Even though the title page continues to state 2004 and 9th edition, I have been reassured that the excellent Juvenile Rights Handbook written by members of the Multnomah Bar Association Young Lawyer’s Section has been updated very recently (the past couple of months even). They deserve a big Thank You! for all their hard work.
There is a new Oregon lawyer blogger, Lauren Paulson. His blog is called, Bulletins from Aloha. (More information on Mr. Paulson can be found at the Oregon State Bar website, click on Member Directory.
Their appeal. Their judgment. Their briefs.
And they also write aging lawyer reports: Latest report out on the aging lawyer, linked to from f/k/a, which has much more on aging lawyers (not to mention haiku). f/k/a home is here.
Old lawyers (different from aging lawyers?) also have weblogs.
Are any state’s digital laws official, authentic, and permanent?
“The alarming truth, borne out by our careful study, is that online official legal resources are replacing print official sources.
Final statements of the law are now being delivered to citizens and law researchers in digital versions without authentication or trustworthy long-term preservation.”
You can read the full report, “State-by-State Report on Authentication of Online Legal Resources” and supporting documents. More information on the report is here and here. The Oregon state report starts here (if the link holds up).
I haven’t reminded you recently about Jim Calloway’s blog, which is fun and full of useful information. Jim recently blogged about business cards, though after reading the post I have to admit I flashed on what Harry Potter’s business card would look like if he had one – animal, vegetable, mineral, or magical?
Oregon isn’t the only state with its courthouses on the verge of collapse (see page 32 of the report) (re “collapse”: only a mild exaggeration if the judges and lawyers are to be believed, and they may very well be right – personally, I’m a little nervous inside some of the state’s courthouses). Other states have the same problem, e.g. here and here and here (but not here 🙂
California recently came up with one solution to the same problem within their borders. (You can track some of their progress here and here. I’m sure there are other views, such as here in Milt Polizcer’s June 5th column:
“It never fails to astonish me that whenever there’s a difficult problem facing the judicial system in California, the people in charge fail to do the obvious thing: ask me for help.
I almost always have the answer.
And the answer I’d like to offer the powers that be in the state judiciary is SELL!
Not that all Presidents have or had anything great to say, but some did:
American Presidency Project (selected documents: 1789 – present)
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States (1991 to present)
Whole Foods and Wild Oats Merger story at Reuters via Yahoo, here. Excerpt:
“Whole Foods, the largest natural and organic grocer, announced plans to buy Wild Oats in February, after coming under increased pressure from mainstream grocers that were selling more organic, natural and prepared fare.
In May, Whole Foods said that staff members of the Federal Trade Commission had voiced concerns over the anti-competitive impact of the planned acquisition.”
At the State Archives web site:
* Criminal Law Revision Commission Records, 1967-1972
* Interim Committee on Judiciary Records (Oregon Motor Vehicle Code revision) 1973-1974 Interim
One of my favorite attorneys emailed me from the hospital to ask if she could renew some books that were checked out – her baby was about to be born.
Am I so tough on my library’s lawyers that they feel the need to ask for renewals even when they are in labor?
Oregon Legal Research Blog