The 2012 Oregon State Bar (OSB) House of Delegates Meeting is scheduled for November 2, 2012.
Read the Oregon Law Practice Management blog post (10/8/12) for information about and links to meeting information.
There are a lot of intriguing proposals on the table, including Resolution 13 and Resolution 21.
Intriguing recommendation that might come out of the OSB HOD meeting on November 2, 2012:
Resolution 13
“Resolved, The House of Delegates recommends that the Board of Governors study the feasibility of making a metropolitan court district combining the resources of Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties to increase access to justice and make an appropriate recommendation to the Oregon Legislature, the Oregon Judicial Department and the Chief Justice.”
2012 OSB House of Delegates Meeting will consider this resolution, too:
Resolution 21
“Resolved, The House of Delegates of the Oregon State Bar instructs the Board of Governors to support and to seek legislative approval for a centralized legal notice system to be operated for the benefit of all Oregonians under the auspices of either the state judicial department or a private nonprofit such as the Oregon Law Foundation.”
1) October 5th: 2012 Animal Law CLE: Sponsored by the OSB Animal Law Section:
Personal Property or Companions? Why the Legal Status of Animals Matters:
Part I: Overview and Evolution of Animal Law
Part II: Animals in the Criminal System
2) Late October-early November 2012: The ever popular, forever useful Learning the Ropes, 3-day, CLE. Visit the Law Practice Management 9/17/12, blog post with information and links.
If you feel awash in iPad tips for lawyers, you’re not alone. Here’s another place to begin:
iPad for Lawyers: Resource Round-up from I Heart Tech (and her resource page).
Oregon State Bar (OSB) recently updated their Economic Survey, which includes current (2012) hourly rates for attorneys in Oregon (in addition to many other measures, compensation, job satisfaction, etc.)
Right now, link from the OSB homepage, to this 2012 Survey link.
You can also find and download surveys and other publications at the OSB Surveys, Reports & Research webpages.
“Contract Lawyers: Independent Contractors or Employees?” by attorneys Lisa C. Brown and Jim W. Vogele, (OSB PLF, July 2012, In Brief, pp. 1-3)
Excerpt:
“Law firms working with contract lawyers should be aware that law firms, just like any other businesses, may be audited by federal and state agencies to ensure they are correctly classifying their contract lawyers as either employees or independent contractors. A firm may assume a contract lawyer is an independent contractor without carefully analyzing the factors distinguishing independent contractors from employees.
Visit the Oregon State Bar website for the July 2012 bar exam results – AFTER 2 p.m. PST.
High school, college, and law students: the following quick tips might do the trick:
1) If you’re a current law student, visit your law school’s career services or student affairs office. If you plan to take a bar review course, check out the discounts and fee waivers that are available to law students.
2) If you’re a current or future law student and want a brief primer on the bar exam in a specific state, visit that state’s Bar Admissions website. In Oregon, visit the Oregon State Bar Admissions website and look for the Bar Exam Information links.
An Oregon Law Practice Management, 9/10/12 post aims to get you to think outside the big city box:
New Solos: Go Where You’re Needed
Oregon Legal Research Blog