Title: IN RE: APPLICATION OF OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION FOR AMENDMENT TO RULES

State: oklahoma

Issuer: Oklahoma Supreme Court

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IN RE: APPLICATION OF OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION FOR AMENDMENT TO RULES2004 OK 85108 P.3d 1050Case Number: SCBD-4951Decided: 11/09/2004THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA

IN RE: Application of Oklahoma Bar Association for Amendment to Rules Creating and Controlling the Oklahoma Bar Association to create the Oklahoma Access to Justice Commission
ORDER APPROVING AMENDMENT TO RULES CREATING AND CONTROLLING
THE OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION TO CREATE THE
OKLAHOMA ACCESS TO JUSTICE COMMISSION
Upon Application by the Board of Governors of the Oklahoma Bar Association, the Court approves the addition of Article XVIII to the Rules Creating and Controlling the Oklahoma Bar Association to create the Oklahoma Access to Justice Commission, attached as Exhibit "A" hereto .
DONE BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT IN CONFERENCE THIS 8TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2004.
/S/CHIEF JUSTICE JOSEPH M. WATT
WATT, C.J., LAVENDER, HARGRAVE, KAUGER, WINCHESTER, EDMONDSON, TAYLOR, COLBERT, JJ.  concur.
OPALA, V.C.J.  absent.
EXHIBIT "A
AMENDMENT TO RULES CREATING AND CONTROLLING THE OKLAHOMA
BAR ASSOCIATION TO CREATE
THE OKLAHOMA ACCESS TO JUSTICE COMMISSION
ARTICLE XVIII
Section 1. ACCESS TO JUSTICE COMMISSION. 
Section 2. SELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS; TERM. 
Position 1. Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court appointed by the Chief Justice.
Position 2. Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals appointed by the Presiding Judge.
Position 3. Member of the Oklahoma Bar Association appointed by the President of the Oklahoma Bar Association.
Position 4. Judge of the District Court appointed by the President of the Oklahoma Judicial Conference. 
Position 5. Member of the Oklahoma Bar Foundation appointed by the President of the Oklahoma Bar Foundation.
Position 6. Faculty member of an American Bar Association Accredited Law School located in the state of Oklahoma appointed by President of the Oklahoma Bar Association.
Position 7. Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
Position 8. Member of the Oklahoma State Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate.
Position 9. Member of the public that is not licensed to practice law in the state of Oklahoma to be appointed by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma.
Section 3. VACANCY OF POSITION. 
Section 4. EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS. 
a. President-Elect of the Oklahoma Bar Association;
b. President-Elect of the Oklahoma Bar Foundation;
c. Representative of Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc. selected by the Board of Directors;
d. Representative of Oklahoma Indigent Defense System selected by the Board of Directors;
e. Representative of Oklahoma Indian Legal Services selected by the Board of Directors;
f. Chair of OBA Access to Justice Committee;
g. Public Defender of Tulsa County;
h. Public Defender of Oklahoma County.
Section 5. OFFICERS OF THE COMMISSION
Section 6. COMPENSATION OF COMMISSIONERS AND MEMBERS. 
Section 7. STAFF. 
Section 8. ANNUAL BUDGET