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Virtual Court Hearings in Oregon: Tips for Teachers and the Intellectually Curious
Our matchless Oregon Classroom Law Project (CLP) has a handout on how to link remotely to live courtroom hearings. The document was written in 2020 (and may be updated…
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How Do I Find Help with Legal Research in Another State?
sister. In Oregon we have access to NOLO books online thanks to the State of Oregon Law Library. A public library may have information about a similar problem in another…
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Tyler Goes to Court to Avenge a Videogame-Controller Wrong: A Judicial Civics Lesson Coloring-Book
Visit the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) Justice Case Files website to read this hilarious coloring-book story: Justice Case File 4: The Case of the Broken Controller is…
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U.S. Supreme Court Imposes Word Limits on Briefs
…(rule 33.1). See 10/10/07 post at Wayne Schiess’s Legal Writing blog. What can I say (and some of you know exactly what I would say, if I could)?…
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U.S. Supreme Court Sentencing Decisions (2007-8 Term)
This post is primarily for reference purposes (mine!): One day, in about 8.17 months, someone’s going to ask for the names of these cases, “you now, those cocaine sentencing…
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Oregon Supreme Court Decides “Circumcision Case”
OJD Media Release (summary) is here and full opinion is here. Full case name is: In the Matter of the Marriage of JAMES H. BOLDT, Respondent on Review, and…
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Oregon High Court Judges: Productivity, Influence and Independence
Willamette Week’s Murmers this week (5/21/08) notes a recent study (May 2008) titled, “Which States Have the Best (and worst) High Courts,” by Stephen J. Choi, Mitu Gulati, and…
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Burping at Lawyer: $1,500. Paying Attorney and Court Fees: Priceless.
Quotation of the week: Clackamas County Commissioner Smith: “You can’t even burp at a lawyer for $1,500,” in “County board wrestles with legal funding,” 20 August 2014, by Shasta…
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Small Claims Litigant (winner) vs. Meth House (loser)
Who would have thought to use Oregon Small Claims Court to shut down a meth house? A very creative lawyer, that’s who! See the story in the July…