Oregon State Sheriff’s Office Association (OSSA) (a tax-exempt nonprofit) website states:
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“How to Blog a Book” (the book and the website)
It has been said that most lawyers are frustrated writers, but, as has also been said, so are most writers.
Frustrated writers will know about Anne Lamont’s “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life,” which is a title more metaphorically-melodious than the prosaic “Blog-post by Blog-post: instructions on writing …” (which isn’t really metaphorical at all), but … whatever works for you. Blog-post by Blog-post(ing) may do the trick and here are some tips:
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Librarian Snags $900 Golf Clubs for $9
Leave it to a retired librarian / city manager to find a good deal:
Excerpt: ‘…Yesterday I picked up a virtually new set of Cobra Irons at a thrift store. There are 9 clubs in a set of irons. Had I ordered this set new last year on the internet it would have cost me 900 dollars. Here at the Thrifty Thrift, I was expecting a charge of 50 bucks. I was wrong.
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Books: “Willful Blindness” and Mr. Bob Red Mill’s “People before Profit”
1) There are many kinds of willful blindness, personal, financial, criminal, etc. A recent story about the Sandusky trial mentioned the following book. I started reading it over the weekend and it’s hard to put down:
“Willful Blindness,” by Margaret Heffernan
2) If you need another good summer read, try this one:
“People before profit: the inspiring story of the founder of Bob’s Red Mill,” by Ken Koopman
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UPDATED: How to Find a Case Online – using Free resources
How to Find a Case Online (using free resources)
(if you have the citation)
It isn’t always possible to use a physical reporter to locate a case using a citation. If you don’t have access to a bound reporter, here is a quick overview of a few of your free options for locating cases online.
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Oregon Law Practice Management
If you haven’t checked out the Oregon Law Practice Management website recently, it’s worth a visit.
Beverly Michaelis is a Practice Management Adviser with the Oregon Professional Liability Fund (PLF).
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In memory of Nancy Bergeson: Ardent Advocate Lecture Series
Nancy Bergeson: Ardent Advocate Lecture Series
Speaker: Colleen Scissors — Remembering Defense Basics: Building Trust and Humanizing Our Clients
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Portland, OR
“.…Nancy Bergeson was a career-long public defender whose legal acumen was matched only by her uncanny ability to empathize with her clients….” [Link to OCDLA announcement.]
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Dog Food Recalls
Did you know that the FDA Recalls, Market Withdrawals, & Safety Alerts website includes “Animal Health” notices?
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Non-Lawyers Authorized to Assist Self-Represented Litigants in Washington State
On June 15, 2012, the Washington State Supreme Court adopted a new rule:
APR 28, entitled “Limited Practice Rule for Limited License Technicians”
You can link to the text of the new rule and the final order from:
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New legal research guide – Animal law
In the interesting lawsuit news department, the San Jose Mercury News recently reported that a man has sued the California Department of Fish and Game after being attached by a deer: http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_20882238/marin-county-man-sues-state-claiming-deer-attacked. The man is suing the state for “mismanaging” the deer after it attacked him in his own backyard.
For more information on animal law research, see our new Animal Law legal research guide. As always, if you need to find a document quickly on the law library’s website, please see the Document Index. All of our legal research guides are available in the Subject Guides section of the law library’s website.