Law student sees benefit in Student Senate position
By Susannah Waite Many students at OCU have to learn to balance schoolwork and extracurricular activities. This semester, Sean McDivitt, second year law student, balanced law school and appropriations...
View ArticleOCU offers wide range of undergraduate, graduate degrees
By Susannah Waite Oklahoma City University is a liberal arts university that offers a variety of undergraduate and graduate degrees. The private college is listed as a Top 25 school in U.S. News and...
View ArticleWhat do you think? Justice Sotomayor raises important questions
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor visited OCU yesterday for an hour-long session with law students, law faculty, and other members of the OCU community. Law professors and President Robert Henry...
View ArticleOCU Law School to move downtown
The law school is on schedule to move to their downtown location, 800 N. Harvey, in December of 2014. The move was approved in October 2012, and the school is on schedule with their original plan of...
View ArticleSchool of Law announces new homeland security program
The School of Law announced a new program in homeland security on Tuesday, Nov. 18. The program is titled the Judge Alfred P. Murrah Center for Homeland Security Law and Policy. The name calls to mind...
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OCU President Robert Henry, Dean Valerie Couch, and Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett cut the ribbon at the new downtown location of OCU’s Law School on March 27. The ribbon-cutting concluded a week of...
View ArticlePlay set in courtroom to be performed at law school
Rehearsals are underway for TheatreOCU’s next mainstage show, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. The play was written in 2005 by Stephen Adly Guirgis and is the story of the trial of Judas, the man who...
View ArticleLaw school dean steps down, returns to full-time teaching
Dr. Valerie Couch, dean of the OCU School of Law, is stepping down after five years. Couch wrote that she was privileged to serve as dean in an email sent Jan. 9 to law students. “It’s hard for me to...
View ArticleLaw nonprofit raises $20,000 for defense of convicts
A nonprofit organization working with the School of Law raised about $20,000 in a Thanksgiving fundraiser. The Oklahoma Innocence Project is one chapter of the greater Innocence Project, a worldwide...
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University COVID-19 guidelines affect classes
photo by Stephen jackson Officials from each school at OCU have adjusted the classroom experience to accommodate for new COVID-19 policies. George Sims, interim provost, said an emergency operations...
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New law professors balance learning, levity, leniency
Photos courtesy of OCU, graphic by Stephen Jackson. Two new professors began working at the OCU School of Law this year. Jeremy Telman, associate professor of law, and Maria Kolar, assistant professor...
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School of Law dean to leave after five years of service
Dean Jim Roth OCU School of Law Dean Jim Roth has announced his eventual departure from his position, beginning a nationwide search for the next dean. “When I agreed to serve as dean in 2018, it was a...
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Tuition Increases 2nd Year in a Row
Tuition Increases 2nd Year in a Row Jamison Ko Photo Courtesy of Oklahoma City University On October 25th, 2023, the Oklahoma City University Board of Trustees convened and voted to increase tuition...
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Campus Police Bringing Safety to Your Fingertips
Major Mark LaHue holds a cell phone, advertising the Rave Guardian app. The Rave Guardian app is a proponent of new safety measures encouraged by the University. Major Mark LaHue holds a The Oklahoma...
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2024 Sovereignty Symposium brings wave of new hope
The event poster for this year’s symposium features artwork titled “Love” by Brent Learned and is centered around an important Oklahoma Tribal symbol, the buffalo. (Artwork/Brent Learned) This year’s...
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Impressive strides lead to broken records for OCU Law
OCU-Law students and faculty gather on the steps of the law school building to celebrate the start of the 2023 school year. (Photo/Oklahoma City University School of Law) After years of uncertain...
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