Read the legal guide book (156 pages!) “Oregon Pedestrian Rights: A Legal Guide for Persons on Foot,” from one of the lawyers who brought us these other guides, which…
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What is Access to Justice For? Another View of the A2J Cathedral: 360 Degrees and in 5 Dimensions
…the purpose of a thing is, there’s no way to know what I should measure to see if that thing is working. Take legal services to low-income folks. Some…
Breast Cancer Legal Advocacy, in Oregon and the Nation
1) I just came across the American Bar Association’s Ten Steps to Protecting the Legal Rights of Breast Cancer Patients, including their Breast Cancer Legal Advocacy Project initiative. 2)…
Wildfire / Disaster Legal Resources
For those still dealing with recovering from the Oregon wildfires, here are a couple legal resources. Wildfire Resources – Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industry Oregon Disaster Legal Resources…
Grandparents and Grandchildren: Legal Issues
…probably get these questions every few weeks.) Here are some Portland metro area and beyond sources of information: 1) Report: “Oregon’s Legal Guide for Grandparents and other Relatives Raising Children,”…
U.S. (federal) Government Documents: New Website and Search Tool
Check out GPO’s MetaLib: “Welcome to MetaLib , a service of the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications! MetaLib is a federated search engine that searches multiple U.S. Federal…
U.S. District Court of Oregon Cases NOT Available on a Free, Public Website
Why should Oregon (and some other states) federal District Court cases be available only to people with access to paid subscription databases such as PACER, Lexis, Westlaw, etc.? With…
Oregonians Asked to Speak Out on the Federal Deficit
Participate in a discussion on the federal deficit: 1) USA Budget Discussion dot org 2) For a quick review of the difference between the national debt and…
Judge Merrick Garland Appointed to Chair Executive Committee of the Federal Judicial Conference
ICYMI (October 2017): From Richard Zorza’s Access to Justice blog post: “Roberts Choice of Garland to Head Executive Committee of Federal Judicial Conference is a Huge ATJ Opportunity,“ posted on…
PACER Update: How to Find Federal Court Documents Removed by the U.S. Administrative Office of the Courts
…on the most recent removal of PACER documents: Updates (and venting) on PACER and AOC Removal of Court Documents It’s not all online, folks: PACER Removes Many Federal Court…
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