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The Death of the (print) Law Report

Posted on February 16, 2011
?Abandoning Law Reports for Official Digital Case Law,? Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-01, Peter W. Martin, Cornell Law SchoolAs you?ll see when you read and think about this, there are good ways to go about shifting to digital and there are irresponsible ways...

Washington State and California Legal Research Tips

Posted on February 15, 2011
If you have a Washington or California state legal research or resource question, and especially if you?re new to legal research, check out that state?s law libraries legal research resources: websites, blogs, and maybe even just use the telephone!1) Washington State has some excellent county law libraries...

Congress Forgets How to Pass a Bil

Posted on February 11, 2011
The Law Librarin blog posted a very funny video today from the Onion News Network titled Congress Forgets How to Pass a Law. As an added bonus, the video offers a shout-out to the Library of Congress (and mentions legislators frantically searching wikipedia)...

Oregon Classroom Law Project: Be a Mock Trial Volunteer

Posted on February 10, 2011
The Classroom Law Project has loads of fun volunteer opportunities, some of which are for a few hours, a day, or every week or month.Check the Classroom Law Project website for more information or telephone them: (503) 224-4424You can sign-up right now to volunteer at the 2011 Mock Trial Competition.

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Update to "Leaving Children Home Alone in Oregon"

Posted on February 10, 2011
In addition to Laura?s most recent post on leaving children home alone, June 15, 2009, and our newly updated Kids Home Alone in Oregon legal research guide, here are a few websites with information and resources on leaving children home alone and child care:1) "When I'm in Charge" class from the Oregon Red Cross:?Designed for youth ages 8 to 11, this two-and-a-half-hour Red Cross course prepares children to respond safely to a variety of situations when direct parent supervision is unavailable?The Oregon Red Cross does not condone leaving your children home alone, in fact they explicitly state the Oregon neglect law, but they offer the class to prepare children for emergency situations...

Oregon Legislature: Do Joint Resolutions Need a Governor?s Signature?

Posted on February 10, 2011
Question: Do Oregon Senate or House Joint Resolutions have to be signed by the Governor?Answer: (with many thanks to Legislative Counsel staff):A Senate or House Join Resolution does not have to be signed by the Governor. Only ?bills? must be presented to the Governor...

What Judges Think of the Quality of Legal Representation?

Posted on February 09, 2011
Also from the excellent Gallagher Blog:"What Judges Think of the Quality of Legal Representation"Excerpt: "How well do lawyers represent their clients? It's a hard question to answer. One approach would be to ask the judges who observe the lawyers at work, and that's just what Judge Richard A...

What to do when friends and family ask for legal advice?

Posted on February 09, 2011
Gallagher Blog links us to this article:"Counsel Over Cocktails? What to do when friends and family ask for legal advice," by Trent M. Latta(You will also find this article at the WSBA website: "Foreign Concept: Explore working abroad before giving up on a legal career," by Arundel Pritchett)

Take Your Legal Skills and Career Abroad

Posted on February 09, 2011
People have, for centuries, followed jobs (and money) in order to feed families and pursue dreams:From the WSBA website: "Foreign Concept: Explore working abroad before giving up on a legal career," by Arundel Pritchett

The Return of Signing Statements

Posted on February 09, 2011
I bet you thought this issue went away ? hah!Follow the Law Librarian Blog links: Researching Bush and Obama Presidential Signing Statements

Clocks Change, March 13th, 2011

Posted on February 09, 2011
It's never too late to think ahead to springing ahead.For more time change information:NIST: In 2011, March 13, 2011 (see Current Time Change Rules and some answers to the Why time change? questions). Here is a Time Change grid for those who plan ahead...

How City Councils Work: Tenure, Staff, Budgets, Salaries

Posted on February 09, 2011
We all like to compare ourselves to others, don't we?City Councils in Philadelphia and Other Major Cities, Feb 02, 2011, Pew Charitable Trusts report(Thank you to beSpacific for the lead.)

Two-Feet & 10,000 pages: That's One Big Book!

Posted on February 09, 2011
I couldn?t resist this: "That's one big book: Book is 2-feet thick, has 10,119 pages," by Stephanie Wise, Iowa City Press-Citizen, January 27, 2011Excerpt: "The University of Iowa Libraries has a new book in its collection -- a 100-volume, 10,000-page, 2-feet-thick book of poetry...

The Lay of the Land(lording); or, On Becoming a Professional Landlord in Oregon

Posted on February 09, 2011
Are you interested in becoming a landlord? Several resources are available to help prepare you before taking the plunge and then support you after you have. To find not only landlord training and classes but also current forms, tenant screening services, updates on relevant legislation, and much more, look into the various professional associations for property owners and managers, such as the Oregon Rental Housing Association...

Oregon Residential Real Estate Sale: Dutch Auction

Posted on February 04, 2011
I noticed a house for sale in Hillsboro and the sign said ?Dutch Auction.? It may not be the only Dutch Auction residential single-family real estate sale in Oregon, but my guess it doesn?t have a lot of company.So, what?s a Dutch Auction?1) Wikipedia ?Dutch Auction? (and contrast with the English Auction)2) You can see some government agency uses of Dutch Auctions with this search:dutch auction site:...

Tracking your Oregon Legislators: Email, Mobile, Audio, Video, and More

Posted on February 04, 2011
The Oregon Legislature?s website has some very nice features (although it does seem as though I always write about its flaws!):1) Their Legislator and Committee email notification sign-up is easy to use, easy to sign up, and, more to the point, easy to sign off when you want to turn off and tune out, which we hope won?t happen until the Legislative Session is over (though we understand the sentiment)...

Oregon Ethics Investigation: Legal Fees, Audits, and Cranky Law Librarians

Posted on February 03, 2011
As one of the many professional law librarians who negotiate contracts for legal database services and who show attorneys how to use them efficiently (to save time and their clients' money!), when I read stories like this, I think almost as much about the "high costs of the ongoing investigation" and the ethics violations as I do about those high legal bills, i...

Oregon Scam Alert: Fake Debt Collectors

Posted on February 03, 2011
The Oregon Department of Justice is alerting everyone to this:Scam Alert: Fake Debt Collection ScamsExcerpt: ?The Oregon Department of Justice has received several complaints regarding phony debt collection calls. Scam artists pose as debt collectors or law enforcement officers calling about an outstanding debt from an online payday loan...

Where the Money is in Law

Posted on February 02, 2011
One possible future of law?MyShingle had this excellent, and startling, post where you need to follow the links, and not just the money ? but it really is all about the money:Where the Money is in Law

Are You a Librarian (and Lunch Box) Superhero?

Posted on February 02, 2011
Gale Cengage is running a contest: Are You a Librarian Superhero?Your librarian can turn into a cartoon, which to some might not sound like such a good deal, but to many librarians, We Love It!You can read the Contest Rules and the Press Release for more information.

Justice Bedsworth Tells the Wondrous Tale of Jon Alexander, Lawyer and Fighter

Posted on February 01, 2011
Be prepared to be mesmerized: there are lessons aplenty for us all in the tale of Jon Alexander (Californian and Oregonian) as told by Justice Bedsworth:The February 2011 Orange County Lawyer brings us:Getting Up, by Justice William W. BedsworthExcerpt: "The middleweight champion of the world from 1907?1910 was a fella named Stanley Ketchel...

United State Code (USC) Title 51 (Not to Be Confused with Area 51)

Posted on January 31, 2011
My fellow law librarians reminded me about the new United States Code (USC) Title 51 (which you will actually cite more like this: 51 USC xxx).That USC Title 51 will (does!) sound strange to us old-timers. (Though not for the same reason it will confuse Area 51 devotees ? and Title 51 is about Space Programs - ha ha ha...

Searching Oregon Legislative Bills and Flawed Search Engines

Posted on January 28, 2011
While searching for recent 2011 Oregon bills, I found a glitch in their search engine. The bill I knew existed wasn?t showing up, no matter what word or number I used to search for it. I double-checked (against the actual bill) and triple-checked by asking colleagues to see if the problem was me rather than the database...

John Doe, Operation Death Match, and the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)

Posted on January 28, 2011
If you saw the Oregonian story (or in other news sources):?John Doe' faces deportation after serving sentence for stealing slain Ohio boy's name," January 28, 2011, by Bryan Denson, you might have read this part of the article:??. His fraud was uncovered last year when agents of the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service ran a data search of passport applications against the names and identifications of deceased citizens...

Illinois Supreme Court Decision on Candidate Residency

Posted on January 28, 2011
If you were raising eyebrows over the "Candidate Residency" court battles in Illinois this past week, you?re not alone.If you want to read the opinion, and share one with a law librarian, you can read the Law Librarian blog post: Rahm Opinion a Bit Uncivil...

"Girls under Trees? and Law School Websites

Posted on January 28, 2011
This was hilarious (thus, good for a Friday late afternoon), but also instructive ? or it should be instructive to any of us who think we know anything about websites. (Most of us admit to being amateurs ? but even the pros make mistakes.)?Law school Web sites judged; some found wanting,? by Karen Sloan, The National Law Journal, January 26, 2011:?There are a lot of law students happily lounging under trees out there ? if law school Web sites are to be believed...

Law for Real (Oregon) People Blog

Posted on January 28, 2011
Oregon lawyer, John Gear, has started a Law for Real People blog.You can find links to other Oregon lawyer blogs in this blog?s sidebar: under Blogs: Oregon Legal Topics and also under Blogs: OR Lawyers.I include links to Oregon lawyer blogs and websites that have useful ?content,? i...

Oregon State Bar Job: Referral and Information Services Assistant

Posted on January 28, 2011
Referral and Information Services Assistant (part-time):Responds to requests for legal information and assistance from attorneys and members of the public.Required:1) Graduation from high school or an equivalent GED certificate.2) At least one year of college, business, or secretarial school desirable3) moreResponsibilities include the following...

Use Groupon to Hire a Lawyer?

Posted on January 28, 2011
A 3 Geeks and a Blog 1/24/11 post asks:Is it Time for Law Firms to Get Their Groupon?Who knows? One commenter says it?s been done, but the lawyer licensing boards may need to weigh in.

Oregon Law and Laws Online: Ha Ha Ha

Posted on January 28, 2011
Ha ha ha. I spent time this morning doing the following (fellow public and private law librarians around the state do the same, just about every day):1) Showing a lawyer and others how to compile a legislative history ? this can take an hour or more, depending on how far back and how complex the question is...

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