February, 2021

Published on: February 9, 2021

Legal Self Help: Expungements, DACA, and Gender Marker Changes Legal Assistance and Clinics (Oregon)

By Laura Orr

Do you need legal help with expungements, DACA renewal, County Circuit Court navigation, legal name and gender marker changes, and other legal assistance, self-help, and referrals?

Check out the Oregon Legal Assistance Resource Guide (from the Washington County Law Library website), which will soon be updated with this PCC CLEAR Clinic, from the PCC (Portland Community College) Paralegal Program, based at the PCC North Portland Cascade campus:

Read about the CLEAR (Community Legal & Educational Access & Referral) Program and Clinics:

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Published on: February 1, 2021

Another View of the Textualism and Statutory Interpretation Theory Cathedral (Jot Well)

By Laura Orr

Review: The Multiple Faces of Textualism (Jot Well, Jan 15, 2021)

Article reviewed: Tara Leigh Grove, Which Textualism?, 134 Harv. L. Rev. 265 (2020).

Excerpt: “In her wonderfully-titled article, Which Textualism?, Tara Leigh Grove uses the recently decided Bostock v. Clayton County case to highlight a truth about statutory interpretation theory that scholars have largely ignored: Textualism is not a monolithic interpretive approach, but one that contains multiple competing strands. This observation is long overdue, and Bostock is an excellent vehicle for exploring its implications, given that the three separate opinions issued by the Court all claimed to employ a textualist interpretive approach—while reaching different outcomes….” [Link to full blog post and article.]

Published on: February 1, 2021

Oregon Diversity Legal Job Fair March 9-10, 2021

By Laura Orr

Oregon Diversity Legal Job Fair (ODLJF), March 9-10 2021.

ODLJF is using the Brazen platform for this event.

Read the ODLJF FAQ for information about participation and data privacy.

Published on: February 1, 2021

Filing Income Taxes in 2021: Oregon and Federal Forms and Assistance

By Laura Orr

This income tax filing resource list is available at the Multnomah County Library (and other Oregon public library websites):

“Taxes in 2021: Forms and assistance

The deadline to file federal and state tax returns is April 15, 2021. Though the COVID-19 pandemic has made it more difficult to get help in person, there are resources available in the community and online….” [Link to MCL 2021 tax resources list.]