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February 14th: Happy Birthday Oregon!

Posted on February 14, 2008
Today is Oregon?s birthday and the Oregon Historical Society and Portland State University have teamed up to bring you the Oregon Encyclopedia as a gift.From the Oregon Blue Book:?? For months the fate of Oregon statehood floated on shifting political coalitions distrustful of changing the fragile balance of power in Congress...

Public Library of Law

Posted on February 14, 2008
You may have heard about the groundbreaking Public Library of Science (PLOS) ...but have you heard about the Public Library of Law (PLOL)?These are all works in progress (isn't all learning a work in progress?), but wonderful all the same. The PLOL is sponsored by FastCase.

Say What You Mean, in Six Words

Posted on February 14, 2008
Legal writers take note: Can you say it in Six-Words?From the smithmag/six-word memoirs web site:?Six-Word Memoirs: The LegendLegend has it that Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in only six words. His response? ?For sale: baby shoes, never worn...

Oregon Home Inspectors and Contract Law

Posted on February 14, 2008
This Oregonian "Complaint Desk" article from 2/10/08, ?Handling inspectors and inspections is tricky,? was interesting: What do you do when you believe that the home inspector hired by a potential buyer of your house managed to damage your house in the course of the inspection?Excerpt from the article:?? For ? the anger rekindles each time she passes the exterior wall of her Tualatin home where she said a home inspector dug too deep and left "fist-sized holes" as he checked the wall for a potential buyer in late November?...

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OPB Thinking Out Loud: Finding Homes for the Criminally Insane

Posted on February 13, 2008
The topic for today?s OPB?s Thinking Out Loud will be Finding a Home for the Criminally Insane. To participate in the discussion, visit the Thinking Out Loud site for links and instructions.I previously posted on Criminalizing the Mentally Ill.

Stepparent Adoption in Oregon

Posted on February 13, 2008
Public law librarians are frequently asked how a stepparent can adopt a child. Non-attorneys think this is a simple legal procedure and all they need are ?forms.? (And no, no, no ... a name change will not accomplish the same purpose.)It is not simple (repeat, IT IS NOT SIMPLE)...

Amazon Kindles in the Public Library: Contract Issues

Posted on February 08, 2008
On a day of grappling with other digital publication contract issues, I saw this:?Is It OK for a Library To Lend a Kindle?Norman Oder -- Library Journal, 2/7/2008? Terms of Service say no? Amazon hasn?t requested that Sparta PL stop? Beyond that, is it worth it?Our report that the Sparta Public Library (SPL), NJ, had begun to lend Amazon...

Metro-Portland Bloggers, Blawgers, Dogs, and Beer

Posted on February 08, 2008
The Beer and Blog dot com gathering is weekly at the Lucky Labrador Brew Pub, 915 SE Hawthorne, Portland, Oregon.Their motto: Bloggers helping bloggers over beer. They are even working on a logo.Now if only we can get a few more Oregon lawyers in on some blawging fun ?.

To Catch a Thief: Searching Criminal Records

Posted on February 08, 2008
Repeat after me: Don?t believe most of what you hear, old wives do tell tall tales, and THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A SINGLE, COMPREHENSIVE criminal records database. This essay by Genie Tyburski, may make the point for those who haven?t gotten it so far: To Catch a ThiefExcerpt from To Catch a Thief:?The myth of a one-stop shop for criminal records is not new to Lawyer X...

Oregon Association of Parliamentarians, 2008 Convention

Posted on February 08, 2008
The Oregon Association of Parliamentarians will be holding their 2008 Convention in Portland, March 15th, 2008.These are the people who second rather than strike motions.

Babysitting and Leaving Children Home Alone in Oregon: Update

Posted on February 06, 2008
My most popular posts (here and here) need a little link-refreshing:From the City of Albany web site (click on Curfew):At what age can a child be left home alone? Legally at 10 years of age; however, you may want to consider ORS 163.545.163.545 Child neglect in the second degree...

Writing and Legal Writers (Readers too) Update

Posted on February 06, 2008
The following legal writing blog has come to my attention: Set in Style.The number of legal writing blogs and web sites is growing. Take a look at Set in Style?s sidebars to see just how many. Here is another good place to turn, Evan Schaeffer?s legal-writing posts...

Who or What is JSTOR?

Posted on February 06, 2008
JSTOR, in a nutshell, is just another database of scholarly articles on a variety of topics. You could also say it?s a storage place for journals, thus JSTOR. (See, even scholarly sorts can?t spell :-)For the most part, only academic libraries and large public libraries subscribe to JSTOR, but if an article you are seeking pops up in a search engine with a JSTOR location, ask at any library reference desk...

Maryland, People?s Law Library and the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Posted on February 05, 2008
This Maryland?s People?s Law Library isn?t Oregon, but I can dream, can?t I? (Another favorite is this Wisconsin Legal Topics web page.)Evaluating legal websites: Separating the ?Good from the Bad and the Ugly? is also excellent.

Oregon Law Schools: Law Reviews and Journals

Posted on February 05, 2008
Articles from Willamette Law School law journals can be found here, here, and here.Articles from law journals from Lewis & Clark Law School are highlighted at BoleyBlogs.Articles from law journals from the University of Oregon Law School are highlighted here, and here, and here.

Offender Registries: DWI, Sex, Meth, Domestic, etc.

Posted on February 05, 2008
The ever alert Tamara Thompson at PI Buzz alerts us to offender registries popping up around the country: sex offenders, domestic violence offenders, methamphetamine offenders, DWI offenders, and more.We get a lot of requests from people wanting to know if official records exist online for everything from divorce to death to dog fighting to drugs...

Lemons v. Bradbury Opinion: Oregon Family Fairness Act

Posted on February 04, 2008
Here?s the link to Judge Mosman?s opinion. You can find it also from here (link may move over time). This is a transcript of the judge?s ruling from the bench rather than a formal written opinion.The subject of the lawsuit was the Oregon Family Fairness Act, 2007 HB 2007.

Oregon Law: Law Commission, Paternity, Contracts, Ethics, and More

Posted on February 01, 2008
The latest issue of the Willamette Law Review (vol.44, #2, Winter 2007) is chock full of articles on Oregon:TABLE OF CONTENTSThe Oregon Law Commission: Bridging the Gaps Between Islands of the Legal Profession, by Jeffrey C. DobbinsThe Oregon Law Commission at Ten: Finding Vision for the Future in the Functions of the Past, by David R...

Man Arrested for Painting Crosswalk

Posted on January 31, 2008
I?m not the only Portlander (or pedestrian) reading this story, Man Jailed for Creating Crosswalk, Vows More, who thought it might have originated in ?my own? neighborhood. But this is an Everywhere problem. Let s/he who hasn?t been tempted to do the same as Mr...

Justice Bedsworth Survives January, Dips Toe into February

Posted on January 31, 2008
Visit Justice Bedsworth here A Criminal Waste of Space.Some archives are here, if you want more.

The Challenge of Multi-Author Blogs

Posted on January 31, 2008
Personal Bee Law Library Buzz points us to this story, ?The Challenge of Multi-Author Blogs,? which is a logical follow-up to my posts about lawyers blogging (aka blawging), here, here, and here. (Personal Bee also links to this, from Stark County Law Library...

Free Desktop Teleprompter

Posted on January 31, 2008
I came across this Free Teleprompter while browsing the law librarian blogs, and this one, AbsTracked, in particular.I?m not sure how you would use it, without looking as if you are, ah, reading a teleprompter (not always a pretty sight), but one never knows, does one?

Oregon Chickens and County Dogs-Children Ratio

Posted on January 30, 2008
As I walked out of a local store this past weekend I nearly tripped over a chicken, who was probably out for lunch (lots of veggie restaurants in my neighborhood).This reminded me that we?re probably due for our annual ?How many chickens can I keep on my property?? question...

Rules of Thumb

Posted on January 30, 2008
From Neat New Stuff comes this lead to Rules of Thumb. There is a Lawyer category but not a Librarian one. Most of these Rules of Thumb are kind of silly, but legal researchers sometimes need the darndest things. Most interesting to me is the design of the web site, which is not bad at all for this sort of information...

Spanish Language Dictionaries in the Courts

Posted on January 30, 2008
A Study of Dictionaries in U.S. and Latin American CourtsI first read about this article at the Foreign Collection Development blog, and then found a link to the full article here (and thank you Colorado Lawyer for reprint rights!)

No Sleep for Briefing Lawyers in Oregon Leg Special Session Case

Posted on January 29, 2008
The Oregon Supreme Court is going to hear the Special Session case on Friday, February 1, 2008. From this Oregonian news report, on Tuesday.?The case has been fast-tracked through the courts. Briefs are due tomorrow and Thursday with arguments on Friday...

Oregon Lawyers Blogging: Statistics and Traffic

Posted on January 28, 2008
More for new Oregon lawyer bloggers: see here and here too.These are baby steps I talk about here, but you have to start somewhere:Tracking statistics: Google Analytics and FeedBurner are the easiest and the most popular.Register your blog at Justia and at ORblogs to bump up your traffic.

Blawgers as (real) Writers

Posted on January 28, 2008
I have friends who attend (and love) the Iowa Summer Writing Festival and always try to encourage me to do likewise. But, when I ask if ISWF offers sessions on blogging, the answer is always no (despite the fact that a large percentage of their student body probably blog about their own ISWF experiences)...

Blogging for Lawyers

Posted on January 28, 2008
What do you tell lawyers who ask you about blogging? Top of my list are these:� Read other lawyers blogs (the good, the bad, and the ugly ? content and style matter)� Read some of the best of the lawyers who write ABOUT blogging. I include these to start with, but there are others:1) Jim Calloway?s blog and his specific posts on blogging...

Community Property Rights in Common Law Oregon

Posted on January 28, 2008
Oregon is a common law property state, so what happens when you move here from a community property state and you want to preserve your community property rights?If you are a community property couple and you move to Oregon, you need to be careful how you buy property, how you title it, how you finance it, how you dispose of it, etc...

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