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Yes, it’s Oregon Birthday, but we’re going to focus on lawyer love, instead.  Sad, I know, and perhaps ultimately futile, but one must try.

We will start with the “The Restatement of Love,” which was published in the Yale Law Journal (full cite: 104 Yale L.J. 707 (1994)).  (If you can’t find a copy online, check with local library databases or email us here at Oregon Legal Research Central.)

Next, let’s laugh at the language of the legal profession – and if you’re not having enough laughter in your job then it’s time to rethink your career choice.

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Law in the News alerts us (on 2/3/12) to this provocative article:

Colbert v. the Court: Why, in the battle over Citizens United, the Supreme Court never had a chance,” Dahlia Lithwick, Slate dot com, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012

Excerpt: “…. When a 91-year-old former justice is patiently explaining to a comedian that corporations are not people, it’s clear that everything about the majority opinion has been reduced to a punch line….” [Link to full Slate article.]

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Yes, Charles Dickens was very hard on lawyers, but he also had at least one lawyer hero (albeit a rather reluctant one, but definitely endearing rather than greedy or diabolical) and maybe more than one.

My favorite Dickens novel, “Our Mutual Friend,” has a nice-guy lawyer hero – 2 in fact – and as fabulous an array of characters as you’ll find in any Dickens’ writing.

Visit: Charles Dickens Museum or Wikipedia Charles Dickens

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A former Speaker of the House is addressed, and referred to as, Mr. x, not Speaker x.  The current President of the United States is addressed, and referred to as, President, not Mr. x.

Do not assume other public officials, candidates for public office, radio or TV news hosts, newspaper reporters, or others know correct forms of address.  Look it up yourself.  It’s fun!

You will find authority for these pronouncements in any number of respected forms of address manuals, e.g. to name only two:

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If U.S. Supreme Court Justices can rise above their Green Bag bobblehead replicas, and state court judges survive becoming piñatas, then surely the Department of Homeland Security can survive Justice Bedsworth’s forked tongue (and the Peter Principle)?

“Weaponized Snow Cones,” by Justice William W. Bedsworth, A Criminal Waste of Space, February 2012:

“I am not cut out to be an administrator. I have neither talent for, nor interest in, things administrative.

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Legal Research Plus brings our attention to the California Office of Legislative Counsel’s report on: “Authentication of Primary Legal Materials and Pricing Options, December 2011″

More about Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (UELMA).

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There is a new source for Ninth (9th) Circuit Court of Appeals briefs that can be added to my previous list. Many, many thanks to University of Hastings Law Library and the Law dot Gov team!
This is a work in progress.  Don’t forget that PACER is an alternate source for official federal court case filings. Not all law libraries subscribe to PACER, but many do so contact your local public law library for PACER information.
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From Law in the News:

“Utah opinion notes “numerous” law students report employment is conditioned upon criminal misuse of free Wexis access“

Excerpt: “According to a recently released opinion from the Utah State Bar Ethics Advisory Committee, it is professionally unethical for a practicing attorney to ask a law student to use her free Lexis or Westlaw account for firm work.  The big commercial legal research companies provide law students with free access to their services to help in the development of student legal research skills. Typically, students sign an agreement with the provider stating that they will use their free access only for educational and non-profit purposes….” [Link to full Legal Skills Prof blog post.]

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