This September 28, 2010, editorial in the Oregonian is worth reading:
Cutting off voters for no good reason: Oregon county clerks defend a 20-day voter registration deadline even though the early cutoff disenfranchises some first-time voters:
Excerpt: “Over the years, the county clerks that run Oregon elections have embraced vote-by-mail, online registration and other innovations that have helped build one of the nation’s most respected state elections systems.
As if parents didn’t have enough to worry about:
A beSpacific post: WSJ Investigates Extensive Web Tracking of Children Online:
September 17, 2010, Children Face Intensive Tracking, by Steve Stecklow:
It’s hard to believe, but there are still working people out there who need but don’t know about the Social Security Death Index.
So I’m doing my bit to spread the word one reader at a time.
I bet you don’t see those two subjects in the same sentence very often!
The Oregon Encyclopedia (The OE), an online resource of Oregon history and culture, is partnering with McMenamins on a series of History Nights.
1) Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 7:00 pm, Kerry Eggers presents “It’s War! Beavers vs. Ducks: The History of the Longest-and Greatest-Sports Rivalry in Oregon.”
One could fill a library with stories about redemption (in fact, most libraries ARE filled with stories about redemption, fictional and real), but the following came to mind recently when I spoke with a couple of young law library patrons about past transgressions and future promise:
1) Oregon case In re Beers, 339 Or 215, about a law student with a past.
2) Parade magazine, June 27, 2010, article about Richard Dyer: Judging the Value of Redemption, by Linda Himelstein.
I have written before about how you cannot prepare for a serious court proceeding using just the resources you find on the “free” web. (And, aren’t all court proceedings serious?)
That is, if you have an adversary who knows how to research law and legal procedure, if you will appear before a judge in a court of record (as opposed to, e.g. a small claims court or traffic court where you are not expected to know “the law”), if you want a fair shot a winning your case, then:
You need to do the research – and that means researching case law and statutes, And, that is just the BEGINNING:
(And, even in small claims and traffic court it helps to do your research.)
It’s time to update this information:
State of Oregon Law Library has a link to their briefs collection or you can use this research guide:
From Robert Ambrogi’s Law Sites 9/23/10 post: Thomson Unveils Global Hub for Free Legal Help:
Excerpt: “At an event today in New York City, Thomson Reuters will formally announce the launch of TrustLaw, a Web-based service that is intended to promote “the culture and practice of pro bono” around the world….” (Link to full blog post)
The TrustLaw site says: “TrustLaw is a global centre for free legal assistance and anti-corruption news, run by Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of the world’s leading provider of news and information, Thomson Reuters.
LLRX article: Canine Detection Evidence, by Ken Strutin, Published on September 25, 2010
(Ken Strutin previously wrote in LLRX about Solitary Confinement.)
Excerpt: “For nearly 15,000 years dogs have lived with and served humankind as companions, hunters, shepherds and most recently detectives. The average canine possesses hundreds of millions of receptors for odors, compared with a few million for humans. 3 Their outstanding sensory endowment, olfaction, makes dogs sought after by law enforcement. And in the last century, the cultivation and harnessing of this ultrasensitive faculty has become a part of many facets of criminal investigation.
I’ve blogged before about the very useful Oregon Council on Court Procedures website. For those who remember plowing through the print versions of these documents … this website is a miracle!
And if you want to know some history about the OCCP, this website a good place to begin. (As for why the ORCP is buried in the ORS, between Chapters 11 and 12, you’ll need to wait for another OLR blog post. I asked Legislative Counsel this question not long ago but have yet to write up the answer.)
Legislative vs. Administrative Histories:
1) It is not unusual for a legal researcher to ask for a “legislative” history of a statute, when in fact there was no legislature involved in the statute’s, or rule’s, enactment or promulgation.
Oregon Legal Research Blog