See March 18, 2010, OLR blog post for updated links . The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) affects every litigant, lawyer, and judge. Ignore it at your peril….
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Legal Research Database Metrics: Jumping Over Recalcitrant Vendors
…this Law Technology News article to our attention and it provides another example of the problem: Law Librarians: ‘No More Sacred Cows,‘ by Alan Cohen, The American Lawyer, September 3,…
Can a Strategically Crafted Website Trump a Lawsuit?
…websites and blogs intentionally or unintentionally to redress consumer (and other) injuries and grievances or to shame those “who done them wrong,” rather than hiring a lawyer – or to…
Legal Self-Help, Self-Representation, and Self-Education: Public Law Libraries
…invaluable legal assistance. Contact the Oregon State Bar Information and Referral Service or your local law library for additional free and low-cost lawyer referrals and services. See, for…
Pro Se Litigants Who Win: “favorable facts, obsessive organization, and fearlessness”
…it doesn’t hurt to have lawyers on the other side who rely more on muscle and tricks rather than on law. And of course, a little luck doesn’t hurt, either….
Oregon and Prosecutorial Error: Richard Lee Simmons
Richard Lee Simmons: Pursuit Of Justice: A lawyer fights for a young man he says was wrongly prosecuted, by Karen McCowan, The Register-Guard, Appeared in print: Monday, Feb 8,…
Mrs. Bedsworth Tackles the Hospital Clowns – and Wins
…OC Lawyer Magazine: Send in the Clowns, June 2010: Excerpt: “… After awhile, I just stopped reading them. Like most people, I want fast treatment more than I want a…
Oregon Prenuptial Agreements (Contracts)
Note: I use the term “temporary” marriage below instead of “short-term” marriage because the latter is how marriages of very short duration are described and labeled in some courts….
Justice Bedsworth Pays Homage to the Judicial Clerks Amongst Us
Justice Bedsworth in his July 2010 Criminal Waste of Space column, in the OC Lawyer Magazine, tells a couple of his favorite judicial clerks stories. New lawyers, especially, should…
Oregon Lawyers on Speaking to “The Media”
Many lawyers, law professors, and judges have to talk to the press (print and online news writers and reporters) at some time in their careers. Sometimes reporters just…
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