Oklahoma City University School of Law

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Oklahoma City University School of Law


Established:	1907
Type:	Private
Dean:	Lawrence Hellman
Students:	600
Location:	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Campus:	Urban
Website:	[1]

School of Law, Sarkeys Law Center

Oklahoma City University School of Law is a private Oklahoma university. It is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and traces its origins to the founding of Epworth University in 1904 and its law school in 1907. It is sited in the Sarkeys Law Center on the southwest side of the Oklahoma City University campus. The Oklahoma City University Law Library, located in the historic Gold Star Memorial Building, houses a collection of over 300,000 volume and volume equivalents, and is open to the public.

Law Library, Gold Star Memorial Building

The law school is renowned for educating a multitude of highly esteemed judges, political figures and founders of prestigious private law firms. Due to its long tradition of providing evening education, the college has also produced highly successful business leaders, particularly in the real estate, engineering, and oil and gas industries, who are non-practicing attorneys. The student body commonly includes medical doctors, university professors, military officers, and professionals from other fields. The School of Law is a member of the Association of American Law Schools and is accredited by the American Bar Association.

The current dean of Oklahoma City University School of Law is Lawrence Hellman , who succeeded Rennard Strickland, a noted legal historian and former Dean of the University of Oregon School of Law, and the Honorable Robert Harlan Henry, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

1 Facts
2 Notable alumni and students
3 Publications at the Oklahoma City University School of Law
4 Academics
5 Programs

[edit] Facts

Oklahoma's most expensive law school.

[edit] Notable alumni and students

NAME	DEGREE AND YEAR CONFERRED	ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Johnston Murray	1946	Governor, State of Oklahoma 1951-1955
Marian P. Opala	1953	Justice, Supreme Court of Oklahoma 1978-Present
Stewart Hunter	1962	Judge, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, Retired
Yvonne Kauger	1969	Justice, Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Mickey Edwards	1969	United States Representative who served eight terms in United States House of Representatives, Author, Political Commentator, Professor
Carol M. Hansen	1974	Judge, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals 1985-Present
Patricia D. MacGuigan	1975	Judge, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals 1982-1991
Niles L. Jackson	1975	Chief Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Oklahoma (2003-Present)
Ernest Istook	1976	United States Representative who served seven terms in United States House of Representatives and the Oklahoma Republican gubernatorial nominee in 2006
James R. Winchester	1977	Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Oklahoma 2007, Justice, 2000-2006
Andrew K. Benton	1979	President and Chief Executive Officer, Pepperdine University [2]
Robert "Bob" Burke	1979	Secretary of Commerce, State of Oklahoma; Secretary of Industrial Development, State of Oklahoma, Manager - David L. Boren for U.S. Senate Campaign, 1978; American Biographer and Essayist, Oklahoma Hall of Fame, 2006
James G. Wilcoxen	1979	Chief Justice, Cherokee Nation Supreme Court, 2007
Reta M. Strubhar	1981	Judge, Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, 1993-2005, First woman appointed to and serving on the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Hannah Diggs Atkins		Attended 1985-1986, Politician, Noted Public Servant, Civil Rights Leader[3]
Hamden H. Baskin	1983	Attorney for Michael Schiavo
Norma Eagleton	1988	Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner, First woman to serve on Oklahoma Corporation Commission 1979-1989
Jeff Cloud	1991	Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner, Oklahoma Corporation Commission 2004-Present[4]

[edit] Publications at the Oklahoma City University School of Law

Students of the Juris Doctor (JD) program are involved in preparing and publishing:

Oklahoma City University Law Review - The Law Review is published three times a year. It has been published for more than 25 years and includes articles from professors, practioners, judges, and OCU Law students. The OCU Law Review provides the opportunity for students to write and edit scholarly articles while being exposed to viewpoints and commentaries written by authors from the United States, as well as internationally. Membership is highly selective and third-year members have the opportunity to serve on the Law Review’s Board of Editors. Service on the law review is an integral part of the educational experience for those students selected for it. In recent years, the law review has published symposia on topics of importance to Oklahoma practioners.

Oklahoma Tribal Court Reports

The Gavel

Conference on Consumer Finance Quarterly Report

[edit] Academics

The School of Law offers Juris Doctor programs for full-time and part-time students. Oklahoma City University School of Law also offers students the ability to obtain a joint JD/MBA and to study abroad in China, Argentina, Spain and the Netherlands.

[edit] Programs

[edit] Alternative Dispute Resolution Center

Oklahoma City University School of Law provides a negotiation, mediation, and arbitration program designed to settle disputes in lieu of litigation in the Courts.

[edit] Native American Legal Resource Center

The Native American Legal Resource Center provides services to tribal governments in the State of Oklahoma and those across the United States.

[edit] Center on State Constitutional Law and Government

The Center on State Constitutional Law and Government was founded to develop and implement programs dedicated to the improvement of state constitutions and state governance.

[edit] Externship Program

Oklahoma City University School of Law offers a Government Law Externship program that provides extensive opportunities for students to gain practical experience in the practice of public law.

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