New public law librarians (MLS & MLS/JD) and new public law library employees usually have to tackle questions of Unauthorized Practice of Law (UPL) and the dreaded “Forms” questions…
…let me know. Art law encompasses a vast range of subjects including copyright, property law, international law, censorship, environmental law, sales, taxation, etc., etc., etc., and I couldn’t begin to…
The collection of materials in the Oregon State Bar (OSB) BarBooks database is impressive – see the list below. Our lawyers and self-represented litigants still like the print…
excellent round-ups of their law reviews’ tables of contents, including this abstract. 4) What Oregon “law reviews,” you may ask? a) Animal Law (Lewis & Clark)b) Environmental Law (Lewis &…
FAQ: “Do you have any books on careers in the law?” (Note for career seekers: do not confuse books “about the law” or books on “what lawyers do” with…
Oregon has three law schools, and three law school libraries, two of which are private. Each provides a generous amount of service to the public even though their primary…
the Environmental Protection Agency. But most changes are neither prompt nor publicized, and the court’s secretive editing process has led judges and law professors astray, causing them to rely on…
Question: WHO uses the Oregon county law libraries and for what purpose(s)? Answer: Thousands of people use the Oregon county law libraries, because no other publicly accessible library has…
If that dusty law book in your office hasn’t been scanned yet (assuming copyright allows you or another repository to do so), PLEASE Don’t Throw it Out! (If you…
The Legal Research is Easy blog post, Hone Those Research Skills, is California-based, but the lessons it teaches apply to law students in every state where public law libraries…
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