The State of Oregon Law Library gives us this tip about how to find FDAB Orders (Fair Dismissal Appeals Board):
FDAB Orders are not (yet) available online. DOJ provides hard copies to the Supreme Court Law Library and the three law school libraries. But they are working on a web site and will be posting the orders online at that web site. Link to the FDAB web site where some of the orders will be found in the fullness of time.
You might enjoy this “What’s in a Name?” blog post on Ezekiel the Banker as much as I did:
Excerpt: “.... The bank manager’s name is Ezekiel. He is the first Ezekiel I have ever known. I am a big believer that people try to live up to the promise of their name. Ezekiel, of course, was an Old Testament prophet who had wondrous visions, and he was a prophet, whose prophecies turned out to be quite accurate. So that’s another reason why I signed up with this bank. The fact that an Ezekiel would be guiding me through the process of financing my new house project really appealed to me. He has not disappointed me. He indeed been very prophetic in telling me when to dip into the well for more money at the most advantageous lending rate available….” [Link to full blog post, by Will Manley, retired librarian and city manager.]
We heard a good-news update on the Oregon Ballot Measure Archive Project, which founder and leader Joshua Binus says is alive and well.
From Joshua:
“The biggest news to report of late has more to do with the movement of the collection into a permanent repository. Portland State University’s Special Collections has formally adopted BMAP and has been working to organize it for public access over the past year. We will do some media outreach once it’s ready.
FAQ: “Do you have any books on careers in the law?”
(Note for career seekers: do not confuse books “about the law” or books on “what lawyers do” with books on “the practice of law.”)
Law librarians are often asked if we have any books in our law libraries on what a legal career might look like, e.g. what does a prosecutor do? what does a patent lawyer do? what jobs are there for law school graduates? etc. Surprisingly, or not, most of us have very few, if any books on this subject in our law libraries.
Oregon family law attorneys give away a lot of free information and collaborate to make available lots of free family law forms.
The Oregon Judicial Department Family Law Facilitators offer free advice and invaluable services to many self-represented litigants, but family law can become complex very quickly when there are children, substantial financial assets, or simply whenever there is no meeting of the minds.
Family law attorneys also provide lots of information, which you can find on their websites. I’ve come across this one recently, a Northwest law firm that has a collection of articles and a guide to divorce in Oregon, all free.
From Free Government Information (FGI) (and check out their blogroll):
“Sunlight releases Scout to help track legislative/regulatory process”
“Today, our pals at the Sunlight Foundation released Scout, a new tool that allows you to create customized keyword alerts to notify you whenever issues you care about are included in legislative or regulatory actions — at both the state and federal level! They’ll also soon release their Open States tool to target the legislative process of all 50 states….” [Link to FGI and Scout at Sunlight.]
Oregon Life Insurance Finder Tool (LIFT)
“The Oregon Insurance Division is pleased to help you search for the life insurance policy or annuity contract of a deceased family member. The division maintains a database of all the life insurance companies that sell policies in Oregon. If your family member lived in Oregon at some point, we will relay your request for a policy search to see if there is a match….” [Link to Oregon DCBS website.]
Today we’re featuring the new website for the Douglas County (Oregon) Law Library.
Oregon county law libraries offer lots of services, individually and as an association (we share information and resources), and one of the most popular services offered is conference room space for attorneys who use them to meet with clients and with each other, assemble documents, spread out a table-full of research materials, make private phone calls, etc.
Each county law library has its own conference room policy (usually set from on high, i.e. our respective county administrative offices) so call the County’s Law Library directly to inquire about access and reservations.
I’ve been rereading “To Kill a Mockingbird” (and it’s even better than I remembered) and then saw this timely reminder about the Clarence Darrow Digital Collection.
Oregon Law Practice Management brings you this “iLaw” update, just in time to get you out of July 4th picnic clean-up duty:
