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Oregon Warrantless Cell Phone Searches (with a side of fried (cellular) chips)

Posted on June 24, 2010
It?s not often you hear (read) the Oregon Court of Appeals split the infinitive and use the phrase ?fry the chip? in the same sentence. (See below *)(Yes, yes, we know that it is OK to split infinitives, but that doesn't mean we can't get a little humor-mileage out of them when they pop up, so to speak, especially when frying chips...

Oregon Solo Practitioners: Numbers Grow

Posted on June 23, 2010
Let?s hope a lot of them have found that a nearby county law library can help them keep costs under control with free legal research databases, conference rooms, research resources, legal research expertise, etc.Lawyers go solo: Tough job market leads to rise in sole practitioners, small firms, Portland Business Journal, by Andy Giegerich, Friday, June 18, 2010:Excerpt: "After graduating from Lewis & Clark Law School last year, Caryn Jones hung her own shingle...

?Incorporating Animal Law into Private Practice?

Posted on June 23, 2010
Holly Anne Gibbons, an Oregon lawyer, has written a practical article (Introduction) on ?Incorporating Animal Law into Private Practice,? in the Lewis & Clark Law School journal, Animal Law Review, volume 16, issue 2, 2010, pp. 207-211. (ALR is not free, online...

Oregon Court of Appeals: Medical Marijuana and (Concealed) Handgun Case

Posted on June 22, 2010
The Oregon Court of Appeals, June 16, 2010, case Willis V. Winters (A139875) about controlled substances and guns:?Wollheim, P. J.Respondent, the Jackson County Sheriff, appeals a judgment of the circuit court that ordered him to renew a concealed handgun license issued to petitioner, a medical marijuana user...

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Oregonians Asked to Speak Out on the Federal Deficit

Posted on June 22, 2010
Participate in a discussion on the federal deficit:1) USA Budget Discussion dot org2) For a quick review of the difference between the national debt and the national deficit, visit this U.S. Treasury website.3) Oregonian ?In My Opinion? article, from the June 21, 2010, print edition: ?Here?s your chance to change the future,? by Adam Davis and Steve Buckstein...

Celebrate Paralegal Day, Friday, June 18, 2010

Posted on June 18, 2010
1) Visit the Oregon Paralegal Association and Pacific Northwest Paralegal Association (PNWPA) websites.2) Celebrate with the PCC Paralegal Program, which recently earned ABA approval, the first paralegal program in the state to achieve this honor -- Congratulations!!3) A few other paralegal websites to visit, among a cast of thousands:a) Know: A Magazine for Paralegals and Legal Assistant/Paralegal Today magazineb) Oregon Paralegalsc) Paralegal Schools Onlined) Inter-Alia?s Blog of the Day (July 16, 2009) featured Practical Paralegalism

Oregon Corporation / Business Law: Legal Research Resources

Posted on June 18, 2010
The good news is that the number (and weight) of Oregon corporation law research resources are a fraction of what they would be in Delaware, California, and New York. The bad news is - well, the same.Keep in mind, though, that a lot of corporation/business legal research is not state-specific and you may need to use those non-Oregon research tools of the trade, too, depending on your question(s)...

Impact of Budget Cuts on Oregon Judicial Department

Posted on June 17, 2010
From the OJD Media Releases, click on ?What?s New? from the drop-down menu and see the 6/14/10 link to the document:Chief Justice Identifies Impact of Potential Budget ReductionsWhile you're there (at the OJD Media Releases), take a look at recently released Oregon Supreme Court and Court of Appeals opinions, too.

Editorial Cartoonists in Portland (with a side of Barney and Clyde)

Posted on June 17, 2010
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists 2010 annual conference is going on now in Portland. Among other events, is one at Powell?s tonight at 7:30.Comics have a funny place in my ?law? world. There are some good lawyer cartoons (and wonderful cartoonists who offer them free to libraries), but one does need a break from all those funny lawyers...

What is Your Million Dollar Idea? (Oregon Meyer Memorial Trust)

Posted on June 17, 2010
Put your thinking caps on, brainstorm with friends over the coming weeks, think dangerously, creatively, courageously, and wisely:Meyer Memorial Trust Million Dollar Ideas?Meyer Memorial Trust wants to help change the contagious pessimism in Oregon and jumpstart action that again makes our state a place where ideas begin and grow...

Oregon Writs of Assistance

Posted on June 16, 2010
There are all kinds of writs: execution, attachment, review, mandamus, and assistance, to name a few.The one most commonly asked about by pro se litigants is the writ of assistance. Here are some sources of information and forms:Oregon State Sheriffs? Association Civil Process Manual (aka "Sheriffs? Manual")1) Chapter 4: Provisional Process, descriptions, practice tips, and forms, e...

Job: Public Records Officer, University of Oregon

Posted on June 16, 2010
Public Records Officer, University of Oregon?The Public Records Officer (PRO) is a position in the new Public Records Office that reports directly to the President and is responsible for the effective, timely and thorough compliance with the public records law and managing, processing, and completing all public records requests submitted to the University of Oregon...

Oregon Prenuptial Agreements (Contracts)

Posted on June 11, 2010
Note: I use the term "temporary" marriage below instead of ?short-term? marriage because the latter is how marriages of very short duration are described and labeled in some courts. (*See below for more on ?short-term? marriage in Oregon.)Whenever someone asks why we (Americans, I presume, or maybe Oregonians) don?t have temporary or ?short-term? marriage (meaning of limited duration by choice, not a marriage that lasts for a short-term), I refrain from playing the wedding-wag and saying, ?what do you think a prenup is all about??Prenuptial agreements are about a whole lot more than money and power and can be extremely valuable marriage contracts, but if not managed seriously by each party to the marriage, I suppose they could be viewed as a back-door route to temporary marriage (e...

Refrigerators, Cluelessness, and Assumptions (with a side of Markopolos, Madoff, & the SEC)

Posted on June 08, 2010
I loved this article by Conrad Jacoby:?Of Refrigerators and E-Discovery,? by Conrad J. Jacoby, LLRX, April 21, 2010. It brings to mind what Harry Markopolos had to say about the SEC (they were clueless at fraud detection, but thought they were the bomb) ?and, in another context, conversations I have had with parents and computer scientists over whether their children and students, respectively, are Info Consumers or Info Producers...

Juvenile Sex Offender Bibliography: A work in progress

Posted on June 08, 2010
Some of the most difficult cases for lawyers, and social workers and judges, to resolve involve juvenile sex offenders, i.e. sex offenders who are under the age of 18 and very often under the age of 16. Work with juvenile offenders (and juvenile witnesses) is difficult under any circumstances, but sex offense criminal charges add another dimension to the complex equation...

Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR) Child Support Rules Commentary

Posted on June 06, 2010
Once upon a time, if you were researching Child Support Rules and wanted Commentary, you could find the documents on the agency website. But, alas, no more. The homepage refers to OAR Commentary, but you won?t find any.You can find the archived Commentary, however, if you look at the Internet Archives (and Wayback Machine)...

Small Claims Court and the Single (But Hopeful) Litigant

Posted on June 05, 2010
If you?ve never had the pleasure of chuckling over a coffee and the London Review of Books Personals ads (some also collected in this book, featured in a 2006 NPR story ), here is a Small Claims Court one. Who knew?!?I was recently victorious in a small claims court and with my compensation cheque I?d like to take you (F to 48) on a weekend bicycling trip to the Lake District Centre Parc...

Oregon Appellate Court Briefs: New Rules: Font Size and Word-Limits

Posted on June 04, 2010
If you plan to file in the Oregon Court of Appeals:June 2, 2010, Media ReleaseNOTICE: EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010, ORAP 5.05 is amended.For cases in the Court of Appeals in which the notice of appeal (or other initiating document) is filed on or after July 1, 2010:1) Briefs must use 14-point type (for proportionally spaced type)...

Who can, or can?t, vote for Oregon Justices of the Peace?

Posted on June 04, 2010
Forest Grove News-Times ran an interesting story about the May 2010 election for the Washington County Justice of the Peace:"Not everyone votes in judge race: Low-key race doesn?t wind up on ballots in Hillsboro,? by Christian Gaston, The Forest Grove News-Times, May 6, 2010:Excerpt: ??But if you live in downtown Hillsboro, chances are, you won?t see either of their names on your ballot...

Law Librarian Job: University of Oregon Law School Library

Posted on June 04, 2010
Law Reference LibrarianCloses: July 16, 2010Eugene, OR?? The person in this position works collaboratively with three law-trained reference librarians and several student reference assistants to provide extensive reference, instructional and research services for a research-oriented law faculty and students in a technologically advanced information environment...

Job Opening: Part-time Oregon County Law Library Assistant Position

Posted on June 04, 2010
The Clackamas County Law Library seeks a part-time (18 hours/week) Law Library Assistant who is available to begin employment soon after July 1. Primary responsibilities involve providing legal research and reference assistance to patrons; processing incoming print and non-print materials; and assisting the Law Librarian...

Stephens-Ness Legal Forms (Oregon): New Bookstore Partner/Dealer

Posted on June 02, 2010
Arcade Book Exchange will be a Stevens-Ness Partner/Dealer for the Western Washington County (Oregon) area beginning June 1st, 2010.Gene Horton, of Horton's Sav-On Office Supply in Forest Grove, will be retiring and closing his store on May 28th. The Arcade Book Exchange will take over the Stevens-Ness Legal Forms portion of his business...

Oregon Statute (ORS) Annotations: The Good, the Really Good, and the Awful

Posted on June 02, 2010
Usually when one wants to ?shepardize? an Oregon statute (i.e. look for subsequent cases or legal publications that have cited the statute), the results are fairly uniform whether you check the official ORS Annotations volume (print and online), Lexis-Nexis Shepard?s, or Westlaw Keycite...

Multnomah Law Library in Portland, Oregon

Posted on June 02, 2010
The Multnomah Law Library website and phone number: 503-988-3394?The Multnomah Law Library located in the County Court House was incorporated in 1890 as a subscription library by a group of Multnomah County lawyers. Today it is a non-profit corporation on contract to the County to provide law library service for the County's legal community, and officials...

Civil (Involuntary) Commitment in Oregon

Posted on June 01, 2010
OPB?s Think Out Loud had a program this past week on:Involuntary Commitment, Air Date: Monday, May 24th 2010 (posted By: Julie Sabatier)?Guests:1) Sally Fabre: Mother of a man who's been diagnosed with schizophrenia2) Jean Dentinger: Program supervisor for the involuntary commitment unit of Multnomah County's mental health and addiction services division3) RoAnna Savage: Daughter of a man who's been diagnosed with schizophrenia4) David Oaks: Executive director of MindFreedom International and board member of the Oregon Consumer/Survivor Coalition?? (Link to Think Out Loud...

Mrs. Bedsworth Tackles the Hospital Clowns - and Wins

Posted on June 01, 2010
Mrs. Bedsworth goes on a Hospital ?Sign this Form Before We Even Talk To You? Rampage, as told by Justice Bedsworth in Criminal Waste of Space column in the OC Lawyer Magazine:Send in the Clowns, June 2010:Excerpt: "... After awhile, I just stopped reading them...

Illegal Debt-Repair Companies in Oregon

Posted on May 31, 2010
Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) has a website with information about debt-repair (or debt management) companies:FAQs for consumers about debt management companies:Excerpt: ?If you're looking for help reducing or managing your debt ? whether it's credit card debt, a mortgage, or a car loan ? you may be considering a debt management company...

DIY Book Scanners

Posted on May 29, 2010
If you have a long weekend looming, with nothing to do (hard to imagine but some do have lives of leisure), did you ever think about building your own DIY Book Scanner?

Oregon DPSST Criminal Justice Code of Ethics

Posted on May 28, 2010
Did you know the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) has a Criminal Justice Code of Ethics (PDF and webpage with other DPSST documents)?

Librarians are Prestidigiterians

Posted on May 28, 2010
I was reading the Rex Stout novel (League of Frightened Men, with Nero Wolfe) and came across this wonderful, and largely forgotten, word: prestidigitation (see also Word of the Day a few years ago.)Isn?t this what a lot of us do, especially ?digital? librarians (without the deceit, of course)?Those ones and zeros are powerful things (or perhaps they are utter nothingness or naught-iness)The word prestigitation also reminds me of this Douglas Adams (of Hitchhiker?s Guide fame) quotation, and who credits computer scientist Bran Ferren with the idea: ?technology is stuff that doesn?t work yet...

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