advises
Our recent post asking “how many times an employee must endure a crude and offensive racial or other epithet for the situation to become a hostile work environment” drew a very insightful comment from a reader, Kristin Messerli, founder/CEO of Cultural…
2014 OBA Solo & Small Firm Conference set for June 19-21, 2014.
By Jim Calloway
The 2014 Oklahoma Bar Solo & Small Firm Conference will be coming to the Hard Rock Casino Resort Tulsa June 19-21, 2014. Our speakers include Bryan Sims (who many of you know as The Connected Lawyer), Oklahoma Supreme Court…