Not everyone in Oregon (or elsewhere in the country) is lucky enough to have easy access to a local public law library with trained law library staff members (e.g. Washington County Law Library) (Not everyone has easy access to a public library either, for that matter.)
Public library reference librarians and paraprofessional staff members are invited to tune in to one or more of these Access to Justice webinars, from the Pro Bono Network:
What: The Washington County Chapter of OWLS (Oregon Women Lawyers) is reinvigorated and bringing programs to the county starting September 2012. Join us for a kick-off event featuring the county’s favorite legal alumni, the Honorable Marco Hernandez, U.S. District Court of Oregon.
When: Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Time: 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Oregon Law Practice Management, 8/28/12, post: Can I Practice “On the Side?”
“Lawyers sometimes ask if they can start a law practice “on the side” while maintaining their current position. This question raises several red flags….” [Link to full blog post.]
If you read the Aug. 22, 2012, Willamette Week story, “Barred: A top Lewis & Clark law student committed a sex crime involving a 13-year-old boy. Now he wants the school to take him back,” you might find the following Gallagher Blogs post apropos.
Law schools and bar associations do on occasion accept and license law students and lawyers (respectively) who have criminal records. (I have blogged before about “redemption,” and you can find other stories in the news.)
“Community-members, attorneys, and entrepreneurs may attend a two-day workshop examining legal strategies for the creation of sustainable, localized and sharing economies. This workshop will look at some of the key ingredients of the transition to a new economy, including:
…. The two-day workshop will address legal questions that arise in efforts to build more sustainable economies, including those relating to entity formation and structure, securities laws, employment laws, tax laws, real estate law, zoning laws, risk management, and regulation of commercial activity.
…. Among other things, participants will gain tools and understandings helpful in forming and structuring organizations, making contracts and agreements, raising capital for community-owned enterprises, and navigating the vast and interesting world of legal regulation…”
Presented by Attorney Janelle Orsi (Director, Sustainable Economies Law Center), with Portland Attorney Ashlee Albies.
In case you were wondering (and especially if one day you ask me if I remember when and where this article was published):
Zack Mazur, “Crime and Contempt: One of these things is not like the other,” Oregon Defense Attorney, July/August 2011, vol. 32, No. 4., pp. 6-7
This is a copyrighted publication from OCDLA so you may need to get a copy from them or from a law library that subscribes to the publication – though for now, OCDLA very kindly and generously makes previous issues available publicly at their website.
Lawyer Blogs His ‘Island Paradise’ Life
“Imagine packing up your law degree and taking it to a tropical island paradise to start anew there….” [Read full blog post.]
Read more at Robert Ambrogi’s LawSites.
Do you read the PLF’s In Brief newsletter? How about their Law Practice Management blog, where you can find links to new issues of In Brief and much, much more?
1) Their latest link to the ABA Law Practice Today website takes you to this critical mobile-lawyering practice tip:
Securely Deleting Data from Mobile Devices
FAQ: “Do you have any books on careers in the law?”
(Note for career seekers: do not confuse books “about the law” or books on “what lawyers do” with books on “the practice of law.”)
Law librarians are often asked if we have any books in our law libraries on what a legal career might look like, e.g. what does a prosecutor do? what does a patent lawyer do? what jobs are there for law school graduates? etc. Surprisingly, or not, most of us have very few, if any books on this subject in our law libraries.
Today we’re featuring the new website for the Douglas County (Oregon) Law Library.
Oregon county law libraries offer lots of services, individually and as an association (we share information and resources), and one of the most popular services offered is conference room space for attorneys who use them to meet with clients and with each other, assemble documents, spread out a table-full of research materials, make private phone calls, etc.
Each county law library has its own conference room policy (usually set from on high, i.e. our respective county administrative offices) so call the County’s Law Library directly to inquire about access and reservations.
Oregon Legal Research Blog