Criminal History Checks: The search for criminal history records is harder than most people think, especially if you want a thorough and accurate history. BJS has just issued a new report on the subject, which you can find here. Thank you as always for beSpacific for the lead and the link.
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ABA Report on Presidential Signing Statements: The report is out and available, here.
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Passport Duplication: Color-copy your passport and use the copy instead of the original. This is interesting (and the usual disclaimers apply). Posted on July 22 to Kevin Kelly’s Cool Tools.
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And … Another Thing You Should Know: MySpace server was hacked (use this phrase in the search engine of your choice.) My point being – make sure your computer security (hardware, software, knowledge, common sense, and awareness) is up to date. Those are your personal files, your client’s files, and your secret-life files that are floating around in cyberspace. There’s still a place in this world for paper, pencil, the telephone, and whispering in the middle of fields or in parking garages.
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Another Thing You Should Know: The latest issue of O[prah] has a plug for Legalmatch.com. Never underestimate Oprah.
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Things You Should Know: I’ve added Future Lawyer to my list of blogs to check regularly (no, not compulsively – but definitely a must for now (how fickle we can be – amuse me, intrigue me, provoke me, or lose me)). The rest of the list of Things You Should Know is much too long, but if you haven’t heard about The Long Tail, then you’re not paying attention. It may be a flavor of the month, but what’s wrong with that, unless you mistake it for the Meaning of Life. (But don’t confuse the long tail with the Long Now 🙂
Kurt Anderson interviewed Chris Anderson, Wired Magazine editor-in-chief and author of Long Tail, on Sunday, 7/23. (Studio 360 is one of my favorite Sunday evening rituals – it’s broadcast on OPB at 8 pm, after Speaking of Faith , which is turning out to be quite wonderful. Sunday night’s program on Darwin was terrific.)
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The Onion, Viacom, and The Herti: Legal research takes you many places. I learned today from digg that Viacom is poised to buy The Onion and, from the BBC, that The Herti is going to be sold to civilians. Should these things make me nervous?
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Measure 37 and JELL: The latest issue of the Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation (JELL), volume 20(2) 2005 (yes, that 2005 is correct – don’t ask) out of the University of Oregon Law School, is a Measure 37 Symposium. We just got our copy; the articles are available online and in print at most law libraries.
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Bedsworth: If you don’t read Justice Bedsworth’s (Beds to his true fans) column once a month, well, your life will just be that little bit gloomier. There’s a secret online stash of previous columns, but you’ll just have to find them yourself (or ask nicely).
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OSB Looking for a Few Good Volunteers: Now’s your chance (and you have until Sept 8th!). OSB is seeking volunteers for committees, boards, commissions, etc. Stop complaining, start leading.