In addition to their usual excellent public law library services (and they have rescued me on more than one occasion when on the prowl for elusive CA docs), they are…
What DO public law librarians do? We all do pretty much what public law librarians do in Texas, Maryland, Wisconsin, Georgia, Ohio, Colorado … and California, whose county…
This is an update to previous posts on estate planning (and on pro se litigants): Public law libraries, and public libraries generally, get a lot of questions from…
…is so familiar to a public law librarian: many, many people come into the law library to ask, “Where and How Do I Appeal?” Complete answers to questions people…
the laws that apply in your specific situation. The answer to your question may depend on lots of variables, not just how far you drove. [I’m tactful, aren’t I? Public…
…Only Money column 2) Looks Too Good to Be True (and check out their links, too) 3) Skeptics, Promoting Science and Critical Thinking 4) Urban Legends and Myths (via Snopes)…
on the Web,” Ellie Margolis, 10 YALE J. L. & TECH. 82 (2007): “INTRODUCTION No lawyer wants to be the subject of public ridicule in a judicial opinion, especially for…
county from spending public money to repair such roads unless the commissioners declare a state of emergency….” (Link to full Oregonian article.) If you’re interested in learning about local government,…
I’ve written before about the difference between the public perception of “library work” and the reality of working in a library. One needs to do little more than read…
…December 15, 2010 ‘… Pro se litigants, who often can’t afford attorneys and instead choose to represent themselves, are quickly becoming the largest share of users of public law libraries,…
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