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You can spend your entire vacation catching up on how the practice of law has changed over the past few years, or, you can read a quick and dirty summary at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog in their 8/22/11 post:
A librarian’s prescription for what ails you?
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The Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (OCDLA) Legislative Committee has posted a list of the criminal laws that were passed in the 2011 Oregon Legislative (General) Session. (See upper right link on their webpage.)

Thank you OCDLA.  This compilation represents a lot of hard work.

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The following Oregon law libraries have a selection of credit-worthy Continuing Legal Education (CLE) course materials available for members of the Oregon State Bar (OSB) and others who can use the CLE course materials to fulfill their own profession’s CE requirements.

Some of the County Law Libraries have very short (3 to 5-day) attorney CLE check-out periods in November and December and each has law library has its own circulation (book check-out) policy.

Please call ahead (or check websites) to confirm title availability, checkout rules, and law library hours.

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The Oregon State Bar (OSB) has a Legallinks TV and video program that covers a wide variety of legal topics and issues. Episodes air on cable channels across Oregon and are also available by streaming video.
Recent programs have been on traffic law, guns in Oregon, child support, and finding legal help.  You can find links to the resources at the OSB LegalLinks website announcement for the program.
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The Oregon State Bar (OSB) Bulletin, June 2011, has a useful article in their Legal Practice Tips column: “Get it Right the First Time: Settling Ownership of Vehicles,” by William Leslie.
Excerpt: “Handling a titled vehicle in a divorce, bankruptcy or estate doesn’t have to be hard, but simple mistakes are made by new and experienced attorneys alike….
Here are some common mistakes made by attorneys in handling vehicles. The concepts apply equally well to boats, airplanes and anything else with a title issued by a state agency….” [Link to full article.]
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I keep running across news stories where someone talks about plans to “attend law school online.”  I wondered about that, so did a little research.  Here’s what I’ve found so far:
Excerpt from ABA website:  “Currently, no law schools that provide a J.D. degree completely via distance education are approved by the ABA. Earning an education completely via distance education may drastically limit your ability to sit for the bar in many states….” (Link to ABA website.)
1) There is a difference between “going to” law school online and “going to” an ABA approved law school and fulfilling a given state’s requirements for sitting for the bar exam.
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