Oregon Legal Research BlogThe MCLE Rule and Regulation amendments requiring elder abuse reporting credit are effective January 1, 2015.
Read the FAQ at the OSB website.
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Oregon Elder Abuse Reporting Requirement
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Mandatory eFiling for Oregon Attorneys, December 1, 2014
Excerpt from the CJ announcement (link from Oregon LPM blog):
“Mandatory eFiling Plan for Attorneys Filing in Oregon State Courts
Chief Justice Thomas A. Balmer, Oregon Supreme Court, has approved a plan for the move to a mandatory eFiling requirement for attorneys filing as es in Oregon’s circuit and appellate courts. The Oregon Judicial department will circulate proposed court rules in the upcoming months for comment. he plan calls for a mandatory date of December 1, 2014 for the eleven circuit courts that currently have the Oregon eCourt system, including the filing component (File and Serve), and includes a transition plan for those courts that implement later….” [Link to Law Practice Management blog post.]
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PI Buzz Skip-Tracing Tips: Yelp & Craig’s List
PI Buzz is always worth reading. The latest tips include these:
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Notario Fraud Conference (Oregon State Bar CLE, 9/24/14)
Notario Fraud Conference at the bar on September 24, 2014 from 1:00 to 4:45 p.m. at the OSB Center. The conference is co-sponsored by the Oregon Chapter of American Immigration Lawyers Association and in cooperation with the OSB Consumer Law Section. Participants will earn 3.75 Access to Justice MCLE Credits.
Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown will give the keynote address.
“…. You will hear up-to-date information about the growing problem of dishonest notarios, and learn about the remedies available to victims. Notarios are nonlawyers who commonly provide immigration, tax, and other legal advice to members of immigrant communities. Victims of notario fraud often pay thousands of dollars, only to find out they will never get the results they hoped for because of dishonest notarios who promise results they cannot deliver.…” [Link to “Notario Fraud Conference” information at the OSB/CLE website.]
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Lawyer Ethics: Advising Marijuana Users and Businesses (Washington State)
From Trial Ad (UW): Ethics of Advising Marijuana Users and Businesses
Excerpt: “Under RPC 1.2(d), a “lawyer shall not counsel a client to engage, or assist a client, in conduct that the lawyer knows is criminal . . .” Does this cover lawyers advising clients under Washington’s new marijuana law, when possession is still a crime under federal law? ….” [Read full blog post.]
The Comment period for the proposed rule ends September 6, 2014.
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How to Drive a Legal Editor Mad: To Verb is Human and/or To Adverb Divine?
An OSB editor takes to task users of the term “and/or” – and makes a practical suggestion on how to avoid driving your editor mad:
“…. So how do you avoid this problem? The answer, as the muttering editor will tell you, is to simply say what you mean. If you mean or, say or; if you mean and, say and; if you mean one or the other or both, say just that. For example, the defendant may be charged with unlawful arrest or malicious prosecution, or both….” [Link to the OSB Legal Pubs blog post and/or.]
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Human Lawyers (and Law Librarians) vs. Online Legal Services: It’s Not About You
Jim Calloway’s blog post: GPSOLO: Law Practice 2020 has lots of tips including this one from GP Solo, vol. 31 No. 3, by David Hiersekorn:
“Online Legal Paper Mills: Are They a Threat and How Do We Compete?
…. Using LegalZoom as an example, a consumer goes to the website and sees testimonials from smiling customers. Then they go through the online questionnaire, never encountering a question that they can’t answer. And soon they find that they are just a credit card number away from having the document they went looking for.
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Free One-Hour CLE for Oregon Attorneys: OSB BarBooks CLE (9/24/14)
Join us for a free, live one-hour BarBooks™ training session right from your computer. Learn the nuts and bolts of getting the most out of your BarBooks™ member benefit with this interactive training session. This training is approved for one general or practical skills CLE credit, which may only be claimed once.
September 24, 2014, 10-11am
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Promoting Access to Justice with Oregon State Bar E-Books (on Amazon)
Oregon State Bar: Promoting Access to Justice with E-Books
“The OSB Legal Publications department launched a new project in May that we wanted to tell you about. We have begun offering a series of Family Law e-books on Amazon.com. These e-books include information on how to find and hire a lawyer, as well as links to information about the OSB Lawyer Referral Service, legal aid services in Oregon, and the ABA page on lawyer referral services nationwide….” [Link to full 6/27/14 blogpost.]
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Why are Passwords So Hard for Lawyers? (Inter-Alia)
Tom Mighell tackles the question: “Why are Passwords So Hard for Lawyers?”
Answer: ZZZZZzzzz. But doze off at your own risk:
Excerpt: “The subject of passwords is one that is both fascinating and frustrating to me. We know that it’s getting easier and easier for hackers to crack our passwords; just three years ago, a nine-digit password would take 44,530 years to crack, but today that same password can be cracked in less than a day, according to Passfault. And yet, when I mention this in speeches that I give, lawyers invariably give a heavy sigh, roll their eyes, and promptly tune out. I know what they’re thinking: “12 digit password? It’s hard enough for me to remember the name of my dog and the numbers 123!” [Link to blog post and blog homepage.]