The following Oregon county law libraries purchase and lend current OSB and OLI CLE course materials for independent study (and MCLE credit): Clackamas, Lane, Marion, Multnomah, and Washington.
You can find more information on borrowing county law library CLEs at the Oregon Legal Research blogpost: Oregon Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Course Materials in Law Libraries
For information about the Washington County Law Library collection, visit our CLE Information pages.
“Send Secure, Self-Destructing Messages with Wickr,” by Robert Ambrogi, Nov 5, 2013
Excerpt: “…. Lawyers have an ethical obligation to protect the confidentiality and security of communications with their clients. The more we learn about NSA snooping, the more we realize what a challenge that can be.
One option for secure communications is to skip the email and use the SMS messaging app Wickr, which is available for iOS and Android phones….” [Link to full LawSites post.]
I read somewhere that on November 12th, the following new Oregon Court of Appeals Judges were (to be) sworn in. If that is correct, here are our 3 new Court of Appeals judges:
Joel DeVore.
Erin Lagesen.
Care-giving advice and support from the Oregon Family Caregiver Handbook:
“DHS has a new, free handbook you can download …. If you are an elder thinking about having a family member provide your care, or if you’re a family member who is or may someday be asked to provide care for a family elder ….” [Link to Law for Real People 9/13/13 blog post]
Expertise needed by 21st Century Library Managers: Money, Privacy, Copyright, Licensing, and Education Law … that is, the same skills professional librarians needed in the 20th and 19th centuries!
But user, funder, and governing body assumptions and expectations of what libraries can be and knowledge of how libraries are managed have changed:
“Libraries in the Time of MOOCs,” by Curtis Kendrick and Irene Gashurov, in Educause, Monday, November 4, 2013
Do you have something to say about the Doctrine of Digital First Sale?
“…. request for public comments on five issues critical to economic growth, job creation, and cultural development that were identified in the Department’s Green Paper on Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy (Green Paper)....” (Link to FR public notice.)
From No Shelf Required: Department of Commerce needs input on digital first sale by November 13
More than you might want to know about “today“: What happened on a particular day, LibrarySpot
Feature story about something that happened “today in history“: Today in History, American Memory, Library of Congress
The Oregon Law Practice Managment blog compiles some useful iOS 7 Tips and Tricks from sharechair, including, but not limited to:
The OSB’s Oregon Law Practice Management blog has a terrific post on “Working with Mobile Notaries.” It includes lots of links to the new Oregon notary law and some excellent tips.
“This position is responsible for the opening and closing of the movable draw spans of the Hawthorne, Morrison, Broadway and Burnside Bridges.”
Visit the Multnomah County Job Opportunities website.
“Job Code: 6059-11
