Oregon Legal Research BlogMultnomah County Library has created a web-guide to Veteran’s Resources.
Other Oregon counties also have local Veteran Services offices, e.g. Washington County.
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“Free and Online” is not Quite the Same as “Equal Access to Justice”
Lewis & Clark Law School Library’s “Law in the News” roundup, brings us this story:
“Law Libraries Struggle with More Patrons, Less Funding,” by Jose Pagliery, Daily Business Review, December 15, 2010
‘… Pro se litigants, who often can’t afford attorneys and instead choose to represent themselves, are quickly becoming the largest share of users of public law libraries, according to a statewide law library nonprofit. As lawyers more frequently choose to study case law from their desktop computers, common folk are shuffling into brick-and-mortar institutions.
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Verdict $5.2 million: Law Professor vs Legal Publisher (with a side of free legal research and Fastcase)
For my regular readers who might want a break from the holiday madness and might (ho ho ho) be wondering about that $5.2m verdict win in the lawsuit filed by 2 law professors against “West publishing” (now a family member of theThomson Reuters corporation) here are a some links:
The funniest Comment: “Regardless of such appeals, these two professors should be given credit for finally finding a way to become millionaires from a state law treatise. That alone will make them living Gods among legal academics.”
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Blogging and Comments: Comments on Blogs
Every blogger has a “Comment” policy, written or unwritten. As “public sector” bloggers, we have responsibilities (to readers and employers) beyond our own narrow personal preferences.
I really like the Rules for Commenting that are posted at the Multnomah Law Library’s Social Software Policy for Multnomah County Library Users, and generally adhere to them myself:
Excerpt: “Rules for commenting
Protect your privacy. Do not post personally identifying information. Young people under age 18, especially, should not post information such as last name, school, age, phone number, address.
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Read the Tax Bill (almost Law): “Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010”
Better late than never, I think. If you want to read the tax bill that just passed the House and is now on the way to, if not already on, the President’s desk:
“Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010” (Yes, that is what it’s called. Just sayin’)
Bill Summary & Status, 111th Congress (2009 – 2010), H.R.4853
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Bibliophile Alert: Excellent Holiday Book Events (Portland, Oregon)
As if bibliophiles didn’t have enough to do in December, here are more things to do FOR or WITH the bibliophiles in your life:
1) Museum of Contemporary Craft, exhibit: Object Focus: The Book (through Feb 26, 2011)
2) Holiday Author Event, Oregon Humanities, December 20, 2010: Ursula LeGuin, Brian Doyle, Guy Maynard, Live Wire, etc., etc., etc.
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U.S. Supreme Court Justices Go Green: iPad & Kindle Appellate Court Briefs
This shouldn’t really be “news,” but it is! And it may be really big news when it can be said of all appellate court judges, not just federal court judges.
From the Law Librarian Blog:
Justice Scalia Uses an iPad, Justice Kagan a Kindle to Read Briefs
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PSU (and Library) Temporary Closure Due to Budget Cuts
Portland State University (PSU) and the PSU Millar Library will be closed from Saturday December 18 through Sunday December 26, 2010, due to budget reductions.
PSU affiliates will continue to have access to the Library’s extensive online resources and to 24/7 online chat assistance through the Oregon Libraries Network (L-Net) (a service funded by the Oregon State Library and staffed by Oregon librarians, and others around the U.S.).
If you want to speak out to your elected officials about budget priorities:
Use the Oregon Legislature’s Find Your Legislator tool to locate contact information for your state and federal elected representatives.
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U.S. Congress: Free, Online House Staff Directory
The Sunlight Foundation releases a beta version of a House (Congressional) Staff Directory.
(Note: Clicking on the Members List (at bottom of the search screen) seems to work better right now, at least for me.)
The have a lot of additional news on government transparency at their blog.
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Free Online Database of Supreme Court of California Cases, Annotated
Online, FREE, access to cases from the Supreme Court of California (annotated).
Read many more great legal research tips at Legal Research Plus.