Off The Record 2023 - Oklahoma City

McAfee & Taft was pleased to host its annual “Off the Record” event for aspiring law students from the Oklahoma City University School of Law and the University of Oklahoma College of Law on September 28, 2023, at the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. The cocktail reception-style event is a cooperative effort with OCU Law and OU Law and is specifically designed to offer women law students the opportunity to meet with successful women lawyers and judges for an evening of networking and straight talk to discuss real-world issues and concerns not typically discussed in the classroom.
Joining McAfee & Taft attorneys in sharing their diverse experiences, offering candid advice, and answering students’ questions on a myriad of professional and personal topics were special guests from the state bench, nonprofits, government, academia, and industry. Featured speakers on this year’s special Q&A panel were Stephanie Chapman, general counsel at Balon Corporation; Cherish Ralls, senior attorney at Devon Energy Corporation; The Honorable Sheila Stinson, district judge for Oklahoma County District Court; Roberta Fields, shareholder with McAfee & Taft; and Cara Rodriguez and Julia Barry, assistant U.S. attorneys with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Oklahoma.
The signature event was hosted by the women of McAfee & Taft and emceed by shareholder Jodi Cole, a 2008 graduate of the Oklahoma City University School of Law, and Jennifer Callahan, a 1996 graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Law.