Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: November 29, 2013

Gift, Luxury, or Necessity: How to Buy the Tablet or e-Reader that Suits You

By Laura Orr

Public libraries have some of the best buyers’ guides for e-Reading devices. Check at your own public library or start with this one to find links to reviews, consumer…

Published on: March 5, 2013

Tyler Goes to Court to Avenge a Videogame-Controller Wrong: A Judicial Civics Lesson Coloring-Book

By Laura Orr

…you have Adobe.) “The National Center for State Courts (NCSC) launched a public awareness campaign several years ago to educate the public about how the courts work. The central effort…

Published on: December 24, 2012

Your Congress and Tax Dollars at Work: 2012 CRS Report on Gun Legislation

By Laura Orr

…their elected officials. Our members of Congress have not made CRS Reports freely available through any publicly accessible government database. You cannot find them at Congress dot gov, Thomas, or at…

Published on: May 4, 2006

By Laura Orr

Public Librarian Q&A: I hope to post frequently asked legal reference questions that come to us from our dedicated public librarians at their public library reference desks. I receive…

Published on: August 1, 2006

By Laura Orr

Podcasting as a Business Strategy: Go easy on the move to podcasting as a means to talk to other people in a professional milieu (you can podcast all you…

Published on: November 8, 2006

By Laura Orr

HeinOnline, Free, Remote Access: Don’t forget that if you live in Washington County (Oregon, that is) or one of the neighboring counties with reciprocal public library borrowing privileges, you…

Published on: February 18, 2007

Opportunity Costs of Blogging

By Laura Orr

As the Oregon Legal Research blogger, I’ve stretched the scope of my “blog focus” to include writing for and answering questions from pro se patrons, public librarians, lawyers, community…

Published on: September 10, 2012

Access to Justice Webinars for Libraries (Sept-Nov 2012)

By Laura Orr

Not everyone in Oregon (or elsewhere in the country) is lucky enough to have easy access to a local public law library with trained law library staff members (e.g….

Published on: August 4, 2010

Responses to “Oregon Legal Research Blog” Reader Legal Questions

By Laura Orr

…for updates to specific Oregon Legal Research blog posts, by clicking on the subject Tags at the end of the post. Or, link to the Oregon Law Help website, which…

Published on: June 28, 2012

Oregon Legal Notices of Sales of Real & Personal Property on OSSA Website

By Laura Orr

…was required to run a notice in the newspaper once a week for four consecutive weeks. For other types of property, a public notice was required to be posted in…