The Beaverton City (Oregon) Library Blog has posted an excellent list of resources:
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9+ Job Searching Resources for Oregon Ex-Offenders
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New legal research guide – Vital Records
The Washington County Law Library has a new legal research guide on filing, finding, registering, and amending Oregon vital records and locating vital records from other states. For information specifically about Oregon marriage licenses, see Laura’s previous post from June 2009. If you are trying to locate divorce records, see my post from September 26, 2011. As always, you can locate all of the documents uploaded to the law library’s website in our document index.
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Themis: Lady Justice: The Sword & the Scales
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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Dramatic Readings of Apple Software Licenses
“Dramatic Readings of Apple Software Licenses,” by Richard Dreyfus. What else needs to be said?
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Article: “Abandoning Law Reports for Official Digital Case Law,” Peter W. Martin
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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iLibrarian: 13 Resources & Tips for Library Job Seekers
Is anyone not looking for a job, a better, more secure, or a more rewarding job? Here are some tips for the librarian in you:
iLibrarian has lots of other great tips for information professionals everywhere.
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2011 Court Technology Conference
The 2011 Court Technology Conference has almost all their presenters’ materials online.
Everything from Social Media in the Courts, to Cameras in the Federal Courts, to Project Management, and much, much more.
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Oregon eCourt Policy Recommendations – and Glossary
The Oregon State Bar has posted links to the OJD’s eCourt team’s policy papers and more. “These recommendations will be discussed at two upcoming meetings at the OSB Center. These are October 18th and November 15th at 1:30 PM.”
You can find these and more documents at the OJD eCourt Publications website (or from the OJD homepage), including an Oregon eCourt Glossary.
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Legal Research Resources for Students of all Ages
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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Free Federal Rules Ebooks
Free Federal Rules Ebooks, from the Legal Information Institute (compatible with iPad, Kindle, and more.)
Read: “About our Federal Rules ebooks.
If you know LII, you know free doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice quality. The books are based on LII’s federal rules collections, the premiere, free versions of the federal rules online. Our federal rules ebooks include: