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…
winners of the PAGI Award include, among others: U.S. Superintendent of Documents, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School, The Sunlight Foundation, National Indian Law…
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…
1) October 5th: 2012 Animal Law CLE: Sponsored by the OSB Animal Law Section: Personal Property or Companions? Why the Legal Status of Animals Matters:Part I: Overview and Evolution…
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…
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…
Oregon’s Multnomah Law Library* is one of the state’s best legal research collections – and you can now search their catalog online: Multnomah Law Library’s Catalog For links to other…
KCLL Klues posted this Positive Law and other U.S. Code Mysteries a little while ago and it reminded me that some of my own readers are new to legal…
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