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“My boyfriend is 15 and I’m 17 …” and variations on the theme.
Sometimes the only thing to do is to “Ask a Lawyer.” Sometimes, you can read all the books, read all the statutes, ask all your friends, and you still don’t have an answer.
The Oregon State Bar has a program called Problem Solvers for people ages 11 to 17. They offer free, confidential 30 minute legal consultations. You can contact them:
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We have scanned 1953 through 1975.  (We have indexed through 1967.)
Recent budget cuts may slow us down, but my goal remains to complete this project and make these images available on a publicly accessible database.  We also hope to make a microfilm archive copy.
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Second only to the “can I leave my kids home alone?” types of questions are the “can I tape record a conversation?” types of questions.
The Oregon Court of Appeals has a few more things to say about this subject. You can start with this Oregonian article:
“If an Oregon police officer is recording your traffic stop, it’s legal to make your own recording of the encounter,” by Aimee Green, The Oregonian, Monday, October 31, 2011, updated Tuesday, November 01, 2011
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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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Laugh at the lawyers in your life – attend Laf-Off, tonight (Oct. 28), Portland, Oregon. (At least look at the pictures on the website – yikes!)

No, I don’t think you can get CLE credits for attending, or even for performing, but maybe you should ….

Laf-Off (Brought to you by the Lawyer’s Campaign for Equal Justice)
October 28, 2011
6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. shows
(doors open at 5:30 and 8:30)
Mission Theater
1624 NW Glisan Ave, Portland
Tickets only $10 each!

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The Uniform Law Commission (National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws) have updated the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (UELMA).
For a detailed summary of the latest actions, please read:
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Volunteering = Networking
One way to find a job is to volunteer with an organization that does the sort of work you might like to do yourself one day.
If you’re not sure what you love to do, try out different volunteer gigs:
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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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