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From the Washington County (Oregon) Law Librarian:

This is a follow-up to my previous post for those of you looking for Oregon legal forms.

Another important place to look for official, court-sanctioned, Oregon legal forms will be in the Oregon Judicial Department (OJD) Circuit Court Supplemental Local Rules (SLR). But, you still need to know what you’re doing. Check with the court where you plan to file the documents. And consult an attorney, please. It saves no one any time, money, or grief if you file the wrong form and don’t comply with rules of service.

Also keep in mind, that not every County Circuit Court’s SLR will have forms. My own county has a number of Washington County Circuit Court-specific family law forms, e.g. a Motion to Reset. You may not find this form in another Circuit Court. Your Circuit Court may require you to file a different form!

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From the Washington County (Oregon) Law Librarian:

How does one request a pardon? I wish I could say, “let me count the ways.” But I can’t and highly recommend you talk to your lawyer, if you have one, or that you call the Oregon State Bar (OSB) to find a lawyer who can advise you (or read this How to Find a Lawyer in Oregon guide, which also links to the OSB).

And here’s what else I’ve learned about Oregon pardons (for crimes committed under Oregon state law). There may be more in future posts and you can also let me know if you have anything to add:

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From the Washington County (Oregon) Law Librarian:

It can been said that future wars will be over food and water, especially water. The future is here and the wars are on, though for some (not all) that war is only between people wielding lawyers rather than swords:

Navigating Water Law in Oregon, by Janine Robben, in the November issue of the Oregon State Bar (OSB) Bulletin, is a good read. (OSB Bulletin Archives are here.)

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Now if only we could stop looking to Congress to come to our rescue (Congress? To the rescue? Good grief!) from the stock market fearmongers and foreclosure doomsayers (and yes, Congress does have a role in fixing some problems, but so do we!) — but let’s also keep moving along with a little education and self-help of our own:

In my previous post on foreclosures in Oregon, I mentioned that the Oregon State Bar (OSB) was about to release two new Legal Links programs. They are out now – yeah! – and you can view them online – no TV required (Yeah! Feb 2009 is fast approaching and my 23 year-old TV is toast – what a recycling/landfill nightmare that’s all going to be in March 2009).

From the OSB public service webpages:

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I read this Small talk blurb in the Thursday, October 23, 2008, Oregonian, and found some good advice and resources for small business owners:

Excerpts from Small talk:

“…Many small-business owners believe you should never go it alone — you should always have a support system, whether it consists of financial advisers, mentors, fellow entrepreneurs or consultants, to guide you. It’s true in the best of economic times, and it’s certainly the case in the current climate.
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This is an extremely difficult economy, and even veterans need a sounding board. They find it from a growing number of resources, among them peer or networking groups, mentors, professional and trade groups and government-sponsored organizations such as SCORE, an association of executives that counsels small-business owners. Very often, this help comes at no cost.

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The flux is at it again. You know, when some relatively rare topic arises in conversation and then it comes up again and again. (I blogged about the flux a long while ago, here, but I was in a chatty mood so it’s a longer post than you might be up for.)

Anyway, the topic of copywriting legal documents came up a couple of weeks ago, and then it came up again and then again. Today I ran across this article, while looking at a webpage on searching public records, that I linked to from the Law Librarian Blog:

1) Due Diligence in Drafting: Copyrights in Legal Documents, by Thomas J. Stueber. (This article can be found in other online and print publications.)

2) There is also this one: “The Highest Form of Flattery? Application of the Fair Use Defense against Copyright Claims for Unauthorized Appropriation of Litigation Documents,” by Davida H. Isaacs, Northern Kentucky University – Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Missouri Law Review, Vol. 71, p. 391, 2006.

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From the Washington County (Oregon) Law Librarian:


I posted recently about Service Dogs (and other animals) and in a recent Saturday’s Oregonian (11/8/08) there was a letter to the editor with a link to another resource on Service Animals:

1) U.S. Department of Justice: type in service animal (singular) or service animals (plural) for different results. See e.g. their COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT

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From the Washington County (Oregon) Law Librarian:

Public law librarians get the darnedest questions. It’s not so much the questions themselves, but that people think that we have answers to their questions. We don’t! But we like that people think about us when trying to solve their problems.

And we do have the pretty good problem-solving and research skills. We also, most of us, have a lot of common sense, not to mention a lot of people we can call upon for more research ideas. Here’s a recent question – and answer:

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The Oregon family of “family law attorneys” comprised of lawyers, judges, the state bar, family law facilitators, and others is amazing. This family works so well together. They may not think they do, but from this law librarian’s desk, I am grateful for all the family law resources they make available to client and pro se litigant alike. Recently I noticed their newsletter went online, which is wonderful. A recent and extremely useful article, by Thomas Johnson, about Collaborative Practice is in the October 2008 issue.

1) Oregon State Bar (OSB) family law resources

2) Oregon Judicial Department (OJD) family law resources, homepage

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