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We’re beginning to compile a list of free, online, legal formatting templates.NOTE: this is NOT a list  of “fill in the blank” legal action-specific forms.  These are very simple forms templates, with field and line number formatting, that a litigant and lawyer could use to draft their own legal documents when specialized, sometimes expensive legal forms software is unavailable.

You still need to research the law!

We’ll add to this list as we learn about more options, but it’s a start:

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Find free U.S. court opinions at the FDsys website.  This is a pilot project and not yet fully populated, but take a look:
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Only a few people have that gift that can make people laugh and cry at the same time: Mark Twain, Molly Ivins, and others.  Sometimes I think we can include on that list California appellate court’s:
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It’s that time of year again when Oregon lawyers ask about:
CLEs in Oregon public law libraries
And, here are some other research guides that may be of use to Oregon lawyers, support staff, and self-represented litigants:
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Laugh at the lawyers in your life – attend Laf-Off, tonight (Oct. 28), Portland, Oregon. (At least look at the pictures on the website – yikes!)

No, I don’t think you can get CLE credits for attending, or even for performing, but maybe you should ….

Laf-Off (Brought to you by the Lawyer’s Campaign for Equal Justice)
October 28, 2011
6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. shows
(doors open at 5:30 and 8:30)
Mission Theater
1624 NW Glisan Ave, Portland
Tickets only $10 each!

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The Uniform Law Commission (National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws) have updated the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (UELMA).
For a detailed summary of the latest actions, please read:
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There is a new book out on images of justice, specifically Lady Justice.  You know, Themis, that blindfold, the scales, the sword, the statue.  See, e.g., the Wikipedia entry: Scales of Justice.

Visit the Yale Law Library “Justice as a Sign of the Law” exhibit blog post, featuring a book by Yale Law Professors Judith Resnik and Dennis Curtis, “Representing Justice: Invention, Controversy, and Rights in City-States and Democratic Courtrooms,” (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011).

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I blog periodically about how legal information is not yet all online and the sad state of affairs it is for finding free, official, and authenticated legal information online anywhere.  (You can find very good, if not official, online legal information for a price.)
But here’s an article on one way to make that transition to digital information:
“Abandoning Law Reports for Official Digital Case Law,” Peter W. Martin.
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The Portland State University Government Documents librarian has updated their legal research resources webpage. You’ll find a lot of excellent information and maybe just what you’re looking for right now!
Law schools, law libraries, and government depository libraries are great places to find links to current and useful legal research tools.
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