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Oregon Constitutional Convention or Task Force?

Posted on March 17, 2009
A 2009 HB 2620 to rewrite the Oregon Constitution has been introduced, by Representative Chuck Riley:A summary from the Legislature (html or pdf):?Provides for constitutional convention in 2011. Establishes qualifications for delegates, number of delegates and manner of electing delegates...

A Day for (Oregon) Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

Posted on March 17, 2009
In Washington County (Oregon), April 2, 2009:?Day for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: 37,536 Oregon children live with their grandparents"In Oregon, over 20,000 grandparents have stepped forward to raise children because their parents struggle with drug and alcohol abuse, incarceration, HIV/AIDS, mental illness, domestic violence, divorce, unemployment or military deployment," notes Deborah Letourneau, Program Coordinator for Washington County's Family Caregiver Support Program of Disability, Aging and Veteran Services...

Oregon Landlord Training

Posted on March 16, 2009
The Portland metro-area Landlord Training has set its Spring 2009 class dates. This is 8-hours of specialized training - and it?s free!Excerpt: ?Program Information: Since 1989, this nationally recognized program has taught over 13000 Portland-area owners and managers how to keep illegal activity out of rentals, maintain property in compliance with City maintenance regulations, and partner with City services/programs both to provide habitable housing and protect their residential property investment...

Oregon Courts Remain Open on Fridays (except for March 13)

Posted on March 13, 2009
Update: In case you haven?t heard (anyone?), the Oregon Courts will remain open on Fridays, except for Friday, March 13th, 2009. Stories about this are at all news outlets, radio, TV, newspaper, and online.See the Legislature's press release about this good news...

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Don?t Treat Your Lawyer Like a Button

Posted on March 13, 2009
The very funny title leads into a very, very interesting blog post from BlawgIT. I love it also because it ties in with what law librarians say all the time:Don't Treat Your Law Librarian Like a Lawyer! Law librarians know and teach legal research. If you have a legal problem, ask a law librarian how to research it...

Two (maybe 3!) More FREE Legal Research Databases

Posted on March 13, 2009
A post at the King County Law Library blog reminded me to update my own sidebar list of ?Legal Research - Free? list with ALSO -- see Legal Resources On-line: Check This Out:?American Law Sources on-Line (ALSO) provides free legal resources online. This website includes information about law libraries, federal courts, bar associations, legal forms, and government websites?...

Access to Justice in Oregon (with an antipasto of Firefighters and Drug Courts)

Posted on March 13, 2009
Two news articles that ran this week in the Oregonian shared a theme that I wish would carry through to another story I?ll tell in a separate blog post. Before getting to that, I?m talking about these two stories:1) Multnomah County's drug court faces budget ax, by Aimee Green, The Oregonian, Tuesday March 10, 2009?A county department that funds a world-recognized drug rehabilitation program is offering to sacrifice it to help balance Multnomah County's budget...

Public Sector, and Public Servant, Blogging and Blogosphere Issues

Posted on March 10, 2009
I?ve been talking a lot lately with others about public sector blogging and I thought it might be useful to start posting about the issue.(And, some of the best, and most productive, discussions I?ve had have been with the people at the Multnomah County Library who drafted these: a) Social Software Policy for Multnomah County Library Users and b) Blog Comment Guidelines)Blogging issues that arise in the Public Sector World include technological, budget, practical, policy, politics, and literary ones, and, of course, legal questions and puzzles...

Sheriff or Police Search and Seizure Inventories

Posted on March 09, 2009
We are occasionally asked if we have police or sheriff?s inventory checklists of property seized. I suppose some libraries somewhere have printed checklists, but for the most part the general research rule is:Each jurisdiction has its own procedure and you usually need to look in the code (the city code, county code, state police regulations, etc...

Foreclosure Prevention Event at the Memorial Coliseum (Oregon)

Posted on March 06, 2009
May 2, 2009: Foreclosure Prevention Event at the Memorial Coliseum (Oregon)If you haven?t quite grasped the magnitude of the foreclosure problem, notice that this is a foreclosure ?event? (not a "meeting," a "presentation," or "seminar," but a foreclosure EVENT) that is being held in the Memorial Coliseum, which has a seating capacity of over 12,000...

Oregon Payroll Deduction Seven-Day Rule

Posted on March 04, 2009

Tracking a Bill through the Oregon Legislature

Posted on March 04, 2009

The Greater the Truth the Greater the Libel

Posted on March 03, 2009

Justice Bedsworth Speaks His Mind

Posted on March 03, 2009

Fedtime 101: Leveling the Playing Field with Ex-con Coaches (aka jailhouse lawyers)

Posted on March 01, 2009

Clocks Change on Sunday, March 8, 2009

Posted on February 27, 2009

The Meaning of "Illegal Gambling": Why Legal Definitions Matter

Posted on February 26, 2009
You might not have read this chapter book, Frindle, by Andrew Clements, but ...Lawyers aren?t the only ones who want to know Definitions, Words & Phrases, and the Meaning of it All (and even the Meaning of Liff itself). Non-attorneys frequently ask us to show them where a word or phrase is defined, surely one of the hardest things a law librarian has to explain to a pro se litigant...

Oregon Historical Society Library Closing

Posted on February 26, 2009
Oregon Historical Society Library ClosingA librarian colleague brought this to my attention:?Researchers needing to access OHS collections before then should make plans immediately?. Due to budget cuts, the Oregon Historical Society Research Library will be closing on February 28, 2009...

Reserve Your Child?s Domain Name - Now? (With a side of SEO)

Posted on February 25, 2009
From Jim Calloway?s Law Practice Tips blog, link to: Site of the Week: The Invent Blog�, and find this provocative suggestion: Purchase Your Kid?s Domain Names (and their nicknames, maybe, while you?re at it? :-)It?s not enough to feed, clothe, school, and love them ?...

Landlord and Property Manager Training in Washington County (Oregon)

Posted on February 25, 2009
On March 14, 2009, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m:The Washington County Sheriff's Office and the Westside Crime Prevention Coalition is offering an 8-hour training class help landlords and managers protect property from illegal activity, learn to properly screen prospective tenants, and gain an understanding of landlord rights and responsibilities...

Pocket U.S. Constitutions on Sale

Posted on February 25, 2009
Our source for our most popular pocket U.S. Constitutions is having a sale: 100 for $30: http://www.nccs.net/ (the National Center for Constitutional Studies).(Constitution Day isn't until September, but I like to think ahead :-)We get pocket U.S. Constitutions from other sources too, but these are the most popular ones and excellent value.

Criminal Background Checks on Employees and Volunteers

Posted on February 24, 2009
A recent story in the Portland Tribune (and many other similar ones lately) reminded me how many questions law librarians get from people who think conducting background checks is a quick, easy, cheap, and routine thing to do ?on the Internet.?Volunteering ...

How to Find a Lawyer in Oregon: Free, Low-Cost, Licensed

Posted on February 24, 2009
In addition to the usual source, Oregon State Bar (OSB) Information and Referral Service, don?t forget there are other sources of referrals. For example:1) For attorneys who specialize in elder law issues.2) For attorneys who specialize in nonprofit issues...

Filing for Bankruptcy without an Attorney

Posted on February 23, 2009
Information on bankruptcy for people who do not have lawyers is available from a U.S. Court website, Filing for Bankruptcy without an Attorney. (You can also link to the United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Oregon.)Thanks to the Lane County Law Library Newsletter for the lead!

Foreclosures: Trail of Tears (but for whom?)

Posted on February 23, 2009
Was it Kierkegaard who said: "Life is lived forward but understood backward??In any case, the sentiment comes to mind when reading this article reprinted in Sunday?s print Oregonian Business Section:?Three words fend off foreclosure: Produce the note,? by Mitch Stacy (AP)(Use Google and the search words, mitch stacy foreclosure, to find the article today, which is not yet findable on Oregonlive...

Following a House Bill in the Oregon Legislature: Uniform Power of Attorney Act

Posted on February 20, 2009
Legal research is seldom quick and easy, but it sure is interesting. If you are at all inclined to dip your toe(s) into the Oregon Legislative process, here's one way to start. Let's say you want more information about a bill that was mentioned in a recent news story...

Who?s Regulating the Regulators?

Posted on February 18, 2009
In my law library we not infrequently refer people to state (or federal) regulators, whether the question is about professional licensing, premises inspections, or other service within the purview of a government regulator.But who regulates the regulator? This is not a new question and in fact has probably been around since there was anything to regulate (including the oldest of the oldest of professions)...

Peanut Product Recall Continues

Posted on February 18, 2009
The list of peanut products affected seems to grow every day. Please keep up with it if you eat or if anyone you love eats, especially if you eat any processed food: the FDA website

Washington State Supreme Court Briefs Now Online

Posted on February 17, 2009
KCLL Klues reports that Washington State appellate court briefs from June 2006 forward are now online.For Oregon appellate court briefs, see the guide on How to Find Oregon Appellate Court briefs. (And see here for more information on appeals in Oregon courts...

Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: Bite #15 (Article IV, Legislative Department, Sections 7-9)

Posted on February 13, 2009
Links to Previous Bites can be found here at, "Oregon Consitution in Small Bites: So Far"Today: Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: Bite #15 (Article IV, Legislative Department, Sections 7-9) copied from this version at the Oregon Legislature's website)ARTICLE IVLEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT?...

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