Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: May 11, 2008

New Blawgers: What about Comments?

By Laura Orr

include abuse, spam, and offers of “a good time” you will definitely want to refuse. You will hear from people who clearly haven’t a clue what they are talking about…

Published on: October 13, 2010

What is a Mental Health Court?

By Laura Orr

…Burke, Adult Mental Health Senior Program Coordinator from the Behavioral Health Division of HHS. The clients of Mental Health Court have a serious mental illness and, often, a substance abuse…

Published on: June 4, 2007

State v Burleson

By Laura Orr

The Saturday Oregonian (6/2/07) ran a story (byline Anne Saker), “Grand jury to see IDs, records in abuse case,” on the latest developments in the case against David O….

Published on: July 7, 2008

U.S. Supreme Court: The “Other” Gun Case

By Laura Orr

…all that enlightened in early America. Or, as Justice David Souter pointed out while trying to rein in his right-wing colleagues, “Today’s understanding of domestic abuse had no apparent significance…

Published on: October 31, 2006

By Laura Orr

…students about credit card use and abuse, among other debtor-creditor issues. The latest issue (Fall 2006) of the section’s Debtor-Creditor Newsletter has more details, but it’s not online (sigh). I…

Published on: July 12, 2006

By Laura Orr

Eminent Domain, Kelo, and Initiative Petition #57: ABA’s new book, “Eminent Domain Use and Abuse: Kelo in Context,” has arrived. While eminent domain per se is not…

Published on: June 22, 2006

By Laura Orr

Prison Report: “Confronting Confinement,” a report from the Commission on Safety and Abuse in America’s Prisons can be found here….

Published on: October 3, 2013

Is Crime Down or are “Failures to Report” Up?

By Laura Orr

From University of Washington’s Trial Advocacy blog: Crime Stats and Google (NYT) Excerpt from blog post: “An economist has been mining Google search data to learn more about crime,…

Published on: January 7, 2015

Oregon Judicial Branch Four Year Report (2011-2014)

By Laura Orr

…interactive online forms on Multnomah County Circuit Court’s current Family Abuse Prevention Act (FAPA) TurboCourt™ form for restraining orders. The interactive form program asks the applicant a series of questions,…

Published on: February 20, 2015

Oregon Sheriff’s Association Civil Process Manual, $350

By Laura Orr

…Enforcement of writs of assistance and orders of assistance for the recovery of children Enforcement of abuse restraining orders and stalking orders Landlord/Tenant Actions Concealed Handgun License chapter“…