Oklahoma Bar Association
the state bar (legal association) of Oklahoma, U.S
The Oklahoma Bar Association (OBA) is the integrated (mandatory) bar association of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.
History
The Oklahoma Territory Bar Association and the Indian Territory Bar Association merged in 1904 to form the Oklahoma Bar Association. After statehood in November 1907, the Oklahoma Legislature recognized the Association; however, it repealed the enacting legislation in 1938. In 1939 the Oklahoma Supreme Court reorganized the association and made membership mandatory to practice law in Oklahoma.
Structure
The Oklahoma Bar Association is governed by a 17-member Board of Governors, whose members are lawyers elected by OBA members and meet monthly. Day-to-day operations are managed by an Executive Director and a staff of both attorneys and non-attorneys.
OBA enforces the rule that Oklahoma lawyers must complete 12 credits of Continuing Legal Education every year.
The monthly Oklahoma Bar Journal, established in 1930, is OBA's official member publication, and is distributed 10 months out of the year.
Although an arm of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, OBA does not receive any appropriations from the Oklahoma Legislature or other public or tax-related revenues.
“Oklahoma Bar Association” enters the record as the state bar (legal association) of Oklahoma, U.S. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Oklahoma, Association and state can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7082113. VIAF identifies the subject as 150117138. The Library of Congress control number is n82059336. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1904, 1907, 1938 and 1939.
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