…been rewritten.) There are courts and legislatures that just want to make law; they do precious little to budget for preservation and authentication, or make the laws searchable, without which…
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Preventing Link Rot: Lawyer and Librarian Friend Perma cc Wins Webby Award
From ABA News: “Site aiming to prevent ‘link rot’ for legal researchers wins 2015 Webby,” by Molly McDonough, 4/27/15: Excerpt: “A service that enables courts and researchers to make…
Oregon Judicial Branch Four Year Report (2011-2014)
…acquire. People need the advice of lawyers. But that costs money. Excerpt from the report: “Healthy Courts Provide Resources for Self-Represented Litigants: Statistics show that self-represented litigants don’t think they…
Pocket Guide for Judges on the State-Secrets Privilege …
…to help public courts protect government secrets when courts are called upon to do so. The guide provides information about the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA), information security officers, and…
Learn About the Rule of Law: March 5, 2019, Judicial Outreach Week Event in Portland, Oregon
…of Law and the work courts do every day. Please join us for this free opportunity to learn about the Rule of Law, the work that courts do every day,…
Eviction Diversion Lab Webinar: April 28th, 2021 (NCSC)
Pandemic Rapid Response Team (RRT) Eviction Diversion Lab, a National Center for State Courts (NCSC) webinar: “The looming risk of an explosion in eviction filings remains ever-present, and state…
How do I file for Bankruptcy?
…to find bankruptcy attorneys. The first thing we made sure they understood is that bankruptcy is governed by federal law and is handled by federal bankruptcy courts. In Oregon that…
What do we do when we can’t answer?
…originated in (as well as the courts of subsequent appeals). Being a very small court, their site was not robust in information, but I was able to locate their court…
How do I file for or respond to a divorce?
…Law Library’s Now What?! legal presentation series has a video “So you want to ger a divorce. Now What?!” In addition, the courts have some self-help videos on family law…
ALL Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Change Dec 1, 2007
Sources of information on the FRCP: 1) The U.S. Courts Rulemaking pages. 2) The U.S. Courts homepage on rules of practice, procedure, and evidence. 3) Cornell Law School (Legal…
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