Resources

Resources

Oregon-specific Links and Articles

Oregon State Bar Publications

Veterans, Military Servicemembers, and the Law, 2018 Edition

This 2018 offering is a resource developed in conjunction with the Military and Veterans Law Section. It highlights the vast military presence in Oregon, underscoring the need for legal resources to support our veterans and military. It also provides information about legal rights and benefits that may alter how you practice when your client or opponent is a veteran or military service-member.

2019 Recipient, Award for Professional Excellence, Association for Continuing Legal Education

Highlights include:

  • Who Is a Veteran?
  • Military Branches
  • Oregon’s Military Presence
  • Criminal Law for Veterans
  • Getting Military Records, and Witnesses: Privacy Act, FOIA, and Touhy Requests
  • The US Department of Veterans’ Affairs
  • State Veterans’ Benefits and Resources
  • Employment and Re-Employment Rights
  • Helping Servicemembers on Active Duty and Veterans as Civil Litigants, Consumers, and Taxpayers
  • Family Law Issues
  • PTSD and TBI: Issues in Administrative and Criminal Forums
  • Veteran-Focused Service Organizations

Order your copy today by visiting our online bookstore. You may also contact our CLE Service Center at (503) 431-6413 or 1-800-452-8260, ext. 413.
In November 2019, the executive committee of the section discussed the free distribution of its book, paid from member dues, to Oregon state veterans service offices. In May 2020, the executive committee approved the distribution. In June 2020, the section mailed each of the state’s 34 offices its own book.

 

Laws

Guidance Letters

  • Defense Dept. May 2014 letter to Oregon State Bar regarding military justice review
  • Oregon State Bar June 2014 letter in response to Defense Dept. letter regarding military justice review
  • Newspaper article concerning improper command influence in military justice reported in the August 14, 2017, Washington Times

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List serve

The Oregon State Bar maintains a list serve for the use of section members.  The Bar has uses the following guidelines regarding use of the list serve.

List serves are a limited public forum provided to allow discussion among OSB members of issues germane to the law, lawyers, the practice of law, the courts and judicial system, legal education or the Oregon State Bar.

Do not post any information or other material protected by copyright without the permission of the copyright owner. By posting material, the posting party warrants and represents that he or she owns the copyright with respect to such material or has received permission from the copyright owner, or otherwise has the right to post such material.

Do not post any information that violates federal or state laws, including laws prohibiting discrimination in employment.

In the event that any posting is brought to the OSB’s attention, and the OSB will take all appropriate action and reserve the right to terminate access to any user who does not abide by these guidelines. All such decisions shall be made without reference to the viewpoint or content of the posting so long as the content is germane to the law, lawyers, the practice of law, the courts and judicial system, legal education or the Oregon State Bar.

For questions regarding list serves, see List Serve FAQs