Building an Oasis: Strategies for Addressing Legal Deserts - 2024 Annual Meeting

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PROGRAM INFO

  • Available Until 8/5/2026
  • Class Time 1:00 PM CT
  • Duration 53 min.
  • Format On-Demand
  • Program Code 142283-107602
  • General Credits: 1.00 hr(s)

Price: $50.00


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Building an Oasis: Strategies for Addressing Legal Deserts

 

Filmed at the 2024 OBA Annual Meeting

 

 

Katie Dilks

Katie Dilks is the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Access to Justice Foundation, where she works to collaboratively identify and strengthen statewide solutions to increase meaningful participation in a fair and accessible civil justice system for all Oklahomans. Katie brings over 15 years of experience in access to justice work to her role with the ATJ Foundation, including nine years counseling law students in pursuing nonprofit and government careers and developing two nonprofits focused on providing affordable legal services in Washington, DC.  

Ms. Dilks has written and presented on access to justice topics including the need for affordable legal services, eviction prevention and legislative reform, the impact and importance of pro bono, plain language court forms, career pathways in government and nonprofit law, and more. As a relatively new Oklahoman, she is excited to bring a national perspective to the challenges and opportunities in Oklahoma’s justice system while building on the unique strengths our state offers.  

She earned her Juris Doctor and Master’s in Public Policy from Georgetown University, and her undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Kansas. She is a member of the bar in the District of Columbia. 

 

 

 

Disclaimer:  All views or opinions expressed by any presenter during the course of this CLE is that of the presenter alone and not an opinion of the Oklahoma Bar Association, the employers, or affiliates of the presenters unless specifically stated. Additionally, any materials, including the legal research, are the product of the individual contributor, not the Oklahoma Bar Association. The Oklahoma Bar Association makes no warranty, express or implied, relating to the accuracy or content of these materials.