The Oregon Divorce Blog has a post about collaborative divorce, which is fairly new to Oregon. Divorce lawyers know about it, but not many of their future clients do.
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Collaborative Divorce
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Oregon Lawyer and Legal Bloggers
I link to Oregon Legal Topics blogs and Oregon lawyer’s blogs – see the Oregon Legal Research sidebars to the right – including topical blogs on Employment, Insurance, Business Litigation, Divorce, Labor & Employment, Constitutional law, and Sustainability.
I’ll add more as they are created and as I locate them. I link to Oregon lawyer blogs that have topical and substantive legal postings (including news and commentary) and try not to link to blogs that are primarily for marketing purposes or are too heavily weighted to the personal rather than professional. This is a judgment call – my judgment – and you may challenge my decision if you wish.
Yes, I know the personal leaches into the professional when blogging, and vice versa, and there are wonderful legal blogs that do both, but I can’t just blog (blog is both a verb and a noun) since I blork.
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Oregon Supreme Court Decides “Circumcision Case”
OJD Media Release (summary) is here and full opinion is here.
Full case name is: In the Matter of the Marriage of JAMES H. BOLDT, Respondent on Review, and LIA BOLDT
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WW Shortlist of Federal Judge Candidates for U.S. D.C., Oregon
The Willamette Week, on 1/22/08, ran a story that lists 8 candidates on the shortlist: Gordon Smith’s Choice for Federal Judge: The Candidates
Here is some information on federal court judges, history and appointment process:
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Researching Long-Term Adult Care Options
The Jan. 20th, 2008, Oregonian article, by Aimee Green, Check out Adult Care before you Check In, has a useful “Fact Box.” If that “Fact Box” disappears over time, here are the resources listed:
Oregon’s Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman — 503-378-6533 or 800-522-2602 — will look up annual inspection reports for callers.
For information about a home’s complaint history or to make a complaint: Oregon Department of Human Services, 800-232-3020.
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State Buries Slide Risk? Not digging that hole might get you buried
Real research means digging deeply and not all holes you dig are perilous ones. Some might save your life.
Oregonian, Jan.20th, 2008, State Keeps Slide Risk to Itself, by Michael Milstein.
Excerpts from article:
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Empirical Legal Studies Database (ELSD)
This is probably not a best-seller amongst my solos and small law firm practitioner law library patrons, but if that rare question arises, maybe this database could help me find them the answer.
Empirical Legal Studies Database
And what is an ELSD? From their own description, here’s an excerpt:
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A Digital Black’s Law Dictionary
Also from a Stark County Law Library blog post, here’s the (new) legal writer blog with a link to a digital Black’s Law Dictionary.
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Pocket Guide for Judges on the State-Secrets Privilege …
beSpacific posts this, New Publication Helps Judges On Classified Information.
Excerpt from beSpacific post/:
“… This pocket guide is designed to familiarize federal judges with statutes and procedures established to help public courts protect government secrets when courts are called upon to do so. The guide provides information about the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA), information security officers, and secure storage facilities….”
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Deep Repositories of Scholarship (and “Information”)
beSpacific also posts about the University of California’s eScholarship Repository, which is an amazing collection of scholarship, commentary, research, wisdom, and I’m sure even foolishness.
I’ve blogged before about the University of Oregon’s Scholars’ Bank.
Universities were at the forefront of web content management, which the legal community appreciates greatly (see e.g. Cornell, Michigan, and hundreds of other educational institutions that have been adding value to the web since there was a world wide web to manage – and making the information freely available).