Oregon Legal Research BlogOJD iForms is an easy way for self-represented litigants to produce court documents in a variety of case types including Family Law, Landlord/Tenant, and Small Claims. According to the…
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OJD iForms: A DIY Option
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The Law Decoded: Virginia (beta test)
…real promise, in addition to having a high cool factor, which never hurts. And even if it stalls, the intention, to make the law truly readable and “accessible” to all,…
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Protect Your Constitutional Rights: “Vote” With Your Families on January 21, 2017
Oregon women and their families walk and speak out to protect all our Oregon and U.S. Constitutional rights: Womens March in Oregon…
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Project Nanny Van (Open Law Lab)
Project Nanny Van: a legal service design “Project Nanny Van is an excellent new example of creative legal service design…this mobile van that [goes] to locations where nannies might…
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“Vote” 365 Days of the Year: Talk, Talk, Talk to your Elected Representatives
…Day” or “Talk to Your Elected Representatives Day”: Congress (use this one for contact info and this one for Congressional activities and documents), or: 202-224-3121 (toll free: 877-826-4344) will get…
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Oregon Judicial Branch Four Year Report (2011-2014)
more middle income litigants to represent themselves as well, increasing the need for courts to ensure that these individuals receive adequate access to justice. OJD’s efforts to prepare self-represented litigants…
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Justice Ballmer elected as 42nd Chief Justice of Oregon Supreme Court
Muniz has been an innovative leader and a tireless advocate for open and accessible courts and promoting timely justice for the people who rely on courts to protect their rights…
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Who can, or can’t, vote for Oregon Justices of the Peace?
of their names on your ballot. That’s because of a provision in state law that says county seats like Hillsboro or Portland, can’t vote in elections to elect justices of…
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Researching “Criminal Justice” versus Researching “The Law”
Researching criminal justice topics can be quite different from researching the law. There is overlap, of course, but sometimes not very much at all depending on the specific question….
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East Multnomah County Justice Center and Public Law Libraries
…again about the need for “satellite” law libraries. I’m not talking about anything extravagant, though in this world of expensive remote access legal databases, database license costs could give…