In the public interest, for the advancement of the administration of justice
according to law, and to aid the courts in carrying on the administration of
justice; to foster and maintain on the part of those engaged in the practice of
law high ideals of integrity, learning, competence and public service, and high
standards of conduct; to provide a forum for the discussion of subjects
pertaining to the practice of law, the science of jurisprudence, and law reform;
to carry on a continuing program of legal research in technical fields of
substantive law, practice and procedure, and to make reports and recommendations
thereto; to prevent the unauthorized practice of law; to encourage the formation
and activities of local bar associations; to encourage practices that will
advance and improve the honor and dignity of the legal profession; and to the
end that the responsibility of the legal profession and the individual members
thereof, may be more effectively and efficiently discharged in the public
interest, and acting within the police powers vested in it by the Constitution
of this State (Okla. Const. (1907), Art. IV, Section 1, Art. VII (1967) Section
1, 4; In re Integration of State Bar of Oklahoma, 185 Okla. 505, 95 P.2d 113
(1939); In re Bledsoe, 186 Okla. 264, 97 P.2d 556 (1939); Ford v. Board of Tax
Roll Corrections of Oklahoma County, 431 P.2d 423 (Okla.1967)). The Supreme
Court of Oklahoma does hereby create and continue an association of the members
of the Bar of the State of Oklahoma to be known as the Oklahoma Bar Association,
and promulgates the following rules for the government of the Association and
the individual members thereof.
