Help Bill Join OK Bar Assn.
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Every day, I see stories about people who need legal help. Immigrants who deserve a hearing because of a threat of deportation, Muslims threatened with discrimination because of their religion, criminal defendants who deserve competent counsel at trial, a 75 year old man sentenced to life in prison for growing medical marijuana, couples who need to get divorced, the list goes on and on. I could help some of them, and should help some of them, but I am not licensed to practice law in my home state of Oklahoma. You can help fix that.
I have a law degree from the University of Wisconsin. I practiced law in WI for a few years, but let my license lapse, then moved back to my home state of OK for personal reasons. As a lawyer in WI, I mostly practiced criminal defense and family law, including a lot of public defender cases for persons who could not afford their own lawyer. I am sure there are as many people in OK as in WI who need that kind of help and I think I should offer it. But to do so, I need to join the OK bar to be licensed to practice law here. The fee just to apply is $1,000. Then I will need study materials for the bar exam and some money to set up my office (rent, a computer and printer, furniture). I am mildly disabled and currently subsist on Social Security disability. It's enough to keep me in food, clothes, and shelter, but it leaves nothing extra for this project. Please help me help others with their legal needs. I pledge especially to help people who might not otherwise get legal help. There are various ways to do that, which I am familiar with. Whether it's an immigrant under threat of deportation, a Muslim facing religious discrimination, or just a citizen whose rights have been violated (the police are human and they make mistakes), they all need and deserve legal help. Our rights are universal. They belong to everyone. I feel obligated to help. To whom much is given, from him much is expected. I want to live up to my gifts. Please help. I have two related ebooks you might want to look at, one about how bad the Republicans are, the other an annotation of the U.S. Constitution. For $50, I'll send you a copy of the one you want. For $100, I'll send you both. Give 'til it hurts ;-). Thanks ever so.
I have a law degree from the University of Wisconsin. I practiced law in WI for a few years, but let my license lapse, then moved back to my home state of OK for personal reasons. As a lawyer in WI, I mostly practiced criminal defense and family law, including a lot of public defender cases for persons who could not afford their own lawyer. I am sure there are as many people in OK as in WI who need that kind of help and I think I should offer it. But to do so, I need to join the OK bar to be licensed to practice law here. The fee just to apply is $1,000. Then I will need study materials for the bar exam and some money to set up my office (rent, a computer and printer, furniture). I am mildly disabled and currently subsist on Social Security disability. It's enough to keep me in food, clothes, and shelter, but it leaves nothing extra for this project. Please help me help others with their legal needs. I pledge especially to help people who might not otherwise get legal help. There are various ways to do that, which I am familiar with. Whether it's an immigrant under threat of deportation, a Muslim facing religious discrimination, or just a citizen whose rights have been violated (the police are human and they make mistakes), they all need and deserve legal help. Our rights are universal. They belong to everyone. I feel obligated to help. To whom much is given, from him much is expected. I want to live up to my gifts. Please help. I have two related ebooks you might want to look at, one about how bad the Republicans are, the other an annotation of the U.S. Constitution. For $50, I'll send you a copy of the one you want. For $100, I'll send you both. Give 'til it hurts ;-). Thanks ever so.
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William B. Turner
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