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Published on: January 7, 2015

Oregon Judicial Branch Four Year Report (2011-2014)

By Laura Orr

You can link directly to the 2011-2014 Oregon Judicial Branch Four Year Report or, if that link doesn’t work, visit the OJD homepage or the OJD Media Releases page and start searching. You’ll find lots of other interesting information, too.

Statistics on litigants without lawyers are staggering and deeply disturbing. People need lawyers. Navigating the legal system, the court system, and indeed, even just reading a contract you think you want to sign requires a level of legal literacy and analysis beyond what even the best legal researcher can acquire. People need the advice of lawyers. But that costs money.

Excerpt from the report:

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Published on: August 28, 2014

Mandatory eFiling for Oregon Attorneys, December 1, 2014

By Laura Orr

Excerpt from the CJ announcement (link from Oregon LPM blog):

“Mandatory eFiling Plan for Attorneys Filing in Oregon State Courts

Chief Justice Thomas A. Balmer, Oregon Supreme Court, has approved a plan for the move to a mandatory eFiling requirement for attorneys filing as es in Oregon’s circuit and appellate courts. The Oregon Judicial department will circulate proposed court rules in the upcoming months for comment. he plan calls for a mandatory date of December 1, 2014 for the eleven circuit courts that currently have the Oregon eCourt system, including the filing component (File and Serve), and includes a transition plan for those courts that implement later….” [Link to Law Practice Management blog post.]

Published on: February 6, 2014

Oregon Chief Justice: 2014 State of the Courts Address: eCourt & Access to Justice

By Laura Orr

Read Chief Justice Ballmer’s 2014 State of the Courts address/report.