Not everyone in Oregon (or elsewhere in the country) is lucky enough to have easy access to a local public law library with trained law library staff members (e.g. Washington County Law Library) (Not everyone has easy access to a public library either, for that matter.)
Public library reference librarians and paraprofessional staff members are invited to tune in to one or more of these Access to Justice webinars, from the Pro Bono Network:
Mark your calendars, make new friends, learn new research skills at the:
Third Annual Oregon Archives Crawl
Saturday, October 6, 2012
10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Free and Open to the Public
We are working with our 9th Circuit Court of Appeals law librarians to update our existing guide to briefs from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In the meantime:
1) In a nutshell, you will find 9th Circuit Court of Appeals briefs filed since 2008 on PACER.
2) Read the previous blog post, “How Do I Find Federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Briefs?”
Visit Oregon’s One Stop Business Portal, whether you are thinking about starting a business in Oregon, need to research permits and licenses, want to pay your taxes, need financing for your business, or need to find answers to dozens of other questions business owners have (except, perhaps, what happened to the missing “e” in “xpress”).
Consumers have business websites, too:
The Oregon Law Practice Management blog has a Sept. 4, 2012, post about:
What: The Washington County Chapter of OWLS (Oregon Women Lawyers) is reinvigorated and bringing programs to the county starting September 2012. Join us for a kick-off event featuring the county’s favorite legal alumni, the Honorable Marco Hernandez, U.S. District Court of Oregon.
When: Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Time: 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Oregon Legal Research Blog