In an era of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (which for some of us began in the 1970’s), lawyers and law librarians also look for ways to dispose of law books green-fully, so to speak.
Here are some new book recycling ideas, which are terrific supplements to my 2006 guide on How to Dispose of Used Law Books:
From the Law Librarian Blog post: What To Do With the Debris of the Shed West Era, visit:
If you’ve never viewed the short film-clips at the TED Conference, here’s a link to one that is Business-Related, rather than just inspirational, funny, provocative, or otherwise highly watchable:
Four Ways to Fix a Broken Legal System: 2010 TED Video of Philip Howard’s Presentation
Visit TED on a rainy, snowy, sunny, icy, warm, hot, cold, or just plain any old afternoon for some addictive idea-mongering:
For those of us who can’t wait for Law dot Gov to become a [virtual] reality, the Law Librarian Blog keeps us in the loop with periodic status updates: LAW.GOV’s Core Specifications Task Force Meeting Set for May 26
I loved this story. It’s not the first time a library has offered this service, but it becomes more intriguing every time I hear about the service. I live in a region of the country that is rich in great people and excellent public libraries, but every community has fascinating people and maybe even a small library could do this. Maybe one could even Rent-a-Lawyer to raise money for a good cause?
Library of humans: Guelph University lends people for 30-minute talks on prejudice, by Macleans.ca, March 5th, 2010
‘When Chris Langley volunteered to help out with a project at his university library last year, he didn’t imagine he’d wind up becoming a book. The 25-year-old master’s student was intrigued by the notion of a human library, a space in which prospective readers scheduled half-hour time slots with real people and engaged in direct conversations about prejudice.
From Legal Research Plus: Judge says keep this opinion out of Westlaw and Lexis
” On December 21, 2009 Judge A. Howard Matz, of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, issued an 7-page order in the case of POM Wonderful LLC v. Welch Foods, Inc.. This opinion includes, among other things, a discussion of standing under the California Unfair Competition Act and the California False Advertising Act. At the end of the document, the judge writes: “This Order is not intended for publication or for inclusion in the databases of Westlaw or LEXIS.” (emphasis mine)…” (link to full blog post)
The Comment to the blog post notes that the order does appear on Westlaw, though not on Lexis, at least at the time of the posting of the Comment.
I know, I know. The OJD website is just not that easy to navigate, and it often drops you into holes you can’t get out of without having to return to Oz (or Google), but it is the best place to find current and official Oregon Base Fines.
Here are some tips:
1) Visit the OJD website
a) Click on Materials and Resources
b) Click on Court Rules
c) Click on the drop down menu
d) Select Base Fine Summary and click on View to read the PDF.
e) Voila!
This is a legal reference question that comes up again and again and again and …..
What can I do about my neighbor’s barking dog?
It depends, of course, but don’t go crazy. There are usually ways to deal with the problem, although it takes tact, persistence, more tact, creativity, collaboration, and sheer, uh, doggedness.
Remember, a constantly barking dog is not a happy dog and you are likely doing a good deed, at least for the dog, and even sometimes for the owner.
Unlike their powers in some other counties, a non-attorney notary in Oregon (and in most of the U.S.) may not provide attorney or attorney-like services:
Excerpts from the Oregon Notary Guide (or link from the SoS Notary Services website):
1) “Chapter 3-Misconduct, Liability & Protecting Yourself
Non-attorney notaries public must not give legal advice. Do not tell people which legal procedure to do, how to do it, or what they need to do to get a legal action accomplished. You may think you know what to do, but you open yourself to a lawsuit even if you are right. The Oregon State Bar takes a dim view of unlicensed individuals giving out legal advice. This also applies to notarial certificates. As you’ll see, a notary may not suggest or select notarial certificates for people. Rather, he or she performs a particular notarization at the direction of the requesting individual.
Our new print set of the 2010 Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR) came today – it’s ecru. We always try and guess the color of the binding (as we do with the ORS).
(The SoS and the Legislature should get a little action going with pre-publication binding-color betting – more fun than the lottery for us wonkish types. This is about as exciting as it gets with law library décor action when you work in the public sector.)
I was hoping for gold/yellow binding; colleagues were going for greens and blues. My point: any color is better than no color (ecru?). It is such dry reading that one needs a warm glow to keep awake while reading it.
The Chronicle of Higher Education has a February 21, 2010, article about this book:
“Yo, Ho, Ho, and a Digital Scrum: History shows that intellectual property is more complex than either its creators or copiers care to admit, says a Chicago scholar, by Jeffrey R. Young”
Oregon Legal Research Blog