HALT has a new online booklet, Guardians and Guardianships: A Primer.
Oregon-specific guardianship resources can be found at the Oregon State Bar (OSB), Legal Aid Services of Oregon (LASO), and at your local county law library (OCCLL).
This post is primarily for reference purposes (mine!): One day, in about 8.17 months, someone’s going to ask for the names of these cases, “you now, those cocaine sentencing cases from a year or two ago” and I’ll say, “we can search the OLR blog for a quick answer.”
Gall v. United States
Decided: 12/10/2007
No: 06-7949
Kimbrough v United States
Decided: 12/10/07
No. 06-6330
What happens when 21 law students analyze and redraft a sample company contract? Did blood flow? Did heads roll? Did anyone roll over? Read the story (by Ken Adams) of a legal writing instructor’s contract-drafting exercise with his students:
A Report on the Penn Law 2007 Contract-Redrafting Project
“Each semester that I teach, I inflict a series of drafting assignments on students in my Penn Law contract drafting class. This semester, the final assignment—the grand climax!—consisted of redrafting the first five pages of a master services agreement submitted to me by a major financial-services company in response to this invitation I posted on this blog. The company—let’s call it Acme—uses this contract as the template for its company-wide services procurement….”
How do you pick a good URL? One place to start is Good URL, Bad URL. (A sense of humor is always appreciated.) Worst URLs, additional URL resources, and Best Practices are included.
(There are lots of blogs, websites, and print business writers willing to tell you how to name your domain and optimize your web presence (I like to start here). Go to libraries and search engines to find them. (Oh, and good content helps, too.)
Portland is apparently second to Austin in blogging. I saw the story in the Oregonian (12/13/07), but had to look to other stories to find out “according to whom.” The Whom is apparently, Scarborough Research, which has lots to say about other subjects, including hybrid owners, organic food consumers, and eBay visitors.
The Willamette Week (12/12/07 issue) article by Nigel Jaquiss, “Space Odyssey: New law limits disabled parking benefits for drivers not in wheelchairs,” describes the new law, SB 716, that goes into effect January 1st, 2008. (The 2007 ORS will be here in a few weeks.)
Excerpt from the Willamette Week story:
“A new state law set to take effect Jan. 1 has advocates for Portland’s disabled drivers in an uproar.
Many but not all Oregon attorneys know about the terrific 3 volume set of Will and Trust Forms (Oregon Version), compiled by Joseph J. Hanna, Jr. and Campbell Richardson and published by the US Bank Private Client Group.
Rumors have been swirling that there is a 2006 edition, but upon inquiry we were informed that this is incorrect and the 2003 edition is still the latest one. (In 2006 I was told no update was in the works so a new edition is still likely a ways off.)
This is good news for most of us. The set is not cheap (but is excellent value) and must still have a good and long life ahead in its current form. Some changes may have occurred in filing requirements, so don’t forget to check the OSB practice and course materials, the statutes (the 2007s expected within a few weeks), and (of course) the court where you are filing to make you are using the correct forms.
beSpacific links to three Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reports including the Impact of Unauthorized Immigrants on the Budgets of State and Local Governments.
Here is the California companion to my Washington State post.
Good starting points for California legal research:
1) When in doubt about where to start your research, ask a public law librarian: Council of California County Law Libraries (see especially their Self-Help and Legal Links)
A local lawyer blawger (Insurance Coverage Blog), Portland attorney David Rossmiller, is profiled in the Wall Street Journal Online. Bet you wouldn’t have thought insurance law could be so interesting.
Oregon Legal Research Blog