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Unlike their powers in some other counties, a non-attorney notary in Oregon (and in most of the U.S.) may not provide attorney or attorney-like services:

Excerpts from the Oregon Notary Guide (or link from the SoS Notary Services website):

1) “Chapter 3-Misconduct, Liability & Protecting Yourself

Non-attorney notaries public must not give legal advice. Do not tell people which legal procedure to do, how to do it, or what they need to do to get a legal action accomplished. You may think you know what to do, but you open yourself to a lawsuit even if you are right. The Oregon State Bar takes a dim view of unlicensed individuals giving out legal advice. This also applies to notarial certificates. As you’ll see, a notary may not suggest or select notarial certificates for people. Rather, he or she performs a particular notarization at the direction of the requesting individual.

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The Third Wave Lawyer links us to this garden office pod (the OfficePOD link) Very funny, rather pricey, but it has promise. It’s better than a cubicle, unless the boss puts it out in the parking lot rather than in a bucolic setting.

(Chuck also blogs about living in the Blob – and interesting legal topics such as DIY Lawyers (pro se litigants) and the practice of “niche” law).

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Certificate in Business Lawyering at Willamette University Portland Center (1120 NW Couch Street, Suite 450, Portland, Oregon)

“The Certificate in Business Lawyering (CBL) program offers a structured approach to business that provides the tools, resources and concepts to increase an attorney’s value and productivity. Become a better lawyer by thinking about business issues the way business decision-makers think about them. Prepare to be a partner or general counsel by building your expertise in the business side of your profession….
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The Certificate in Business Lawyering consists of eight, day-long sessions delivered over eight months where participants can earn a certificate of completion and up to 55 CLEs (including ethics and practical skills CLE’s that can be converted to General CLE’s; WBA CLE’s subject to approval). The program repeats annually….” (link to full program information)

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The Oregon State Bar (OSB) has posted the 2010 Law Library Values Schedule. The website includes values for previous years as well:

“This schedule has been prepared by the Property Tax Division of the Department of Revenue, State of Oregon, in cooperation with the Oregon State Bar. Owners of Law Libraries should declare the schedule values to the assessor. No further reduction should be made for depreciation, shopwear, or obsolescence. Space prevents a listing of all books that might be found in a Law Library. The lack of a listing does not indicate that individual books, sets, or volumes should not be reported. Such unlisted books, sets, or volumes should be reported in Section Q values unless personal knowledge indicates greater actual value on some sets.” (Link to full schedule.)

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The Law Librarian Blog has a post about blogging as “scholarship”, but the eye-opening news is at the end of the blog post. I’m not sure if I’m more astounded at a blogger (of SCOTUS Blog) spending (assuming this is correct) $150,000 on his blog (though perhaps I should be surprised at the paltry sum spent given the quality and substance of the blog) or am more tickled by a blogger and his blog being translated into a TV show, which will cost (and pay) way more than that $150,000, so I’m sure no one is complaining:

“Blogging as Thinking Out Loud Sometimes“

Excerpt: “…Or how does one turn blogging into a TV pilot? The Washingtonian is reporting that NBC is developing a TV series based on the life of SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein. A partner at Akin Gump who has argued 21 Supreme Court cases, Goldstein spends about $150,000 a year of his own money to fund the excellent and rarely off topic SCOTUSblog….” (read full LLB post)

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Pacific Northwest Paralegal Association (follow the Seminars link) starts off their 2010 continuing legal education season of seminars with:

“Workplace Investigations of Employment Issues,” to be held Wednesday, January 20, 2010. The Speaker will be Carolyn Walker, a Partner at the law firm of Stoel Rives, LLP.

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