Jon Lee

As someone who grew up in a small town in West Virginia, I love getting to work on rural access to justice issues.

@uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Profs. Tracy Pearl @tpearl.bsky.social and Stacey Tovino @staceytovino.bsky.social co-presented “Excluded at the Root: Health Insurance Discrimination Against Hair Loss Conditions,” at Drexel’s symposium, Weaving It All Together: Hair, Health, Law & Policy.

@uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor Melissa Mortazavi attended the International Access to Justice Forum at the NYU School of Law, where she presented her research on rural lawyering and access to justice.

Professor Noah Chauvin @noahchauvin.bsky.social, one of the newest @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social faculty members, recently presented at the Belmont Law Review symposium on Contemporary Issues in National Security and the Law.

Congratulations to @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Prof. Michael Smith @msmith750.bsky.social for placing his article “Holistic Constitutional Interpretation” in the Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy!

Draft Here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Allen and Sons! Please tell me you know of it….

I love this project and am lucky to have such amazing professors as my office neighbors!

Grabbed a drink with Brian at Sazerac Bar, where we ended up talking about @msmith750.bsky.social’s paper, Shooting Fish, with another couple who thought fish law wasn’t real.

Gateway Church founder Robert Morris waives preliminary hearing in Oklahoma, new court date set The Gateway Church founder is charged with five counts of lewd or indecent acts to a child in Oklahoma.

She’s not just great in the classroom, she’s great on TV! @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Prof. @tpearl.bsky.social appeared on ABC’s Dallas evening news program providing expert commentary on a pending criminal case in Oklahoma. Watch the segment here: www.wfaa.com/article/news...

At least it’s not one of the sponsored posts telling you that you would be a good fit for their work-from-home sales position …..

Amazon’s Quiet Overhaul of the Trademark System — California Law Review Amazon’s dominance as a platform is widely documented. But one aspect of that dominance has not received sufficient attention—the Amazon Brand Registry’s sweeping influence on firm behavior, particula...

Thrilled that my article with @markpmckenna.bsky.social on "Amazon's Quiet Overhaul of the Trademark System" is now out in the California Law Review @califlrev.bsky.social

OU Law is hiring to fill the Puterbaugh Foundation Chair!

Primary needs are constitutional law (neat!) and contracts (okay, I guess). The most recent posting notes many other curricular needs.

Come work with me!

www.thefacultylounge.org/2025/08/hiri...

OU Law hiring update: We have updated the subject matter areas for Puterbaugh Chair to include either constititional law or contracts, with additional needs in the ad below. Please share with anyone who might be interested and contact me if there are any questions!

apply.interfolio.com/168669

Looking forward to it! Joined the Patreon today as well!

I suppose I should stop using LGBTQIA+. While I’m at it, I’ll go back to calling my husband my roommate.

I'm pleased to be publishing this paper in the Rutgers University Law Review Commentaries. Looking forward to working with the editors to get it in its final form. Comments welcome in the meantime!

A cool opportunity for law students: The Student Journal of Information Privacy Law at Maine Law School seeks student-authored papers for publication.

More details here:

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My husband and I had several conversations about this in the last few weeks, particularly since he is a resident where same-sex marriage would remain recognized (assuming states would be able to “decide”) and I am one where it likely would not be recognized. It will get messy.

@anthonymkreis.bsky.social doesn't shy away from the hard-hitting questions.

Another FAR tip that some candidates might appreciate: Many candidates are on the law hiring market for more than one cycle before they land. The first year I tried, I did not position myself correctly for getting a tenure-track position. Especially if you don't have mentorship, it can take time.

Happy FAR distribution day! If you are a candidate, don't be discouraged if you don't get a call tomorrow or next week. It takes time to read materials and even more for the committee to find time when everyone can meet. Some schools do scholarship reviews before making calls.

I'm excited about my fall schedule! I'm headed to Chicago to speak to the IL bar, speaking with the faculties at Miami, Missouri, Quinnipiac, and Akron, heading to Kansas for the Central States conference, and co-organizing the Oklahoma Law Review symposium. Look forward to seeing folks!

I second the Billy Joel doc!

So now I have to know the reference. Cooleyhighharmony was my jam in middle school.

Make sure to talk to your mentors at your school as well—different institutions have different policies and norms. Write it all down!

(6) If it's not a fit for you, that's OK. I'd much rather someone decline a callback than come on campus out of a feeling of obligation.

(5) Don't get discouraged if you don't hear back from a school shortly after screening. We are scheduling screeners around our teaching schedules, and sometimes it takes a few weeks. At OU, we finished all of our screeners before extending the first callback.

(4) Be ready for the "Why X school?" question. Do a little bit of research. You might not be entirely on point, but it shows that you've done the work.

(3) What I look for is someone who I would like to be my teacher. Accordingly, I look for someone who provides clear and organized answers--not too long and not too short.

(2) Take your nervousness and turn it into excitement. Appointments committees do lots of screeners and might be tired during your interview. We feed off of your energy.