So far, the best (unofficial) place I’ve found to get a complete list of ballot measures is at Ballotpedia. If you type the word <Oregon> into the Ballotpedia search box you’ll likely be linked to this page.
Official sources (and my previous ballot measures post here):
Banned Book Week event:
Café Banned, at the Multnomah County Library, features a talk by the Oregon Public Defender, Steve Wax, who will talk about his book, Kafka Comes to America (also available at other libraries and bookstores).
Previous Bites:
Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: Bite #1 and Bite #2 (Bill of Rights, 1-6)
Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: Bite #3 (Bill of Rights, 7-12)
Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: #4 (Bill of Rights, 13-20)
Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: #5 (Bill of Rights, 21-30)
Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: #6 (Bill of Rights, 32-39)
Oregon Constitution in Small Bites #7: Bill of Rights, 40-42)
Today: Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: Bite #8 (Bill of Rights, 43-45):
43. Rights of victim and public to protection from accused person during criminal proceedings; denial of pretrial release
44. Term of imprisonment imposed by court to be fully served; exceptions
45. Person convicted of certain crimes not eligible to serve as juror on grand jury or trial jury in criminal case
Oregon Court of Appeals opinion:
SOLLARS v. CITY of MILWAUKIE (CV06020213; A132996) (decided 9/24/08)
Great story from the NYT about bus travel: Jet Set, Meet the Bus Bunch
AALL will be meeting in D.C. next year – how about some side trips to Baltimore, Philly, New York, and Boston?
Press release from the U.S. Department of Transportation
Alcohol Impaired Driving Fatalities: report from Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
Here’s a story about a man who was wronged – and how it took him 5 months to right the wrong.
(We see a lot of people in the law library who want quick fixes for the wrongs done to them. It’s a hard lesson for them to learn — that fixing many wrongs can take time, persistence, patience, and forbearance, and sometimes all to the power 10.)
“Portland man gets refund, and he wasn’t the only one wrongly towed,” by Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Tuesday September 23, 2008:
Have you tried out Google News Archive yet? Interesting, promising, and maybe a little irritating. Give it time. (Here’s more about it.)
New and experienced lawyers alike wonder about these issues and the The OSB Bulletin’s Aug/Sept 2008 issue has a terrific primer on the subject:
Managing the Dual Roles: The Ethics of Serving on Corporate Boards, by Helen Hierschbiel:
Excerpt: “It is increasingly common for lawyers to serve on the boards of directors of for-profit and non-profit corporations. The reasons vary. Some lawyers are interested in expanding their contacts within the community; others are committed to the mission of the organization; still others desire to strengthen a relationship with a client corporation. Both for-profit and non-profit corporations seem to appreciate having lawyers become “partners” in the business and develop a better understanding of the activities of the operation. Particularly with non-profits, there is often an expectation, spoken or unspoken, that the entity will enjoy the benefit of the lawyer’s professional expertise.
Oregon Legal Research Blog