For inspiration and hope, visit the Fastcase 50: “Honoring the law’s smartest, most courageous inventors, techies, visionaries, & leaders.”
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Fastcase 50: What is Your Legal Legacy?
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Out-of-Cycle Changes to the Uniform Trial Court Rules (UTCR): Request for Public Comment
From OJD:
“There have been a number of out-of-cycle changes to the Uniform Trial Court Rules (UTCR) to facilitate implementation of the Oregon eCourt Program, increase the fee for a pro hac vice application, correct typographical errors, and correct inaccurate website addresses. You can view the changes at the Current Uniform Trial Court Rules webpage.
We encourage all interested parties to submit comment on these changes. The UTCR Committee will review the comments at the meeting scheduled for October 17, 2014. You can post a comment at the web address mentioned above; mail it to the UTCR Reporter at the Office of the State Court Administrator, Supreme Court Building, 1163 State Street, Salem, Oregon 97301-2563; or email it to utcr@ojd.state.or.us. Please submit your comments so that we receive them by 5:00 p.m., August 29, 2014.”
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Legal Reference Tips for Oregon Public Service Librarians and Library Assistants
1) There are excellent legal research guides and links at the Oregon Law Help website. Legal aid lawyers compile these materials and links to a wide range of organizations.
2) The Multnomah Bar Association produces English and Spanish versions of:
Youth Faces the Law: A Juvenile Rights Handbook and Domestic Violence: A Guide to Your Rights
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Guide to Image Collections with Millions of Free, Hi-Res Images
iLibrarian post: A Guide to Little-Known Image Collections with Millions of Free, Hi-Res Images
“…. There have been several new image collections that have opened up to the public just within the past year that not many people are aware of yet, but they offer access to thousands, or in some cases millions of outstanding photographs that can be downloaded for free….” [Link to full post.]
This is quite a treasure trove. Use of images will vary. For example:
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“Without Rockets it’s Just Science”: It’s a T-shirt! It’s a Comic! It’s a Hoot!
Our beloved Unshelved team has come up with a T-shirt for the rockets scientists, and the clueless, in our lives: “Without Rockets, it’s Just Science.”
Link back to the comic strip that spawned a T-shirt.
Very high cool factor!
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Educating Homeless Children: Legal Requirements (ABA Report)
Gallagher Blogs, July 2, 2014, post: Educating Homeless Kids:
“Nearly a quarter of homeless people are children.* Over a million children were homeless at the start of the 2010-2011 school year. And being homeless can make it tough to get an education. To address some of the problems, the McKinney- Vento Homeless Assistance Act (1987) set up the Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program.
The ABA Commission on Homelessness and Poverty just published “Educating Children Without Housing: A Primer on Legal Requirements and Implementation Strategies for Educators, Advocates and Policymakers” …. [Link to full Gallagher Blogs post.]
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“Only 15 percent of the unique volumes in U.S. law libraries have been digitized …”
Rent a Law Book? Want to get App App Appy?
Read: “Legal Research Revolutionized,” by Dan Giancaterino, in GP Solo, Vol. 31 No. 3:
“…. Law libraries will survive, and even thrive, in the future. An article in the May 2013 issue of ABA Journal estimated that only 15 percent of the unique volumes in U.S. law libraries have been digitized….
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Summer Reading: Law and Non-law Fiction for Attorneys
The Oregon State Bar’s Ian Pisarcik, Legal Publications Attorney Editor, gives us a list of intriguing books for our reading pleasure:
“As an attorney, two things are reasonably certain to occur in your lifetime: Sallie Mae will deduct an astronomically high student loan payment from your checking account and someone, somewhere will ask you if you’ve read To Kill a Mockingbird and if you were aware that John Grisham used to be a real honest-to-God practicing attorney. It is at this point that you will calmly try to explain that you read more than just legal thrillers...” Link to Ian’s blog post and current list of recommendations.
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Musicians: 2014 Battle of the Oregon Law Bands: Application Due August First!
The Third Annual Multnomah Bar Association, “Battle of the Lawyer Bands” will take place October 2, 2014 at the McMenamins Kennedy School 5736 NE 33rd Ave, Portland, OR 97211 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Official Application and Contest Rules are at the MBA website.
Deadline: The application, entry fee and supporting materials are due to the MBA on August 1, 2014.
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Human Lawyers (and Law Librarians) vs. Online Legal Services: It’s Not About You
Jim Calloway’s blog post: GPSOLO: Law Practice 2020 has lots of tips including this one from GP Solo, vol. 31 No. 3, by David Hiersekorn:
“Online Legal Paper Mills: Are They a Threat and How Do We Compete?
…. Using LegalZoom as an example, a consumer goes to the website and sees testimonials from smiling customers. Then they go through the online questionnaire, never encountering a question that they can’t answer. And soon they find that they are just a credit card number away from having the document they went looking for.