In case you were wondering about the 17th Amendment (from here):
Amendment XVII
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislatures.
Position: Part-time Law Library Assistant, Washington County Law Library, Hillsboro, Oregon
Deadline for applications: 1/30/09
Application URL:
Washington County Human Resources Department (or http://tinyurl.com/yr7qr7)
The Washington County Law Library is seeking candidates to fill a part-time paraprofessional position in the county law library. The person in this position will provide reference and circulation assistance to law library patrons, perform routine administrative tasks, update the law library’s online catalog and webpage, and participate in planning and implementing outreach projects.
Hours of employment: Monday to Friday, 12:15 – 5:15 p.m., with occasional additional hours. Salary range: $17.00 to $20.67/hour, plus benefits.
I read an interesting story in the National Law Journal (12/22/08, vol. 31, no. 17, p.1) about special state courts just for veterans. It’s free on their website (thank you NLJ!):
Courts for veterans spreading across U.S.: Wave of vets in courts trips alarm,” by Lynne Marek, December 22, 2008:
Excerpt: “State criminal courts devoted to U.S. war veterans are emerging across the country, from New York to Oklahoma to California, as increasing numbers of soldiers returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are showing up as defendants with a special set of problems.
LLRX dot com also has this info-packed article: Deep Web Research 2009, by Marcus P. Zillman, December 28, 2008.
If you haven’t explored RefDesk dot com recently, take a tour, from their site map or their FAQ, from their Ref Site of the Day, or however else you want to wander.
Justice Bedsworth welcomes you to January 2009, with a legal puzzle of almost, hmm, biblical proportion.
Excerpt: “… Ms. Doe(4) closed the book on Chopin and Haydn one day and fired up the computer for a round of monster-battling, only to receive the disconcerting news that her virtual spouse had divorced her avatar. Divorced! Without warning!
No lipstick on the collar, no long unexplained business trips, no emotional withdrawal, no couples counseling, nothing! The sonofagun just said, “I divorce you,”(5) and moved on. Without explanation. Just left her there to fight the monsters alone.
We occasionally get questions from people who want to set up business as debt collectors. It’s a tough business and I recommend an apprenticeship first, but who am I to stop the dreamers who want to set up shop, in the food business, in retail, in debt collection, in private investigation, or any other small business endeavor.
Librarians like dreamers and some of our small business dreamers manage to make their dreams come true.
We also like dreamers who do their legal research. There are a lot of small business research resources all over the Internet, including the ones you’ll find at your public library and others like this Small Business Legal Clinic (and I blogged about it here).
Oregon Legal Research Blog