May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Therefore, we will highlight an important intersection of legal history of significant impact to the Japanese-American community: the…
…with the Bluebook, try Cornell’s “Introduction to Basic Legal Citation,” by Peter W. Martin.) 3) Another style manual used in many legal research and writing classes, but not always by…
The Washington County (Oregon) Law Library tries to keep its list of “Oregon Legal Research Resources NOT Online” up to date and we welcome feedback from researchers. Sometimes we…
Do you have an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) at work? Then you might have access to free legal help that you didn’t even know about! Many employers offer their…
A new legal self-help book for Oregon college and university students has been released: “Oregon’s Legal Guide for College Students,” by Janay Haas, an Oregon attorney and the author…
From the ABA Foundation: “Part of access to justice gap is that Americans don’t know when to seek legal help, says study,” Aug 8, 2014, by James Podgers: Link…
I like this new blog: Legal Research is Easy, in part because it’s funny and in part because Legal Research is NOT Easy, which makes the blog name also…
…any of these CLEARs. Center for Legal Empowerment, Accountability & Reform (CLEAR), formerly known as Help Abolish Legal Tyranny (HALT) Remember that: CLEAR(legal) dot org is the former…
Writing and reading for pleasure: I’ve been reading Edward Tufte’s “Beautiful Evidence” and it reminded me of this other masterpiece: Leff, Arthur: “And, of course, for all that, legal…
From the Washington County (Oregon) Law Librarian: This is a follow-up to my previous post for those of you looking for Oregon legal forms. Another important place to…
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