FGI (Free Government Information) gives us updates from the State Agency Databases wiki. (Thank you to Oregon public and government documents librarian Liz Paulus for her work on Oregon’s list!)
From U.S. Courts News, 1/31/13: Access to Court Opinions Expands
“A pilot project giving the public free, text-searchable, online-access to court opinions now is available to all federal appellate, district and bankruptcy courts….” [Link to full news release.]
Access will be through FDsys.
1) News sources: Most national news publications have annual “What Lawyers Earn” articles. Try the Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report, ABA Journal, and other places. Use a search engine or index to locate these.
2) Professional Associations, e.g.: American Bar Association (ABA) and National Association for Legal Professionals (NALP), Pacific Northwest Paralegal Association
3) Private sources, e.g.: Robert Half Legal “2013 Salary Guide” on compensation in the legal field.
HOW you count words matters when word-counts matter.
The Legal Skills Prof Blog 1/29/13 post: Different Computer Systems Give Different Word Counts
Excerpt:
While a lot of JSTOR content is free, not all of it is. However, there are other ways to get JSTOR articles for no direct cost.
1) Your local public library may subscribe to the database. (Current Oregon Statewide Databases available at eligible public libraries. Some public libraries have additional database subscriptions.)
2) JSTOR Register and Read program (currently in beta).
The American Bar Association (ABA) has issued their: 2012 Revised Version: ABA Model Guidelines for the Utilization of Paralegal Services.
You can find a copy ($10) at the ABA Standing Committee on Paralegals website. (Oregon attorneys can find a copy at the PLF website.)
In Tuan Ahn Tran v. Board of Chiropractic Examiners (A147147), decided January 16, 2013….
The Oregon Court of Appeals parses ORS Chapter 684 and ORS 684.100 et seq. “Grounds for discipline of licensee or refusal to license; restoration; suspension; competency examinations; confidential information”
Excerpt:
When Private Investigators (like PI Buzz), Genealogists, and iLibrarians collaborate, Information Magic happens. For example:
PI Buzz’s Private Investigator Research Links from August 2012 include this:
Places for Finding a Woman’s Maiden Name: A Checklist of 90 Sources (from an Aug. 17 post at the Genealogy Blog, which has lots of other great posts)
The following resources will be of use to attorneys, self-represented litigants, and attorney clients:
1) “Handling a Foreclosure Case,” OSB CLE, May 17-18, 2012
Non-judicial, judicial, contested, uncontested, deeds in lieu of foreclosures, and much, much more are discussed in this 2-day CLE. (Some Oregon county law libraries will have the 2-volume course-book from the 2012 CLE.)
This case arises in discussions of the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
You can find the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion in Printz v. United States online using just about any search engine, for example, Google Scholar. (Make sure you click on Legal Documents if you want cases.)
You can also use other free legal research online resources.
