… in 2021. Shortly thereafter, Professor Mortazavi went on to serve a term as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from … received the OU Trailblazer Award, a distinction affording to only one faculty or staff member annually across all four … B. Martin of the Northern District of Georgia. Prior to teaching, Professor Mortazavi was a commercial litigator …
… in honor of the first African American student admitted to OU Law: Dr. Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher. Dr. Fisher’s Supreme … by Thurgood Marshall, desegregated OU Law and led to the historic Brown v. Board of Education holding. Play Video OU BLSA’s mission is to provide guidance to Black law students in their academic, …
… at McAfee & Taft in 1989 and, for the nine years prior to rejoining McAfee & Taft in 2022, he served as Senior Tax … at McAfee & Taft continues that focus. In addition to practicing law, Joel loves to teach tax law and has done so from time to time throughout …
… private practice of law, including serving as a lobbyist to the Oklahoma state legislature. She teaches Legal … I and II; Intermediate Legal Writing: Introduction to Drafting; Bioethics; and Introduction to Legal Drafting in the Oil, Gas & Energy Law Master’s …
… early scholarship focused on the Sixth Amendment’s right to counsel and the failings of the indigent defense system in … 5314 Evidence Lab Professional Responsibility 5323 Back to top Professional Associations Order of the Coif Order of … of Columbia Bar Oklahoma Close Up Board of Directors Back to top More Information Professor Backus' Scholarship Back to …
… Rick Tepker is the first member of the OU law faculty to appear, argue and win a case before the United States … as counsel for petitioner, an indigent juvenile sentenced to death. Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815 (1988). It was … Phi Beta Kappa, and the American Bar Association. Prior to joining the OU faculty, he practiced law for five years, …
… bringing together attorneys, vendors, and students to expand the conversation about how technology is reshaping … technology in the legal field. This year, we hope to run the OU Law Digital Initiative Program through TALIS, as well as secure funds to send OU Law students to more industry conferences this …
… the Georgetown Law Center for the Constitution. From 2022 to 2023, he was a Fellow at the Supreme Court of the United … practice, Professor Merchant helped prepare amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. His research focuses on … working at McAfee & Taft in Oklahoma City. He is admitted to practice in the State of Oklahoma, the Supreme Court of …
… Pending OU Board of Regents’ approval, Pratt is expected to begin fall 2022. She primarily will be teaching and … achievement in diversity-related work. From 2012 to 2018, Pratt also served as an associate justice for the … the 70th anniversary of Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher’s admission to the OU College of Law, to endow a chair in Fisher’s honor …
… School of Law, 1996 About Connie Smothermon came to the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 2004. She … and sexual assault cases. In 1999, Smothermon transferred to the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office to head the Domestic Violence Prosecution Unit. Additionally, …