Program areas at Ohio State Bar Association
Continuing legal education: the Ohio State Bar Association (osba) provides live in-person seminars, live interactive webinars, self-study cle, and publications to osba members, Ohio lawyers and related professionals. Osba, through its continuing legal education program also produces over 110 programs annually and administers over 250 presentations around the State. The osba also holds annual meetings in each of its 18 districts. Video programs are also offered to over 30 local Bar associations for replays utilizing their members as commentators. Nearly 100 live presentations are also videotaped for further repurposing through self-study cle and podcast downloads. Through the use of its state-of-the-art broadcast studio, the osba streams over 50 interactive webcasts annually. The continuing legal education program provides educational opportunities for members at a variety of high level institutes, including the midwest labor and employment law conference, the advanced probate law seminar, the corporate counsel institute, the environmental law, solo and small firm institute, and the osba legal technology and practice management conference.
Membership services: the Ohio State Bar Association (osba) provides a variety of programs designed to improve and enhance the legal profession and the legal services available to the public. The membership services and the outreach departments are responsible for recruiting and retaining osba members. The membership services department is also responsible for the membership services center where calls from consumers of legal services, lawyers, and members of the osba are directed for information, referral, and/or service.
Publications: the Ohio State Bar Association (osba) publishes a variety of different reports, magazines, newsletters, and other informational resources including social media. Osba publishes the Ohio State Bar Association report through a daily email, as a resource. This report provides a significant amount of information and/or cases released from the Ohio supreme court and selected cases from the Ohio appellate courts. Osba also publishes the Ohio lawyer. This quarterly magazine features articles on legal issues and trends to help lawyers stay current and share in-depth information on the latest legal developments with their colleagues around the State. Additional publications by the osba include a variety of different paper and electronic newsletters. Some of the newsletters published by the osba include the paralegal/legal assistant news, section newsletters, and special publications.