Criminal Defense Institute set for late June at OU
The institute is sponsored by the OU College of Law, in cooperation with the College of Continuing Education. Co-sponsors include the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System, the Oklahoma County Public Defender, the Tulsa County Public Defender, and the Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. For more information, contact the Continuing Legal Education department at 325-2891, ext. 2891, or send e-mail to andersond30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays from May 8-20. All participants must attend the orientation class on Monday. Training will include the history and myths associated with sexual assault and domestic violence, why women stay with a partner who is abusive and profiles of rapists and abusers.
“Volunteers provide emotional support, information, referrals and accompaniment through medical and legal procedures to victims of sexual assault and domestic violence,” said Susan Stewart, YWCA volunteer coordinator. “Our volunteers provide thousands of hours of hand-on service each year. Without the volunteers, we would not have been able to provide these much needed services.”
For more information, call YWCA Crisis Services at 947-4506.
Planning estates
Henry G. Will, chairman of the board for Conner & Winters, will be the speaker for the Oklahoma City Estate Planning Council at 7:30 a.m. May 18 at the Hilton Northwest.
There is a $15 fee for the breakfast meeting. Call Cheryl Moore- Smith at 848-2020 to make reservations.
Bell may appeal
An attorney for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. says he anticipates the company will appeal a federal jury’s finding that Bell violated state antitrust laws while competing with other phone companies.
After listening to five weeks of testimony, the jury on Monday ordered Bell to pay nine competitors more than $7.4 million in damages.
Bell attorneys said the company has done nothing more than compete vigorously to retain pay telephone customers.
“What tells you the market is competitive is how fast we’re losing pay phones,” attorney Rick Ford said. “Our pay phone revenues are going down like a rock.”
Southwestern Bell had a legal monopoly on pay telephones within its Oklahoma service territory before deregulation in November 1996.
After deregulation, other pay telephone companies were allowed to compete. Companies compete by offering business property owners commissions in exchange for the right to place pay telephones on their properties. Commissions are based on the amount of revenue each telephone produces.