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If you need to know the legislative history of an Oregon statute, please remember:

You need to know something about how a bill becomes a law.  The Citizen’s Guide at the Oregon Legislature’s website will help you with that.
You then need to know HOW to compile a legislative history.  I’ve blogged about Oregon legislative history research guides, but run a new search to find updated links.  For example, on Google, search using words like these: oregon legislative history research.
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Now that you’ve found out who your state and federal legislative representatives are, let them know.
You can speak out in writing, remotely, or at a legislative hearing.
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It’s that time of year again when Oregon lawyers ask about:
CLEs in Oregon public law libraries
And, here are some other research guides that may be of use to Oregon lawyers, support staff, and self-represented litigants:
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“My roommate is a high-strung moron.”   This was the first line of a letter to “The Ethicist” column, in the New York Times Magazine, September 18, 2011, and it reminded me that I wanted to blog about “Comments” policies.
This “my roommate is a moron” type of statement, and its close cousins (e.g. “my fat, ugly, stupid friend, sister, brother, mother,” etc.), will be familiar to anyone who writes online and allows Comments.  Comments can be useful, informative, responsive, educational, helpful, and thoughtful.  However, they generally are not.  I’m not sure why and won’t waste time wondering why not.
For practical purposes, though, it’s useful for blogs and websites to have a Comment Policy so readers and Commenters are forewarned about why they may see the Comments they do see and why their own Comments might not see the light of day.
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Every once in a while we run into a memorable Library-Internet quotation:
From: “At Your Service,” by Robert Leo Heilman, OLAQ, Vol. 17, no. 3, p. 9 (2011), (author of “Overstory: Zero: Real Life in Timber Country“)

“.... Both the internet and the library are sources of information. The difference is that the virtual help offered by the worldwide web is impersonal, while libraries have librarians.  When you walk in the door of your local public library, there is someone there who is ready to help you.  Librarians aren’t there to run a scam on you, nor to try to turn a profit, nor to deceive you—all common enough occurrences in this, the so-called “information age.”  A librarian is more than just a specialist but rather a sort of friend to one and all, someone with nothing more than your own good at heart ….” OLAQ, Vol. 17, no. 3, p. 9 (2011).
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If you are new to the Law Librarian Consumer Advocacy Caucus discussion (and Petition) and want some history and to enter the conversation:
1) For law librarians and law library managers: there is a Petition being circulated by the Consumer Advocacy Caucus (including Comments)
2) There are several websites/blogs where you can find of information on the Caucus and the Petition – see below for a list.
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“The Douglas County Law Library is pleased to be able to offer space for out of town attorneys to conduct depositions & settlement conferences. There is a charge for the use of the room.”
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A few Oregon county law libraries have conference rooms for use by lawyers and clients (and self-represented litigants) who need gathering space for depositions, teleconferences, or meetings to discuss their active court cases filed with the court, e.g. Clackamas, Deschutes, Multnomah, and Washington Counties.

Call the Law Library directly for information about hours, size of the room, and conference room rules and policies
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