For the legal historians amongst you, this posting from the Law Librarian Blog:
Where is the Legislation That Banned Christmas?
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Did Cromwell Ban Christmas?
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EPA Libraries to Re-open, by order of Congress
Press release from the American Library Association (ALA) here:
“This week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was ordered by Congress to re-open many of its libraries that had been closed over the course of the past year, as written into the fiscal year 2008 omnibus appropriations bill sent to President Bush this week.
EPA must “restore the network of EPA libraries recently closed or consolidated by the Administration…” and report on its plans to “restore publicly available libraries to provide environmental information and data to each EPA region…”
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Lawyers and Haiga
If you ever wondered what lawyers do off-hours (no, they do not eat their young – do they?), visit f/ka and get yourself a free, printable copy of the Giacalone Haiga Calendar 2008 calendars (2 choices!) – perfect for ringing in the New Year, peacefully, gracefully, a little wistfully, and with much hope.
What is haiga? One definition here (scroll down to last page) and another, more detailed, one here.
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Oregon Laws Going into Effect January 1, 2008
The Oregon Legislature has posted a press release of Top Bills Going into Effect January 1, including but not limited to new laws on health care, civil rights, ID theft protections, meth, veterans benefits, and consumer protection.
Other Legislative press releases can be found here.
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Gresham (Oregon) Model Rental Property Inspection Program
The City of Gresham has posted information about the Gresham Rental Inspection program, including a copy of the Council Bill 14-07.
The Oregonian ran a story about the new program, “Landlords: the checks are in the code,” by Robin Franzen, on 12/20/07.
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New Washington County (Oregon) Circuit Court Judge
On Wed, 12/19/07, Governor Kulongoski named appointed a new Washington County Circuit Court Judge. From the Governor’s press release:
“Governor Ted Kulongoski today announced his appointment of Keith Rogers to the Washington County Circuit Court. Judge Rogers will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Tim Alexander, effective December 31, 2007. …”
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Search Oregon City and County Websites
This is an excellent research tool from the staff at the University of Oregon Document Center for those who need to search across all Oregon local government web sites.
From Tom Stave of the U of O:
“Open the UO Libraries’ “Planning” research guide and click on the Web Resources jump link.
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How to Find a Lawyer in Oregon – in 6 Easy Steps
We (meaning my stupendous library assistants and I) have finally released a copy of our How to Find a Lawyer in Oregon – in 6 Easy Steps. (If this direct link to the PDF doesn’t work, try from my library’s hompage, and click on the Legal Research Resources Overview tab.)
This guide started out around 3 pages and we cut, and cut, and cut (no one wants to read 3 pages on finding a lawyer!), so maybe it is too bare bones now. But give it a try and send along suggestions we’ll consider for a future update.
And for Washington County residents (lots of Mult Co listings too), the 2008 Community Action Find guide is out too. You can search it online at their excellent database, but my library and others keep a print copy handy. It is a fabulous resource and complement to our How to Find a Lawyer guide.
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Oregon Laws 2007 and the Family Fairness Act
The 2007 Oregon Family Fairness Act * is a good excuse to give you a mini-primer on how to find Oregon laws, when the new statutes are about to be published, even though everyone thinks they should already be out and can’t figure out why they can’t be found. (I could explain the lengthy and laborious process of codification to you, but you’d fall asleep, so I won’t.)
As you try and follow the links below, remember that direct links to certain legislative pages just aren’t always possible. You have to go to a “home” page and then drill down. (Yes, very sad, but you have to take that up with your State Senators and Representatives.)
Full speed ahead:
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Looking for a Job in the Legal World?
Excerpt from the Law Librarian blog post:
“LawCrossing features the largest collection of active legal jobs in the world, including more than 70,000 positions at top law firms, corporations, public interest organizations, and government offices throughout the U.S. A free job search function is provided on the website’s front page as is legal news and other useful information resources.
Launched in July 2003, LawCrossing is a brainchild of CEO A. Harrison Barnes, who also founded the hugely successful parent company of LawCrossing, Juriscape, in 2000. The very popular JD2B is another website published by the Company and one I have frequently recommended to law students….”