…(Oregon!) Courthouse steps from Noon – 1 on Monday, September 17th. I’m inviting our local attorneys, judges, and elected officials, and will do a little publicity as the date gets…
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“More Eager I am to Pay a Lawyer than a Crook”: Consumer Law – No Small Matter for Ordinary People
…you off every day and what you can do about it.” I’ve been working lately on a proposal for my local bar, judges, and legal aid attorneys to make it…
The Law Librarian and the FBI: A Shaggy Dog Tale in Six Parts: PART SIX
…or simply a paperback book purchased with public money for the enjoyment of hundreds for the next couple of years? Most law enforcement personnel, from police to prosecutors to judges,…
Classroom Law Project: Multnomah County Courthouse Tour Guide Volunteer Opportunity
Oregon ’s Classroom Law Project (CLP) Multnomah County Courthouse Experience tour guide volunteer program is fun and educational and perfect for non-attorneys. Orientation for the upcoming Courthouse…
DIY Legal Research vs. DIY Lawyering
…drafting motions, answers, letters, and reading the law, in all its procedural and substantive glory. DIY Legal Research is hard enough; DIY lawyering, especially in Oregon, is beyond the reach…
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…
Oregon Consumer Law: Parking Tickets, Tax Collectors, Weekend Tow Jobs, and a “Notice of Tort Claim” Appeal
…also see how the best intentions can go awry, also common amongst us ordinary people who make simple, human mistakes, as if judges never forget to pay parking tickets and…
Drug Decriminalization & Mental Health Policies: The Portugal Experiment
Reading the recent Willamette Week story, “Saving Ryan: Why it was left to two Portland judges to bring this junkie back from the brink,” September 15, 2010, by James…
Oregon State Law Library: Librarian Retirement and New Appointment
…and we shall miss him! (Joe was also an invaluable legal research and law librarian profession resource, and sounding board, for me well before I even moved to Oregon.) OJD…
Justice Bedsworth and the Value of a Dollar
…I think it should be to our profession. I’ve been blessed both to have grown up blue-collar and to have worked with and before generations of lawyers and judges…
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