The 2015 Updates to the OCDLA Search and Seizure Manual
by: Ryan • May 18, 2015 • no comments
Last September, OCDLA released a dramatically revised version of its Search and Seizure manual. Because of the volume of cases over the decades since the original manual was produced -- as well as significant changes to suppression law -- it became necessary to produce a more stream-lined manual. If we did our job right, you will find the most important cases on a particular topic, but you won't have to wade through every case.
We had numerous other goals as well. More practice tips. More focus on helping you ascertain the right way to frame your arguments. And most of all, a thorough and unsurpassable chapter on electronic searches (cell phones, computers, etc.) That last goal wasn't met until last week. The 2015 updates to the 2014 Search & Seizure Manual include an extraordinary, cutting-edge chapter by Bronson James. If you get just one case in the next 2-3 years involving a search warrant authorizing a search of a cell phone, this chapter alone is worth three times the price of the entire manual.
Yes, buying the manual is a great way to support OCDLA. It's also, I believe, essential to the practice of criminal law in Oregon. But most of all, it will help you get better results and have more fun doing so.
If you already purchased the manual, you will receive the updates -- including Bronson's chapter -- soon. If you don't yet have the manual, you can order it here.
