Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: March 16, 2010

Oregon State Office Closures (Furlough Days) in 2010

By Laura Orr

Most Oregon state offices will close on Friday, March 19, and 26,500 state employees will take mandatory unpaid furloughs on that day. Other Check with Oregon Department of Administrative…

Published on: January 11, 2009

Job opening: Law library assistant (part-time), Hillsboro, Oregon

By Laura Orr

Position: Part-time Law Library Assistant, Washington County Law Library, Hillsboro, OregonDeadline for applications: 1/30/09Application URL:Washington County Human Resources Department (or http://tinyurl.com/yr7qr7) The Washington County Law Library is seeking candidates…

Published on: August 12, 2010

Solitary Confinement Report (from LLRX)

By Laura Orr

…on the institution, length of detention and purpose, this “prison within prison” 2 has been described in many ways: administrative segregation, communications management unit, 3 control unit, disciplinary housing unit,…

Published on: July 26, 2006

By Laura Orr

…to do so. The Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure provide that if the Board of Governors of the Oregon State Bar has reason to believe that a person is…

Published on: November 22, 2005

By Laura Orr

TX Sup Ct Prop Tax and Schools Opinion: The Texas Supreme Court rules that use of local property tax to fund state’s public schools is unconstitutional. Opinion here….

Published on: February 16, 2006

By Laura Orr

…its opinion that metadata mining is unethical and referred the matter to committee to determine what rules should be enacted on the subject.” This is from Jim Calloway’s January…

Published on: December 20, 2005

By Laura Orr

…be extremely effective. But whatever advertising scheme is hot today, you can be sure a hotter one will show up next week, or even tomorrow. Research Rules, but…

Published on: December 14, 2005

By Laura Orr

…the updated rules and regs, the decisions from hearings, the dockets, the announcements and press releases – even a notice when inclimate weather forces an early closing. If you practice…

Published on: August 18, 2006

By Laura Orr

…proposal to amend the MCLE Rules to delete the requirement for elimination of bias (EOB) credit.” The full notice on this and other hearings before the Supreme Court can be…

Published on: August 3, 2006

By Laura Orr

Measure 37 Third-Party Rights: A KATU story reports that: “A judge has ruled that property owners granted waivers from land-use rules under Measure 37 must take further steps…