The Legal Research Plus blog has a status report on 111th Congress H.R. 6026:
“Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act,” Legal Research Plus, September 20, 2010, by George Wilson
More information about Congressionally Mandated Reports can be found at:
Constitution Day 2010 has passed with nary a whimper, but thoughts of the inimitable Classroom Law Project stay front and center.
Did you know you can volunteer with the Classroom Law Project? They are super-friendly, fun, and oh so smart. And they are willing to pass all that goodness on to you, free of charge. You just need to volunteer. (I’m volunteering so I can learn how to bring all that goodness out to my law library’s county.)
Learn and teach about civics, courts, and law making. You don’t need to be a lawyer to volunteer – really!
The Oregon Food Handlers Manual is not just for food-handlers. It’s for people who eat or buy food. Could this mean you?
1) If you eat in restaurants or at grocery stores, farmers’ markets, food carts, hospitals, country fairs, lemonade stands, fund-raising events, or just about anywhere else you buy food, you might be interested in how Oregonians are protected from food-borne illnesses.
2) Even if you don’t sell or serve food, if you EAT food, you might find the Food Handlers Manual interesting, along with the Oregon Food Safety website. (And for extra credit, you can read about Alcohol Server Education.)
It’s not too late to register to vote!
It’s not too late to register to vote!
It’s not too late to register to vote!
Assuming, of course, that you are reading this BEFORE October 12, 2010.
Visit the Oregon Secretary of State Election Division or your county election office for information on registering online or in person.
More about the November election.
Dewsnup v. Farmers Insurance Company of Oregon, (SC 057895), decided September 16, 2010:
“…Today, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled that, based on plaintiffs’ expert’s affidavit, the question whether a roof, after a homeowner has begun to disassemble and repair it, remained a “roof” for the purposes of a homeowners’ insurance policy, was a question of fact that must be decided by a jury rather than being determined by a judge on summary judgment….” (Read full 9/16/10, Media Release or full opinion.)
The upcoming Banned Book Week, September 25 – October 2, 2010, gives us an excuse to wax poetically, briefly, with dignity, and without matches, on how to object, also with dignity and without matches, to a book in your public library. It’s quite easy:
Call, or
Visit, or
Connect to your library’s website.
Express your displeasure, with principled reasons,
And, simply, ask that your complaint about a book be heard (and responded to)
By the Library Director, Library Board and Library Managers.
For example, the Multnomah County Library offers many opportunities for you to communicate with the library’s Director and managers. Or, you can find your library at one of these Oregon library directories.
For more information on banned books:
The OSB has had a winning line-up of new books released this year, and the latest one “Rights of Foreign Nationals“is as welcome to lawyers and law librarians as the previous titles were, which include:
The excellent (and fun!) Mighell Marker, a Legal Technology Weekly, Volume 11, Issue 26 September 12, 2010, alerts us to this:
Marcus Zillman’s Factchecker Directory (homepage):
“The Directory of Fact Checkers is a Subject Tracer Information Blog designed to be a comprehensive listing of the available fact checkers and sources on the Internet and is being compiled and edited by Internet expert and guru Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. and Executive Directory of the Virtual Private Library” (link to Directory)
After highlighting Yale Law School Dogs in a previous blog post, I would be remiss if I omit a blog post on their rare book exhibit on Courtrooms in Comic Books.
(From the exhibit, “Superheroes in Court! Lawyers, Law and Comic Books“, curated by Mark S. Zaid, Esq., and on display Sept. 4-Dec, 16, 2010 in the Rare Book Exhibition Gallery, Level L2, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School.)
Reading the recent Willamette Week story, “Saving Ryan: Why it was left to two Portland judges to bring this junkie back from the brink,” September 15, 2010, by James Pitkin, reminded me of two things (more than two, actually, but only two that can be written about in the space of a blog post):
One: A book: “Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through his Son’s Addiction,” by David Sheff
Two: If you haven’t read about Portugal’s approach to drug addiction, crime, and health care, here are a few articles I’ve referred people to, though there are others if you want to do a full literature search. But these offer a good introduction to tease and tempt you into reading more:
