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This is a follow-up to my previous post about researching the history of an ORCP rule. (And thank you again to the staff at the Oregon Council on Court Procedures!)

“Rules of civil procedure are promulgated in December of even-numbered years, submitted to the legislature at the beginning of the (odd-numbered year) legislative session, and become effective January 1 of the following EVEN-NUMBERED year. So the rules that we promulgate at our December 11, 2010, meeting will be looked at by the legislature in 2011 and will become effective January 1, 2012.

Statutory authority of the Council is found in ORS 1.735.”

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Visit SCOTUS blog for a report and links: New Policy on Tapes Release

In Oregon, CD’s of the Oregon Supreme and Appellate Courts’ oral arguments are usually available the day after the hearing, depending on the bailiff’s work flow. To obtain a copy of the CD, contact OJD at 503-986-5553. The cost is $10 per argument (as of today). A form must be completed and payment is required in advance unless an attorney is requesting, in which case the attorney can be billed.

If you’re not an attorney, call and ask for specific instructions. Don’t try and find the information on the OJD website, unless you have a lot of time. There is a lot of information on the OJD website, but it’s difficult to find specific information. (All of us who work on websites know and understand the problem! We just have too much information to post for our customers, patrons, constituents, etc. and it seems not enough time to organize it all properly.) Sometimes THE TELEPHONE is your Best Friend!

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Georgetown Law Center has a super-duper, extra-delicious and wondrous guide to free and low-cost legal research databases. I refer people to it so often that it has become my friend. (If corporations can be “persons” then a research guide can be a “friend.” Yes, no, maybe? Please let’s not discuss. Sigh.)

Use it and enjoy – and give a big THANK YOU to law librarian Todd Venie who keeps it stocked, chock full of goodness and well within any sell-by dates. (If you’ve created guides like these you know just how much work goes into them. Wowsers.)

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I meet more Oregon attorneys who don’t know about this wonderful news than attorneys who do know, so here goes:

Starting January 1, 2010, the OSB BarBooks database will be available and free to ALL members of the Oregon State Bar.

(Many Oregon county law libraries will have subscriptions to the database, too.)

Read more about the database or contact the OSB (not me, please), if you have questions.

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This question usually comes to the law librarian in this form:

Is it legal (lawful) to own and use a personal stun gun (or taser) in Oregon?

But related questions may include the following the following:

(Note: An ECD is an Electronic Control Device)

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A recent media release from the Washington County Health and Human Services Department describes their Mental Health Court:

Mental Health Court: Moving From Jail and Hospital to Stability in the Community

“Washington County’s Department of Health and Human Services Mental Health Division is partnering with other County agencies to help people with severe and persistent mental illness and criminal justice involvement live in the community safely. This is intended to help people avoid both hospitalization and going to jail as the result of their mental illness….

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In the library world, one always meets people who want to learn something new every day. It’s not hard to do, but what if you want to get really serious about acquiring knowledge:

8 Awesome Websites to Take Free College Courses Online, posted by Dave Drager on Sep. 30th, 2010

(Thank you to iLibrarian, which always entertains and informs!)

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Register to VOTE!
Register to VOTE!

Everyone should vote, but here’s “Why Women Vote: Iron Jawed Angels”

On August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment granted the ballot to American women.

“Section 1. The right of the citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.”

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Gallagher (UW Law Library) Blog brings us news of this:

“Sample Interesting New Writing About Law with Jotwell, The ‘Journal Of Things We Like (Lots)’ — is a blog where a several law professors post substantive comments about recent scholarship. It’s supposed to help people keep up with interesting writing from different fields….” (Link to GLB post or Jotwell)

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If you Google the words: Oregon citizen arrest, you’ll get an immediate answer to just about anyone’s question about citizens arrests in Oregon, you’ll get a link to attorney Ray Thomas’s excellent and detailed website posts on the subject and links to the statute, ORS 153.058, and even to my previous OLR posts on citizen arrest rights.

Sarah Mirk wrote a recent article about a “citizens arrest” communication gap, which has nothing to do with a generation gap. I bet all these police officers and bicyclists have Internet at home and if anyone asked them a question, they would imediately go online.

If you walk or bicycle, I highly recommend that you keep a reference to the statute on a sticky note or on your smart-phone, and read the article:

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