CHAPTER 17 OPEN COURTS AND PUBLIC TRIAL

• Jurisdiction: Oregon

Chapter 17 OPEN COURTS AND PUBLIC TRIAL

Erin J. Snyder, B.A., Reed College (2002); J.D., Lewis & Clark Law School (2009); member of the Oregon State Bar since 2009; assistant director of the Career & Professional Development Center, Lewis & Clark Law School.

§17.1 SCOPE.....................................................................................17-2

§17.2 OPEN-COURTS PROVISION OF ARTICLE I, SECTION 10...........................................................................17-2

§17.2-1 Relevant Statutory Provisions....................................17-2

§17.2-2 Article I, Section 10, Right to Access Court Proceedings.................................................................17-3

§17.2-2(a) History.............................................................17-5

§17.2-2(b) Public Nature of the Constitutional Right................................................................17-6

§17.2-2(c) Is the Proceeding Open?.................................17-7

§17.2-2(d) Does the Proceeding "Administer Justice"?..........................................................17-7

§17.2-2(e) Does the Exception for Well-Established Tradition Apply?.............................................17-8

§17.2-3 First...