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Published on: July 10, 2006

Law School Graduation Gifts

By Laura Orr

The Best Law School Graduation Gift: After 20 years in this business of law librarianship, I have made the transition from recommending that you give your new lawyer an excellent legal dictionary or legal research treatise to recommending, with utter and absolute seriousness, that you give your new lawyer a copy of DSM-IV-TR (the new one isn’t expected out until after 2010). If they want to further their education on the subject, and earn a few CLE credits in the process, OSB had a March 2006 CLE Seminar called “Representing Clients with Personality Disorders” (receiving rave (not raving) reviews from my library’s patrons) and there was also a 2004 CLE Seminar on “Working With Difficult People.” Trust me. This will be money and time well spent.

Published on: July 7, 2006

By Laura Orr

Not Everything Is (or should be) Online (aka NEIO): Librarians know that not everything is online, but an awful lot of people, even those who should know better (university presidents and law firm senior partners come to mind), don’t. One thing you really and truly may not want on a public database is court records. The Virtual Chase has a few stories about recent events in the Online-Going-Offline (not to mention the Free-Going-Fee) trend in its June 29th TVC Research Alert News.

Published on: July 7, 2006

By Laura Orr

Jordaan Clarke v OHSU: The briefs for this Oregon Court of Appeals case, docket #124560, are available as PDF documents and can be emailed to you. Contact the Washington County Law Library, lawlibrary@co.washington.or.us.

Published on: July 5, 2006

By Laura Orr

Digital Appellate Court Briefs: The Washington County Law Library has been scanning Oregon appellate court briefs since January 2006. More than 5,000 briefs are available and searchable by keyword and docket/case numbers, including:

138 Or App to present: selected briefs
179 Or App and 201 Or App: complete volumes
315 Or to present: selected briefs
332 Or: complete volume
All briefs for PERS, Measure 37, Li, and O’Donnell-Lamont cases

The database is not publicly accessible. Call or email the Law Library with your request for specific briefs, including your name, the case docket number and cite (if available). Briefs can be sent via email or CD. Contact: Email lawlibrary@co.washington.or.us, or telephone 503-846-8880. There is currently no charge for this service.

Published on: June 30, 2006

By Laura Orr

School Zone Speed Law: The school zone speed law changes July 1st. Story in the Salem Statesman Journal, Jun 30th dateline, here.

Published on: June 30, 2006

By Laura Orr

Oregon Sex Offender Web Site: The web site is now open, here. For a complete list of all sex offenders registered in Oregon, you will need to phone the Oregon State Police, 503-378-3725, ext. 4429.

Published on: June 29, 2006

By Laura Orr

Measure 37 Rights Transferable?: Dave Hunnicutt has an article (posted 6/29/06) in the OregonCatalyst titled, “Measure 37 Rights Are Fully Transferable.”

Published on: June 29, 2006

By Laura Orr

Sex offender registry, Recycling, Wireless Trespass, Bench Trial Acquitals, Harry Potter and the Law:

It’s a busy day in my OLR Blog world:

1) State Police (sex offender registry): The Oregonian reports today (6/29) that the Oregon State Police will launch on Friday a (not “the”) sex offender whereabouts web site. There isn’t yet anything on their web site, but stay tuned.

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Published on: June 28, 2006

By Laura Orr

Laptops and Employment Law: Some employers are holding employees responsible for portable device data breaches. Will you be defending these employees in the near future? See the WSJ story, which I linked to from a June 27th beSpacific posting.

Published on: June 27, 2006

By Laura Orr

Oregon Land Use Survey: Participate in the Governer’s “Big Look,” the Oregon Task Force on Land Use Planning survey: “The Task Force is conducting an evaluation of Oregon’s present land use planning program. One of the Task Force’s first steps is to survey Oregonians to identify major land use issues that the Task Force should study. This survey is designed to help the Task Force identify issues of importance to Oregonians.”