LL.M. Academics

The John B. Turner LL.M. Program provides exclusive OU courses, with online and on-campus Master of Laws options. Thanks to a generous gift, the John B. Turner LL.M. Program Chair was created to attract top faculty in energy, natural resources, and indigenous peoples. Another gift, the Stuart Family Foundation LL.M. Scholar Fund, supports guest speakers, extracurricular opportunities, and conference attendance for LL.M. students.

Attorney John B. Turner serves as a trustee of the Stuart Family Foundation, executive vice president and general counsel of First Stuart Corporation, and a partner in the Stuart, Biolchini & Turner law firm. Turner holds bachelor's and juris doctor degrees from the University of Tulsa and earned an LL.M. from Washington University in St. Louis in 1975. His practice area of expertise is estate planning. He was admitted to the bar in 1967 as well as the U.S. Court of Military Appeals. He served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy from 1967-1970. He was admitted to the U.S. Tax Court in 1971. He is a member of the Tulsa County, Oklahoma, and American Bar Associations, and he is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.