Oregon Legal Research BlogIf you feel awash in iPad tips for lawyers, you’re not alone. Here’s another place to begin:
iPad for Lawyers: Resource Round-up from I Heart Tech (and her resource page).
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“How to Make a Book Disappear” (The Atlantic)
“How to Make a Book Disappear,” by Maria Konnikova, The Atlantic, 3 Sep 18 2012
If books started disappearing off your bookshelves, you’d probably notice. Wouldn’t you? What if they started disappearing off your ebook reader?
Thank you to Library Link of the Day for the tip.
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2012 Oregon Renters’ Handbook (OSPIRG)
OSPIRG has updated their Oregon Renters’ Handbook, now in its 10th Edition (2012).
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2012 Survey of Hourly Rates (and more) for Oregon Attorneys
Oregon State Bar (OSB) recently updated their Economic Survey, which includes current (2012) hourly rates for attorneys in Oregon (in addition to many other measures, compensation, job satisfaction, etc.)
Right now, link from the OSB homepage, to this 2012 Survey link.
You can also find and download surveys and other publications at the OSB Surveys, Reports & Research webpages.
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Civics Lession: Does Oregon Have Three “Branches” of Government?
Gavel to Gavel blog (a review of state legislation affecting the courts) had this September 4th post:
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Oregon Contract Lawyers: Independent Contractors or Employees?
“Contract Lawyers: Independent Contractors or Employees?” by attorneys Lisa C. Brown and Jim W. Vogele, (OSB PLF, July 2012, In Brief, pp. 1-3)
Excerpt:
“Law firms working with contract lawyers should be aware that law firms, just like any other businesses, may be audited by federal and state agencies to ensure they are correctly classifying their contract lawyers as either employees or independent contractors. A firm may assume a contract lawyer is an independent contractor without carefully analyzing the factors distinguishing independent contractors from employees.
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Researching Federal Statutes: Thomas to be Born Again as Congress dot Gov
Congress dot gov (a Library of Congress beta site) will replace Thomas dot gov, in the fullness of time.
For more news and information:
1) Free GovernmentInformation (and visit the FGI homepage for lots more news)
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Are You a U.S. Budget Hero? Take Control of the Federal Budget.
Test your money management skills – on a macro level:
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Researching Appellate Court Briefs: Online? Low-cost?
Law librarians teach law students and new lawyers that state and federal appellate court briefs are treasure troves, but they are not the easiest documents to search.
For example, in Oregon, unless you have a subscription to Lexis or Westlaw, and can afford to buy into their briefs databank, and need to search only relatively recent briefs, you have to resort to needle-in-a-haystack types of research. (A law librarian can recommend some research tips, but the research still takes time.)
Web-based, publicly-accessible, moderately priced, and searchable digital briefs banks rise and fall, but that’s a good thing. One needs to experiment a lot to find the right online business model and database. To read about a recent effort:
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Oregon July Bar Exam Results: Available September 21, 2012
Visit the Oregon State Bar website for the July 2012 bar exam results – AFTER 2 p.m. PST.