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Read the Dec. 10, 2012, press release at the Governor’s website. Other press releases can be found at the Legislature’s website:

Excerpt:

“The Oregon Legislature will meet in Special Session on Friday, December 14, to consider authorizing Governor Kitzhaber to enter into agreements with companies committing to significant job growth and investment in Oregon. The Governor called the session at a news conference today where he emphasized an extraordinary opportunity exists to boost Oregon’s economy with high wage jobs….”

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Hung jury, mistrial, death, not guilty, plea bargain, other?

The Law Librarian Blog post: Guilty or Not Guilty, Stats on Law & Order Episodes, links you to Overthinking It, where you can see the results of crowdsourced episode endings from 20 seasons of Law & Order, with accompanying colorful charts (but no 8×10 glossies).

Happy Friday!

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You have until December 21st, 2012, to vote for your favorite ABA Blawg 100 blogs.

Even if you don’t want to vote, the list is a great way to sample the current crop of blawgs to see what works for you and your practice (and sometimes your life). And, you might get some ideas for a blog of your own, an excellent way to get it out of your system (whatever “it” may be).

(No, our little niche blawg is not on the list, but the ones you will see on the list are super and of interest across borders – hmmm, Blawgs without Boarders are the best ones to make the cut :-)

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One day you will need or thank the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), just as we need or thank the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection.

If you want to know more about the CFPB, one of the blogs listed at the 6th Annual ABA Blawg 100 site is the CFPB Monitor. It tracks the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

You can also visit the official CFPB website and read CFPB’s official blog.

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If you need a laugh from the bench of the funniest judge in California (I can’t speak for the rest of the country  – in fact I can’t even really speak for California – ahem), read OC Lawyer Magazine columnist, Justice Bedsworth (yes, he’s a real judge!), in his December 2012 column, “Dog Days in New Mexico”

Not many judges can get Strindberg, Vaughn, New Mexico, and dog Nikka, the only state certified “police officer” in town in the same paragraph. But Justice Bedworth can.

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From the Governor’s homepage, link to The Governor’s Budget.

This is only the beginning. Read more about state budgeting processes and transparency aspirations.

The budget includes this goal: “Improve access to justice so all Oregonians are able to exercise their rights, regardless of race, gender, income, or location.” [Safety, p. 8.]

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This is a complex area of employment law and you can never read too much about it. The Oregon Law Practice Management blog has this 12/3/12 post:

“Mission Impossible: Independent Contractor in Oregon”

Excerpt: ‘For those of you who like to use “independent contractors” (contract lawyers, contract paralegals, freelance legal secretaries) take heed.  Your contractor may well be an employee.

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We’re pleased, and very excited, to announce that our new, collaborative, Oregon county law libraries Oregon Legal Research website went live last week.

And what a journey it has been, with the generous and nurturing (and pro bono!) support from the best friend public law librarians ever had, Justia. It’s been a long and interesting journey, which we’ll write up one day soon – and post to the website, but not until the journey is complete.

In addition to continuing work on the website, note that the new WordPress Oregon Legal Research Blog won’t go “live” until the current Blogger Oregon Legal Research blog is fully migrated to WordPress. We still have lots of librarian work to do on it (taxonomies, oh my), but again, we bow down willingly and gratefully to Justia‘s patient and skilled teaching and technical staff. They create miracles that make us look good, really, really good.

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Running a nonprofit is serious business requiring serious business and nonprofit management skills.

Colleges and universities offer classes on nonprofit management, e.g. the Institute for Nonprofit Management at PSU, and so does the Nonprofit Association of Oregon.

This one on Nonprofit Financial Fundamentals is coming up in January 2013 at a Beaverton location.

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