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Justice Bedsworth, in his Criminal Waste of Space column in the OC Lawyer Magazine, gives litigants some advice from the bench (and the stadium sidelines):

December 2010: “Take Me Out to the Pre-Trial,” by Justice William W. Bedsworth:

Excerpt: “…I have a particular interest in continuances. I’ve gone all over the world urging lawyers to devote less time to their practice and more time to their family. My remarks on this topic have been cited to me more than once in continuance requests. It’s difficult—though, I should warn you, not impossible—to turn down a continuance when you are the primary authority cited in support of the request.

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The Multnomah Law Librarian has graciously allowed me to post her Solo Lawyers bibliography here (and in PDF format, from my Law Library’s website):

HOW TO START AND BUILD A LAW PRACTICE. Platinum 5th ed. by Jay Foonberg. [KF 300 F65 2004]

FLYING SOLO: A survival guide for the solo and small firm lawyer 4th ed. by K. William Gibson. [KF 300 E59 2005]

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A lot of people think those of us who choose to work in libraries do so because we “like to read” and “don’t like noise very much.”

Give us a moment to stop laughing, deposit those beer cans in the recycle bins, return from making a statement to the police about that “incident in the stacks,” and wipe our brows after successfully and peacefully removing that badly behaving patron from the library to the relief of our other library patrons.

It is only 10:30 a.m. and way too early to crank up the Closing Time rendition of “Hit the Road, Jack,” so let’s instead talk about Library Work. In a nutshell:

1) It’s rarely quiet – at least not the kind of library-quiet you might remember from days of yore.
2) We rarely get time to read anything more exciting than official memos and emails, unless you count the latest behavior policy.
3) Most of what we have to read is digital and official (e.g. memos, procedures, policies, law, budgets, etc.)
4) Most, 99.99 %, of library patrons are wonderful.
5) A few library patrons should be banned for life from … the planet.
6) Library people know what RFID, Dublin Core, metadata, and digital asset management are.

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Governor-Elect Kitzaber’s Transition Team’s website offers one and all a chance to submit a resume.

This free-form job application process seems a creative, though possibly ill-advised, approach given numerous factors that I most certainly hope can go without saying, but far be it from me to miss a chance to tell you to send you in your resume. Oregonians will always be dreamers, bless our hearts. (And they sure need a good blogger, so knock yourselves out.)

I’m more familiar with the “Plum Book” method of hiring for a new administration.

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When one of our favorite law students (who contributes so much blood, sweat, and tears to the Oregon law librarian and legal research world, with smarts, good humor, and style) on his blog asks a favor from the world, the Oregon Legal Research blogger likes to do her bit to pass along the request:

Wanted: One donated Android phone for a good cause

Robb Shector has been a Partner in Oregon Legal Research with many of us since he was a first year law student (now he is a 3rd year) and before someone snaps him up and makes him a Lawyer, we want to do everything possible to make him want to stay in, or eventually return to if he leaves, the great State of Oregon.

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Some (most!) of my favorite sources of law library legal research services and self-help ideas come from other state and county law libraries and law librarian bloggers (these law librarian bloggers, too) of course.

Here are some of my favorite state and county law library websites:

My top-rated favorite, People’s Law Library, is from the great State of Maryland Law Library.

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This Oregonian article was an interesting lesson in neighbor and government law. It also teaches one not to jump to conclusions, on international affairs, government budgets, or that pothole you have to climb in and out of on your way to and from home every day.

“Rock Creek Road may be the pits, but Washington County says it has no legal duty to fill the potholes,” by Dana Tims, Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Excerpt: “… “I was angry,” said Matos. “A lot of people up here have had blown tires. Emergency vehicles can hardly get through. It’s a joke.”

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