Others will pick this up and run with it, but for starters, here are some State v. Ice links:
Oregonlive story, from 3/17/08: “Supreme Court will use Oregon case to make decision.”
Sentencing Law & Policy blog
The Oregon Supreme Court case from Oct 11, 2007
I like this blurb (it’s not a blog post, an essay, or your typical course description – but it works!) by David Rossmiller that sets the scene for his “People: Throw Off Your Shackles and Blog!” program on blogging:
Excerpt: “As someone who has built a successful law blog and who has been blogging daily for more than two years, I’ve been asked to write a series of posts talking about how to blog, what to do and what not to do. “How to” blog is always a tricky, touchy subject, one that sounds dangerously close to impinging on the thing that is most beloved among bloggers, their autonomy and sense of freedom. The internet is the new Final Frontier, a place where no man has the right to tell another what to do. So I do not say “how to” in the sense of suggesting there is any one correct or right way to blog. Blogging is like music, you’ve got to play it the way you feel it, you’ve got to give your own interpretation to the material. And that, really, goes right to the heart of the matter…. (continue reading).
Oregon is filled with writers of all stripes, but surprisingly, at least to me, is that so few Oregon attorneys blog. Blogging is a good way to stretch those writing muscles, not to mention those legal analysis mental sinews.
I loved this expression, purposefully cowardly, as a description of the care pedestrians and bicyclists must take when traveling the highways and byways.
It was used by Neal Pierce in an interview he had with J. David Santen, Jr., in the March 13th, Oregonian, inPortland article, “Why parks? Neal Peirce has some answers.”
Excerpt: “[Santen] You wrote recently that 2008 might be the year of the bicycle, and point to Portland as a place that has worked to make biking safer. I recently bought a bike and a trailer for small children — it’s still kind of scary.
What a combination! Not everything you should know about dog law, but darn close to what you need most often: Dog Law Hug Pub
From the legal humor, Lowering the Bar blog: A Donut Drama in Three Acts
Thanks to Blawg Reviewer #150: Trusted Advisor
(But, doesn’t the ultimate Portland Donut Drama always happens here?)
This is a wonderful article from The Stranger in Seattle: Flying Off the Shelves: The Pleasures and Perils of Chasing Book Thieves,” by Paul Constant
Excerpt: “…I know a few booksellers who have literally been driven a little bit crazy at the thought of their inventory evaporating out the door, and with good reason: An overabundance of shoplifters can put bookstores out of business. One local bookstore owner can famously talk about shoplifters with total strangers for hours, with the detail and passion that some people reserve for sexual conquests….”
Check here for more articles by this author. And I’ve blogged about book thieves here and here and here.
If you’re a handy-dandy sort, and need to give a special present to a lawyer or law librarian in your life, try this project: make a lamp using books as the base (used law books preferred by the Oregon Legal Research blogette :-). The diynetwork website link with instructions is here.
I found these directions a while ago and posted them to a law librarian listserve, so every once in a while someone e-mails me for the link, which is tough to find. If you search for lamps books diy (or similar search) you keep getting books ABOUT making lamps, not lamps made WITH books. So here it is.
Cool Tool: Popcorn Popper as Coffee Roaster
I’ve had more than one lawyer tell me that speaking publicly to an audience of law librarians is scarier than talking to any other group of people, including other lawyers. (I wonder if doctors feel that way about medical librarians.)
I’m not sure what that has to do with Cool Tools, but there it is. (And is it possible to do really good legal research without coffee?) Librarians have strange thought processes, in addition to being really good at Finding Things, including popcorn poppers that roast coffee.
Librarian in Black has this post, Online word processing options:
Excerpt: “… Looking for free online word processing programs? Look no further than Mashable’s List of 13 Online Word Processing Apps. Each has its strengths, but there’s something there for everyone…” (full post)
Librarian in Black also has this loveable-book-geek post, about Scriblio: Text me that call number, baby!
Lots of lawyers blog, but not all blog about substantive law. Add this one to the growing list of Oregon substantive legal blogs (see sidebar of Blogs-Oregon Legal Topics):
This blog was also featured here at Inter Alia.
Oregon Legal Research Blog