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The Oregonian, on January 10th, ran lengthy articles (by Don Colburn and Daniel Bergner (article at the NYT) , about Washington State’s physician-assisted suicide, aka Death With Dignity, measure that may go to their November 2008 ballot.

It’s My Decision is a website for Washington State Death With Dignity measure advocates.

Research into the Oregon physician assisted suicide law (statute) can begin here and here and here but will continue in journals, newspapers, state and federal court cases, and beyond.

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Some of the scariest words we hear in the law library are from non-attorney patrons who walk into the law library and say things like this:

“I need advance directive, will, and trust forms for my 87 year-old neighbor. I just want to take them to her so she can fill them out.”

We want to say:

Please, please, please (!) don’t just hand over legal forms to your neighbor. Instead, please (PLEASE!) offer to help your neighbor contact a local senior advocacy center, your county’s senior services, or call your legal aid office or bar association information number. Your neighbor should have someone, not related to her (or him), listen and determine exactly what legal service or assistance is needed. The person consulted should be knowledgeable, which sometimes means experienced or trained and possibly even licensed. This person needs to be accountable for advice proffered.

Most counties have advocacy services for seniors and you can find out about them from your Legal Aid office (and ask about the Senior Law Project), your local public library, your county commissioners’ or mayor’s office, your state AARP office, to name only a few sources of information. You can also phone the Oregon State Bar Association or the Multnomah Bar Association, or your local county law library.

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The Legal Process Outsourcing blog has an interesting post about outsourcing legal research.

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“… Legal research in the practice of law is time-consuming, difficult and often times expensive-both for the lawyer and certainly for the client. Because the law is anything but clear-cut and simple, good and effective legal research takes time. While efficiency is an essential characteristic of a good lawyer, legal research requires both efficiency and thoroughness. Often times, an attorney will have to research an issue a number of times before she feels comfortable with the result of her research.

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Fred Blume’s Annotated Justinian Code is online, thanks to the University of Wyoming, College of Law.

Now if only all the UK statutes (not just recent ones, where recent means 19th century forward 🙂 were online …. I can dream, can’t I? And it’s not as if all U.S. federal or state statutes were online with free access, so I can’t really complain, can I.

Thanks to law librarian listserves for the tip!

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A Hillsboro Argus, January 8th, 2008, opinion piece by Nick Christensen is (yet another) example of how difficult it is and how much time, energy, knowledge, and creativity people need to solve what should be simple consumer problems.

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“…. And I called lawyers, none of whom would return my call, probably because this was a small claims deal and I am 1,000 miles away. Little do they know how much more eager I am to pay a lawyer than a crook….”

Mr. Christiansen had the aptitude and the knowledge to know how to fight this fight, but that still didn’t save him from the hours and hours he had to spend on the problem and the worry. If anything, his knowledge of consumer matters made it worse. He knew perfectly well how badly this could turn out – all of us in the business know what we’re up against.

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Bend Bulletin story by Sheila Miller, on January 6th, 2007, “Obscure law keeps Bend father from challenging adoption.”

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“I think that most men have not a clue how quickly they lose their rights in the state of Oregon,” Dick said. “If you are a male and wish to assert your rights to a child, you should go through every step possible and beyond … so there’s no question.”

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Towing is nothing if not exciting in Oregon (and probably elsewhere around the world). Local papers seem to run a “towing” story every week. The 1/8/08, Oregonian story, “Complaints push police to overhaul tow policy,” by Maxine Bernstein, is only the latest one.

Portland is particularly active in the Towing Law Making Arena and you can visit their home page, type the word towing into the search box, and keep yourself busy for a while – a long while. But public law librarians get towing questions from all over the state (and beyond, believe it or not) so, like condo law, I’ll blog about the subject fairly often.

Keep in mind that everyone from the neighborhood association to the Legislature gets involved with making towing law and policy, so you will need to look far and wide, near and far for towing laws. Statewide laws are updated not infrequently, the latest change occurred this past 2007 Legislative Session. See the following for information:

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The Oregon Business Litigation Blog posted this on 1/4/08:

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“Litigation is about to get a little more expensive in Oregon. Starting February 1 a filing fee must accompany certain motions and responses to motions in state court. The fees — $50 for motions and $35 for responses — apply to filings including Rule 21 motions to dismiss, summary judgment motions, and motions to compel discovery. “

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