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The University of Oklahoma College of Law won first place in the 2018 Andrews Kurth Kenyon Moot Court National Championship, a tournament reserved for the nation’s top 16 moot court programs.

The University of Oklahoma College of Law has been named an Apple Distinguished School for 2017-2019 in recognition of its groundbreaking Digital Initiative, which prepares OU Law students to become technologically savvy lawyers who understand the tools needed to research, organize, communicate and present in the 21 st century.

The University of Oklahoma College of Law is pleased to announce the launch of the OU Law Center for Technology and Innovation in Practice, formally bringing together and expanding the elements of the college’s groundbreaking Digital Initiative.

The University of Oklahoma College of Law will honor Gregory L. Mahaffey, shareholder and president of the Oklahoma City law firm Mahaffey & Gore, P.C., with the Eugene Kuntz Award at the Oklahoma Oil and Gas Reception Nov. 16.

The United States Senate today confirmed Scott Palk, Assistant Dean of Students for the University of Oklahoma College of Law, to the federal bench to serve as a U.S. district court judge for the Western District of Oklahoma.

Noted legal history scholar Ross E. Davies will present “Five Little Lessons in Lawyering from Thurgood Marshall” as the keynote speaker of the 2017 Henry Lecture Series, set for noon Monday, Oct. 23, in the Dick Bell Courtroom at the University of Oklahoma College of Law.

The University of Oklahoma College of Law has been ranked 10 th in the nation out of more than 200 law schools as a “Best Value” law school, according to National Jurist magazine.

Graduates of the University of Oklahoma College of Law achieved a 95 percent pass rate on the bar exam for first-time exam takers, the highest in the state.

Two University of Oklahoma College of Law professors, Mary Sue Backus and Joseph Thai, have been appointed to the Oklahoma Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

The University of Oklahoma College of Law’s Herman G. Kaiser Chair in International Law, Evelyn Aswad, recently received the World Experiences Foundation’s 2017 Global Citizen in Law and Politics Award at the foundation’s annual gala.