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(Soon to be) President Obama Inauguration Sites and Schedules

Posted on January 12, 2009
On this deeply moving and historic day ?We will be fairly low-tech in my Law Library on Inauguration Day, January 20, 2009, with the TV tuned in. Laptop users can connect through our wireless service:Inaugural information and schedules of events:1) Presidential Inaugural Committee site2) From the Senate website, including the weather report3) U...

Pedestrians: Learn Your Rights at Willamette Pedestrian Coalition Clinic

Posted on January 12, 2009
The Willamette Pedestrian Coalition is sponsoring a Pedestrian Legal Clinic. Visit the WPC?s website for dates, times, locations of the clinics.The WPC also has information about grants to enforce crosswalk safety laws and lots more at the website. (It's also a very nice website - easy to read and navigate...

Oregon Robot Theft (kidnapping?)

Posted on January 12, 2009
Poor little robot! First it?s stolen (kidnapped?) and then it?s drowned (murdered?)?Update (January 11, 2009): Deputies Recover Stolen RobotPIO: Sgt. Bob RayOn January 11, 2009, Washington County Sheriff?s Deputies recovered a stolen robot from Commonwealth Lake in the Beaverton area...

Oregon Legislature, 75th Session, Convenes Monday, Jan. 12, 2009

Posted on January 12, 2009
Oregon Legislature, 75th Session, Convenes Monday, Jan. 12, 2009:1) Welcome new and returning legislators2) Find Your Legislator and Send Email to Your Legislator.3) Follow, and search, legislation being considered.4) Watch and/or listen to hearings (they?ll be going digital soon)5) Learn about the Legislature?s website and the legislative process.

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U.S. Constitution, 17th Amendment: Election of Senators

Posted on January 11, 2009
In case you were wondering about the 17th Amendment (from here):Amendment XVIIThe Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislatures...

Job opening: Law library assistant (part-time), Hillsboro, Oregon

Posted on January 11, 2009
Position: Part-time Law Library Assistant, Washington County Law Library, Hillsboro, OregonDeadline for applications: 1/30/09Application URL:Washington County Human Resources Department (or http://tinyurl.com/yr7qr7)The Washington County Law Library is seeking candidates to fill a part-time paraprofessional position in the county law library...

Special State Criminal Courts for Veterans

Posted on January 07, 2009
I read an interesting story in the National Law Journal (12/22/08, vol. 31, no. 17, p.1) about special state courts just for veterans. It?s free on their website (thank you NLJ!):Courts for veterans spreading across U.S.: Wave of vets in courts trips alarm,? by Lynne Marek, December 22, 2008:Excerpt: ?State criminal courts devoted to U...

Deep Web Research 2009

Posted on January 06, 2009
LLRX dot com also has this info-packed article: Deep Web Research 2009, by Marcus P. Zillman, December 28, 2008.

RefDesk dot Com: A Good Place to Explore

Posted on January 06, 2009
If you haven?t explored RefDesk dot com recently, take a tour, from their site map or their FAQ, from their Ref Site of the Day, or however else you want to wander.

Avatar abuse: Bedsworth Ponders the Divorce-Criminal-Sentencing Law Nexus

Posted on January 04, 2009
Justice Bedsworth welcomes you to January 2009, with a legal puzzle of almost, hmm, biblical proportion.Excerpt: ?? Ms. Doe(4) closed the book on Chopin and Haydn one day and fired up the computer for a round of monster-battling, only to receive the disconcerting news that her virtual spouse had divorced her avatar...

Setting Up Business as a Debt Collector in Oregon

Posted on January 04, 2009
We occasionally get questions from people who want to set up business as debt collectors. It?s a tough business and I recommend an apprenticeship first, but who am I to stop the dreamers who want to set up shop, in the food business, in retail, in debt collection, in private investigation, or any other small business endeavor...

Confused About the Google Book Publishing Settlement?

Posted on December 31, 2008
LLRX dot com has a December 2008 article that may help you disentangle the settlement agreement: A Guide for the Perplexed: Libraries and the Google Library Settlement

The Mensa Constitution

Posted on December 31, 2008
Did you know that Mensa has a Constitution (linked to from their Other Resources page)?I wonder if Densa does.

Oregon and Public Records: OMB Watch and OpenUpOregon

Posted on December 30, 2008
Have you seen this Moving toward a 21st Century Right to Know Agenda from OMB Watch (Recommendations to President-elect Obama and Congress)?See also the professor who Commented on my post, Oregon Public Records Law Disclosure and Email: about how the DOJ website can be less than helpful, though I am optimistic that 2009 will bring improvements...

Legal Help for Pro Se Litigants from the Oregon State Bar

Posted on December 30, 2008
The Oregon State Bar (OSB) Information and Referral Service can refer you to an attorney who will handle your case OR they can refer you to a coach. The OSB is exploring more unbundled (aka limited scope) legal assistance options. In the meantime, you can phone them and ask for an attorney to help you with:* Small Claims Coaching* Pro Se Coaching* Document Review(I previously posted about unbundling, limited scope legal assistance, and lawyers fees here...

Opt Out of Receiving Paper Phone Books (in Oregon)

Posted on December 30, 2008
Information and phone numbers from the DEQ News Release:Resolve to Opt out of Phone Books in 2009Excerpt from news release:??Contact phone book publishers to opt out or reduce your phone book order. For DEX/Qwest, go to dexknows.com and select "Directory Options" at the bottom...

Oregon Constitution: Wikisource, Wikiproject Oregon, and More

Posted on December 29, 2008
1) The Oregon Constitution has been wikified, but not just here (or the Ballotpedia version or this Indopedia version) but also by the good people at WikiProject Oregon who are wikifiing the Oregon Constitution, creating a Wikisource edition.2) How to Find the Most Current Additions to the Oregon Constitution:a) Given our rather interesting (you can?t make me use those other adjectives that spring to mind) system of amending the Oregon Constitution, I thought a few remarks on finding the most current version of the Oregon Constitution might be in order:b) The version at the Oregon Legislature?s website does not now (as of this date) include changes to the Constitution made in Special Sessions...

Clackamas County?s Four-Day Work Week and Sheriff?s YouTube Debut

Posted on December 26, 2008
One doesn?t think of Clackamas County, Oregon as being on the cutting edge, but sometimes ?.1) Four-day work week: A lot of the country is watching how Clackamas County's one-year experiment with a four-day work week fares. For some (e.g. commuters), it?s a winner, but not for all:Clackamas County government's four-day workweek draws protests, by Peter Zuckerman, The Oregonian, Thursday December 25, 2008:Excerpt: ?Clackamas County's four-day workweek skirts state law and punishes the struggling real estate industry, according to critics of the county's new schedule...

Home on the Internet: Facebook, Service, and the Australian Courts

Posted on December 26, 2008
An interesting (but not earth shattering) case from Australia: the court (Master Harper) allowed a mortgage lender to serve the homeowners ? at their Facebook page.Find stories on the web, using these search words (or others of your choosing): australia court service mortgage facebook CanberraMake sure you read at least a few stories out of Australia, not just the U...

Oregon Media Shield Law (and Bloggers) Case Documents

Posted on December 24, 2008
My previous post, Ayyoub, Clackamas County (Oregon) Blogging Case, and SCRIBD, did not identify the documents that I uploaded to SCRIBD about this case. They are:1) Judge Redman, Clackamas County Circuit Court Judge, Pro Tem September 30, 2008, decision2) Order Denying Plaintiff?s Motion to Compel3) Plaintiff?s Motion to Compel Production of Documents from Webhosts4) Third-party The Portland Mercury?s Opposition to Plaintiff?s Motion to Compel5) Plaintiff?s Motion to Compel6) Civil Subpoena Duces TecumRe: 2007 ORS 44...

?When pizzas are outlawed only outlaws will have pizzas?

Posted on December 24, 2008
Another reason to read Bruce Schneier on Security ? the (often) dark humor of the people who Comment on his blog. See, for example, this post Food in Defense of a Crime and the Comments. (The Comment I quote in the title field was posted at 7:44 on 12/22/08...

Funeral Law in Oregon

Posted on December 23, 2008
It's not enough to sort out the papers, the wills, the taxes, the trusts, the long-lost relatives; you also need to think about burial and funerals. The law has a long reach.Where to begin if you want to know about funeral law?1) The place to begin your research is the Oregon Mortuary and Cemetery Board?s webpage...

Oregon Public Records Law Disclosure and Email

Posted on December 19, 2008
On the Internet, strongEverything is Public/strong. emRepeat often.br //embr /Yes, we all live and will probably die, by email and other electronic communications, but you can also think about the words emPrivacy/em, emConfidentiality/em, and emPublic Records/em (emand maybe also the word Exemption/em)...

Food Liability Law

Posted on December 19, 2008
The a href="http://www.foodliabilitylaw.com/"Food Liability Law Blog/a has some interesting posts, including this one that features an Oregon and Washington public health officer: a href="http://www.foodliabilitylaw.com/2008/12/articles/food-litigation-tips/is-it-a-really-foodborne-illness/"?Is it Really a Food-Born Illness?/a?br /br /a href="http://www...

Ayyoub, Clackamas County (Oregon) Blogging Case, and SCRIBD

Posted on December 18, 2008
I don?t get too many opportunities to work through my ?what I want to learn today? list (emmy/em a href="http://www.linkedin.com/"emLinkedIn/em /aemsite is languishing ? sigh/em), but 12/18/08 was a a href="http://www.scribd.com/"SCRIBD /aday (emor more accuately, a SCRIBD 30 minutes/em) span style="font-size:85%;"(I really just like saying emSCRIBD, SCRIBD, SCRIBD :-)/embr //spanbr /In honor of a href="http://www...

Severe Weather Shelters around Oregon

Posted on December 17, 2008
This unusual, and persistent, cold, ice, and snow will be with us for a while. In a href="http://www.co.washington.or.us/cgi/home/washco.pl"Washington County /a(home to a href="http://www.co.washington.or.us/deptmts/law_lib/law_lib.htm"my library/a), you can view a a href="http://www...

Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: Bite #13

Posted on December 17, 2008
Links to Previous emBites/em can be found here at, "a href="http://oregonlegalresearch.blogspot.com/2008/10/oregon-constitution-in-small-bites.html"emOregon Consitution in Small Bites: So Far/em/a"br /br /strongToday/strong: Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: Bite #13: emArticle IV, Legislative Department, Sections 1-1b/em (emcopied from /ema href="http://www...

Volunteering in Portland, Oregon

Posted on December 16, 2008
If you want to volunteer your time (vs. your money) but have only a few hours or days, here and there, don?t forget about this website for the Portland Metro Area: Hands On Greater Portland.

AARP Bylaws: Getting Trapped in the Web

Posted on December 16, 2008
From the Washington County (Oregon) Law Librarian:If you are looking for AARP bylaws, either the national ones or for the Oregon Chapter, please contact AARP directly. The Washington County Law Librarian does not have them.A couple of years ago, in response to a patron?s request, I sent out an email message to colleagues on a law librarian listserve asking if anyone had found an online source for AARP bylaws...

Legal Resources for Oregonians with Disabilities

Posted on December 12, 2008
From the Washington County (Oregon) Law Librarian:We came across this Oregon Department Human Services website, with a variety of legal links on the following topics:1) Planning2) Power of Attorney3) Wills & trusts4) Guardians & Conservators5) Finding an elder law attorney6) Disability issuesServices for Seniors and People with DisabilitiesMore on these issues here and here and here.

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