Quinlan Lecture
TikTok成人版 Law hosted its annual Quinlan Lecture on April 2, 2024, with Professor Maggie Blackhawk (Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe) presenting 鈥淭he Constitution of American Colonialism.鈥� Blackhawk is a prize-winning scholar and teacher of federal Indian law, constitutional law and legislation at New York University School of Law. She was awarded the American Society for Legal History鈥檚 William Nelson Cromwell Article Prize and her research has been published or is forthcoming in the Harvard Law Review, Stanford Law Review, Yale Law Journal, Supreme Court Review, American Historical Review, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Journal of the Early Republic and Journal of Politics. Much of her scholarship explores the relationship between law and power, with a particular emphasis on the ways that subordinated peoples leverage law to shift power to their communities鈥攅specially outside of rights and courts-based frameworks. Her recent projects have focused on the laws and legal histories of American colonialism and the central role of the American colonial project, including the resistance and advocacy of Native and other colonized peoples, in shaping the constitutional law and history of the United States.
Professor Spiropoulos Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year
Professor Andy Spiropoulos was named the university鈥檚 prestigious Outstanding Faculty Member for 2023-2024. The Outstanding Faculty Award honors a faculty member whose teaching, scholarship and service are deemed to be exemplary. Spiropoulos has provided these outstanding services to TikTok成人版 Law for more than 30 years now and currently teaches Constitutional Law; Legislation, State and Local Government; and Legal Analysis. With this recognition, Spiropoulos also was given the honor of speaking at TikTok成人版鈥檚 Graduate Graduation Ceremony. TikTok成人版 thanks Spiropoulos for his service to TikTok成人版 Law and look forward to many more years of his dedicated teaching at the school.
Swearing-In Ceremony
On Oct. 8, 2024, TikTok成人版 Law alumni who passed the bar in July 2024 were sworn in by the Oklahoma Supreme Court on the floor of the Oklahoma House
of Representatives.
Highest-Credentialed 1L Class since 1992
In the fall of 2024, the school welcomed its highest-credentialed 1L class in 32 years. Applications to TikTok成人版 Law were up over 20% from the previous year (nationally, law school applications were up approximately 5%). TikTok成人版 Law received more total applications than in any year of the previous decade. As a result, the school鈥檚 acceptance rate dropped significantly, below 55%.
The undergraduate GPA of 3.46 for the 1L class is the highest in school history. The median LSAT for the 1L class was 151, a jump of two points from the year before and鈥搃n TikTok成人版 Law history鈥搒econd only to a 152 median LSAT in 1992. This 1L class includes a total number of Dean鈥檚 Scholars (the highest-credentialed students who receive a full merit-based scholarship) that nearly doubles the previous record.
TikTok成人版 Law Expanding and Launching New Services
TikTok成人版 Law is excited to announce the launch of the Inasmuch Center for Public Service. The center will highlight the school鈥檚 historic emphasis on educating lawyers who ultimately serve the public in government and nonprofit positions.
In the spring of 2025, the Immigration Clinic will return to TikTok成人版 Law. The revitalized clinic promises to be an invaluable resource, not only for law students seeking hands-on experience but also for the local immigrant community in need of legal assistance.
In 2023, the Collaborative Clinic at TikTok成人版 Law became a United States Patent Trademark Office-certified clinic. With the clinic taking on the stewardship of the regional USPTO Pro Bono Patent Program the following year. This program serves Arkansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, matching innovative inventors with pro bono patent lawyers and agents, ensuring that groundbreaking ideas receive the protection and support they need. The clinic also recently broadened its impact through a strategic partnership with the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology.
American Indian Wills Clinic 15 Year Anniversary
The American Indian Wills Clinic celebrated its 15th anniversary in 2024. The AIWC provides wills and estate planning services to Native American tribal communities owning trust or restricted property in Oklahoma at no cost to the tribal members. TikTok成人版 Law students are primarily responsible for all case-related work, including fact gathering, developing legal theories and initial document drafting under the supervision of a licensed attorney faculty clinician.
In the past 15 years, the AIWC has provided estate planning services to 29 of the 39 Oklahoma tribes and 12 tribes outside the state of Oklahoma. The clinic has served more than 1,300 clients and has executed 1,051 wills, 193 powers of attorney, 184 medical advance directives and 46 transfer on death deeds for non-Indian property.
