My fifth week at the OBA

I started the week off by sitting in on a communications department staff meeting. The communications director gave an overview of the week's deadlines and highlighted what small assignments would need to be completed, along with how much progress needed to be made on long-term projects. Then, each communications staff member reported what they were currently working on and followed up with feedback they had received about assignments done the week before.

At the staff meeting, I was assigned to work on coverage of the OBA State Mock Trial Program Competition. I followed up on the six press releases I wrote last week with more detailed releases that elaborated on semi-final round competition venues and information about the teams, as well as what is in store for the two teams that will be chosen to compete in the state finals in May. The team that wins the state championship will compete in Philadelphia at nationals. Next week I will be able to report winners from the OKC and Tulsa semi-final rounds.

All of the Law Day Contest winners have been contacted and preparations are being made for the awards ceremony at the Okla. Supreme Court, which I will be able to attend. The Chief Justice will present the first place winners with their awards and then the winners and their families are invited to the OBA for a luncheon. In order to make sure all Law Day communication is effective, I made a database for the contact information of all county bar association presidents and Law Day chairs, along with all the Law Day Contest winners and their parent and teacher contact information.