Oklahoma Bar Association
Jim Calloway is the Director of the Oklahoma Bar Association Management Assistance Program, where he has served for 25 years. He received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma, where he was named to the Oklahoma Law Review. He publishes the award-winning law blog Jim Calloway’s Law Practice Tips (http://www.lawpracticetipsblog.com) and has served as co-author of three American Bar Association books on law practice management, including two on alternative billing. Mr. Calloway also produces, with Sharon Nelson, the monthly podcast, The Digital Edge: Lawyers and Technology. This monthly podcast covers legal technology issues with guest interviews from industry experts and thought leaders.
Mr. Calloway is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association and the American Bar Association, where he served as chair of ABA TECHSHOW 2005. He is a member of the ABA Law Practice Division’s Law Practice Magazine editorial board and wrote the Practice Management Advice column for that magazine for five years. He was awarded the Law Practice Division’s Robert P. Wilkens Award in recognition of Best Column in Division Publications in 2015. He is also currently co-chair of the LP Division’s Legal Futures Initiative. In November 2018, he was awarded the William G. Paul Oklahoma Justice Award from Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc. for his work on access to justice projects. Jim has been inducted as a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management. He is an active member of the National Association of Bar Executives, the ABA Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division, the Practice Management Advisors of North America and the Association of Legal Administrators. He is a former President of the Cleveland County (Oklahoma) Bar Association. Jim has made hundreds of presentations on law office management, legal technology, ethics and law firm business operations.