We try to keep our “HOW TO DISPOSE OF USED LAW BOOKS” guide up to date, through our own efforts and the kindness of strangers.
You can also find the guide from our Washington County Law Library “Documents Index.”
The Oregon Legal Publications blog has a round up of some Legal Blogs on Criminal Law. You can add to the list via the blog post’s Comments.
If you ever wondered (and I’m sure you have – ahem), if there was a legislative session in any given year, here are some handy-dandy lists, courtesy of the Secretary of State’s Oregon Blue Book:
Have you visited the updated State Agency Databases Across the Fifty States?
Idaho Governor Butch Otter signed S 1356, Idaho’s version of the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act, on 26 March making Idaho the fifth state in our region, after California, Hawaii, Nevada and Oregon, to enact this uniform law.
Alaska, Utah and Wyoming might be next to introduce UELMA.
More information about UELMA and the states that have enacted versions of the uniform law.
The news that AirBnB plans to set up shop (NA headquarters?) in Portland, Oregon (and that cheers have gone up from people who previously had been wringing their hands about AirBnB) has us scratching our heads. Not that we don’t adore living in Portland, cheer on small businesses, embrace bartering, face the challenge of making ends meet, and all that, but ….
Portland, and lots of other cities, have been wrestling, quite publicly, with the AirBnB business model, which puts customer convenience and cost priorities at odds with local safety and zoning priorities, not to mention tax revenues from locally licensed hotels and traditional B&Bs.
We might blog more about this topic, or we might not since it’s clear there is no shortage of news, hand-wringing, and economic analysis in print and cyberspace on the subject, but I did just see this article at the ABA website. So, if you’ve missed out on the conversation – or are wondering when it’s time for the lawyers and politicians (and lobbyists) to start their engines, take a moment to read:
1) Stay on top of useful Oregon law publications:
The Oregon Legal Publications blog is just entering the blawg-world and will include writing tips from their attorney editors, excerpts from books, and OSB Legal Publications department news and announcements.
2) Practice Management Tips for Oregon Lawyers:
“2014 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction accepting entries
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the publication of To Kill A Mockingbird, and to honor former Alabama law student and author Harper Lee, The University of Alabama School of Law and the ABA Journal partnered together to create the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction in 2010. The prize, authorized by Ms. Lee, is given annually to a book-length work of fiction ….” [Link to announcement.]
It’s definitely the Year of King Lear, with ghostly sightings, new theatre productions, creative interpretations, and now:
King Lear in Law School (from the Gallagher Blog)
Maybe you can read the article along with book “Someday All This Will Be Yours: A History of Inheritance and Old Age,” by Hendrik Hartog
Oregon Legal Research Blog