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University of Oklahoma College of Law Professor of Law Steven J. Cleveland was awarded the Thomas P. Hester Presidential Professorship at the university’s “A Tribute to the Faculty,” held on Tuesday.

The University of Oklahoma College of Law is excited to announce an expansion in its legal education offerings. Building off the success of the college’s on-campus Master of Laws degrees specializing in Energy and Natural Resources and Indigenous Peoples Law, OU Law in August will launch fully online versions of the same specialized programs.

The University of Oklahoma College of Law jumped nine spots in the latest U.S. News & World Report 2019 Ranking of Best Law Schools to No. 63.

Connor Bourland , a third-year law student at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, has been named the Distinguished Law Student for the 10 th Circuit by the American College of Bankruptcy.

Author and attorney Margo Nash, whose book maintains that the murder conviction of a 15-year-old resulted in a miscarriage of justice, will speak at a public lecture set for noon on Wednesday, Feb. 28, in the Kerr Student Lounge at the University of Oklahoma College of Law.

Frederick H. Miller, professor emeritus at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, is this year’s recipient of the lifetime achievement award from the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers.

The University of Oklahoma College of Law will host a special session of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, during which the judges will hear oral arguments for five cases, four of which originated in Oklahoma.

The University of Oklahoma College of Law hosted the annual Oklahoma Law Review Symposium Friday, Feb. 9. This year’s theme was “Falsehoods, Fake News and the First Amendment.”

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.