About Me

I’m Robb Shecter, a social entrepreneur in Denver, CO. My startup, Public.Law, is making the law more accessible.

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My Apps

Interest Areas

  • Open data and public health
  • Developing beautiful, well made apps
  • Jazz bass

Activities & Community Involvement

  • Creator, Public.Law
  • Sustainability Award, Oregon State Bar, 2020
  • Making a Difference Award, Lewis & Clark Law School Alumni Assoc., 2012
  • Best Idea Award, CivicApps for Greater Portland, 2010
  • Musician, bass, drums, and lots more.

Publications

Law is Code and We’re Here to Open-Source It
Conference presentation with Lisa Hackenberger at Open Source Bridge (2011).


The New .CO Top-Level Domain
Swider Medeiros Haver LLP Newsletter (Sep. 14, 2010).


The Recipe for Better Legal Information Services,
Cornell Law School VoxPopuLii (Aug. 12, 2009).


Role-Based Single Sign-on with Perl and Ruby,
Linux Journal (July 1 2007).


Object-Oriented Widgets,
Java Report (Dec. 1999).


Design by Interface,
Dr. Dobb’s Journal (Feb. 1999).


Security and Authentication with Digital Signatures,
Linux Journal (Aug. 1997).

Other Projects

I dream of creating a dog-computer interface.

13 Comments

  1. Paul says:
    April 27, 2010 at 5:18 pm

    Thank you for the oregonlaws.org website.

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      February 15, 2016 at 1:45 am

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  3. Amira Caluya says:
    August 4, 2010 at 3:41 pm

    Thank you for oregonlaws.org. I was researching civil commitment laws and looking for other places besides OAR for reference and comparing my notes to, and your website was just what I was looking for.

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  8. Your momma says:
    January 12, 2012 at 9:15 am

    Where the hell have you been? We have to catch up! Congrats on finishing your degree! Find me on Facebook or email me and we can get a drink. I would love to hear what you are up to.
    A-

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  9. Glenna Yeater says:
    June 20, 2014 at 10:35 am

    Hi, I am studying to be a paralegal and I have to do a lot of research as you well know. My question is how can I use oregonlaws.org as a relevant secondary source? I guess what I am asking is Oregonlaws.org considered a valid secondary source? Thanks G

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  11. JoeJoe says:
    October 27, 2015 at 11:47 am

    Have you done CA laws? Where can I get at that? Great site, thanks.

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  12. Jeannene Kott says:
    March 28, 2016 at 3:39 pm

    Thank you for the wonderful resource. My name is Jeannene Kott and I would like to petition the courts to become personal representative of my parent’s estate. My sister is currently being investigated for elder abuse and fraud. She claims there is no will. I would like to submit the petition myself without an attorney. Do you know if this can be done? If so, is there a form? Do you know where I can find this information? It looks like you have it covered but for the form? I appreciate your democratizing the law and love your work at Oregonlaws.org

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