Oregon Legal Research BlogDid you know the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) has a Criminal Justice Code of Ethics (PDF and webpage with other DPSST documents)?…
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Oregon DPSST Criminal Justice Code of Ethics
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Oregon Food Handlers Manual, Not Just for Food Servers
…Oregon Food Safety website. (And for extra credit, you can read about Alcohol Server Education.) 3) More about Oregon food law and food recalls, nationwide. Now, if only public…
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Criminal Justice in Oregon: Enhanced Probation Probation
…try to keep them on track. Hawaii Judge Steven S. Alm created the program 4 1/2 years ago after he was repeatedly asked to revoke offenders’ probation for failing numerous…
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Oregon Grand Jury Reports on County Jails (Corrections)
…132.440 : “Inquiry into conditions in correctional and youth correction facilities. (1) At least once yearly, a grand jury shall inquire into the condition and management of every correctional facility…
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Top Four Work-from-Home Scams (Yahoo/Monster article)
…for information, find another opportunity. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) goes after individual work-at-home scammers. Search the site for press releases or other information on any employer you’re considering. Fraud.org…
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Oregon Ethics Investigation: Legal Fees, Audits, and Cranky Law Librarians
of ethics investigation waste public money ,” Lex Zaitz, The Oregonian, Friday, January 28, 2011 Excerpt: “The Oregon Treasury Department has spent more than $100,000 on lawyers to defend state…
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Are You Being Sued? How to find out if a Lawsuit has been Filed (in Oregon and beyond)
…appeal, and may or may not be subject to oversight by the Oregon Commission on Judicial Fitness and Discipline. For example, Washington County has a Justice Court and many of…
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Legal Research for the Intrepid but (honorably) Clueless
If you’ve never, ever researched the law, I recommend you start at the beginning and work your way up: 1) This quick online (and PDF) guide from AALL LISP…
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Power to Children and the Poor: Utility (power, light, and water) Service
Another type of law library question that we, and public libraries, start hearing as the weather gets colder: Where do I find the law that that says power companies…
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Tax Preparation Assistance in Oregon
Please pass this information along to people you know who may need tax preparation assistance and who do not have Internet access. Many public libraries work with AARP and…