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State Bars Exploring Licensing Limited-Practice Non-Lawyers
From Richard Zorza’s Access to Justice blog:
California Bar Explores Joining Movement for Non-Lawyer Practice
California, Washington, and New York are featured in this article on the movement to allow people who cannot afford attorneys “to receive low-cost guidance in simpler legal matters by qualified non-lawyers.”
Students: Enter the 4th Annual First Amendment Cartoon Contest
Deadline is March 15, 2013!
The First Amendment Cartoon Contest homepage has entry rules, tips and tricks for creating comics, and links to previous contest submissions and winners.
“Since the earliest days of the American republic, cartoonists have entertained us, drawn attention to the issues of the day, and provoked discussion. In short, cartoons contribute to our civic life.
Quick Tips: How to Research Oregon Legislation and the Oregon Legislature
1) The Oregon Legislature’s website has multiple ways to track and research current and past bills, sessions, reports, and laws. Visit the website and try them out. We’ve enjoyed playing around with this latest one, OLIS/Liz (but don’t ask us who Liz is!).
Note: You will need other tools if you want to research the Legislative History of a bill or law.
2) The Oregon State Library partners with the Legislature’s Library to make sure legislators, state employees, and Oregonians have professional research assistance for their legislative question. Telephone: 503-986-1668; Hours are Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Judicial Humor and the Fickle Finger of the Law
Gallagher blogs about the Middle Finger Controversy and you can also link to their Judicial Humor guide.
Good News / Bad News: All 100 Senators on Twitter
FGI (Free Government Information) posted this on 1/24/13:
State Agency Databases Wiki: Oregon and Beyond
FGI (Free Government Information) gives us updates from the State Agency Databases wiki. (Thank you to Oregon public and government documents librarian Liz Paulus for her work on Oregon’s list!)