Governor Appoints Supreme Court Justice: This morning, Governor Kulongoski appointed Martha Lee Walters of Eugene to the seat held by Justice Riggs, who had resigned. Link to the KATU story, here. It’s a pity the story shouts, “… appoints woman to Supreme Court …,” but then it’s only 2006 – sigh. I haven’t yet seen the story on the OJD Media Releases page, but it will likely appear soon if not as I am writing this.
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Walk the Line … to Music: This is why we love Evan Schaeffer. This iPod-iBreathalyzer isn’t just for those with an addiction to alcohol. If you think about it, which you may not want to do but I believe in facing life head on, it could be useful for anyone who enjoys even a single drink now and again – and is driving. Who’s to say that 110-pound svelte body of yours (yeah, yeah) won’t be affected by that bar association meeting sherry? Do you want to take a chance?
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Supreme Court Transcripts: Word on the law librarian lists is that the U.S. Supreme Court will make their oral argument transcripts available the day of argument, starting with the October 2006 Term, from their web page.
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The Business of America is Business: The latest issue of the OSB Bulletin arrived in my library this week and we enjoyed it as usual. Among other tidbits and mouthfuls, the Briefs section has some good research leads. One is to the new Ater Wynn Business Litigation Blog and the other is to an updated publication released by Perkins Coie attorneys, “The Public Company Handbook: A Corporate Governance and Disclosure Guide for Directors and Executives.” It can be found here, with many other useful publications. Isn’t it great how lawyers share their research and writing?
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Lawyers, Business Practices, Office Management, and Customer Service: The same day I saw this , “Dissatisfaction With Lawyers – Why?”, from Ernie the Attorney, I also saw this , “What’s With All the Legal Consultants?“,from Legal Ease, linked to from Ross Ipsa Loquitur. Notice the common thread?
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Fee-Based Legal Research Databases: Lexis and Westlaw are the leaders in online legal research, and I’m glad I have them in my law library, but there are other options that may serve your basic legal research needs, while allowing you to save Lexis and Westlaw for when you need their full-tilt service. Instead of reinventing the wheel and listing all the databases myself, link (with appreciation and thanks to Nancy McMurrer at the University of Washington Law Library) to this recent article. Contact the companies directly or through their web sites for prices for your specific situation.
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Search History Privacy: There may be times when you want and need to do everything possible to keep your online searches private (relatively speaking – nothing is truly private online). No method is perfect, but the EFF has posted an article with some good advice. I found this EFF article wandering from Cornell’s InSite, to the Law Librarian’s Blog, and then on to EFF. (Now about that butterfly flapping its wings in Chili ….)
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New Self-help Legal Center Blog: BoleyBlogs tells us about a new blog called shlep (I grew up spelling it “schlep,” which doesn’t work with the acronym, [s]elf [h]elp [l]aw [e]x [p]ress), but that is neither here nor there and I won’t make a big tsimmis over it :-). Take a look at shlep and we’ll watch it grow. It’s hosted by the Berkman Center, which does interesting things (an understatement if I ever wrote one).