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The Washington County Bar Association New Lawyer Division (WCBNLD) is having its second meeting: Friday, April 19, from 5:30-7pm, at the law offices of Helzer, Cromar and Schneider, LLP, 4900 SW Griffith Dr #245, Beaverton OR 97005.

This meeting will be a relaxing social and educational event and an opportunity to express your ideas about future events for the WCBNLD.

A  Washington County Assistant Law Librarian and State of Oregon Law Library Reference Librarian will also be on had to talk about free and low-cost human, print, and online legal research resources at Oregon public law libraries.

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You can find a list of the Oregon’s recent BitTorrent and Peer-to-Peer (download) cases, copies of complaints, and other information at the Oregon Intellectual Property Law’s February 26, 2013, post:

List of Oregon Download Cases – 2013.

The Oregon Intellectual Property Law website/blog.

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Tracy White, Oregon Attorney, and Washington County Law Library patron, writes a monthly legal affairs column for the (OregonLive) Hillsboro Argus:

April 9, 2013, OregonLive column in the Argus: “Why the Oregon Constitution matters (guest column)”

Read the Oregon Constitution.

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If you want to report a local “code enforcement” problem or file a complaint, you need to figure out where to file the report.

This will depend on:

1) the type of complaint: private, public, noise, parking, etc. and

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Are the state and federal laws you find online authenticated and permanently preserved?

Oregon’s Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (popularly known as UELMA) is moving through the 2013 Legislative Session as HB 2944.

UELMA aims to ensure preservation of and permanent public access to official electronic legal documents. Oregon’s UELMA does not include court decisions, unlike the uniform law.

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Selling a car, motorcycle, or other titled motor vehicle in Oregon?

Start with the Selling, Donating or Gifting a Vehicle page at the Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) if you sell, donate, or have inherited a vehicle. It can save you a lot of time and aggravation.

They even have a Vehicle Bill of Sale you can fill in online, save, or print out.

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This Oregon Law Practice Management post, from 3/25/13, maybe should be required reading:

“The Ethical Minefield of Using Social Media for Investigation”

Excerpt: “In late February, the Oregon State Bar Board of Governors approved OSB Formal Opinion No. 2013-189.  Following in the footsteps of opinions about metadata (187) and cloud computing (188), the bar seeks to address the ethical minefield of using social media to investigate an opposing party, a witness, or a juror….”  [Link to full blog post.]

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Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge You’s column on pro se litigants in the April 2013 MBA Lawyer gives succinct and useful advice to attorneys who are facing self-represented litigants in relatively benign situations.

Talk to judges and lawyers, and maybe even PLF, if the situation gets more complicated, as it most certainly will in some instances. And take advantage of Meet the Judges opportunities or Advice from Judges CLEs, not to mention talking to experienced attorneys about opposing pro se litigants. Priceless!)

Excerpt from: “Dealing with Self-Represented Litigants How to Avoid Becoming Goliath Against David,” by Judge Youlee You, Multnomah County Circuit Court:

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