…usual public law librarian admonition: please consult an attorney before coming to legal conclusions. And if friends who think you are a very smart person ask you for legal advice,…
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Developing a Law Firm Social Media Policy
KCLL Klues , the King County (Washington) Law Library blog has this post from 10/31/11 . It has links to useful resources and sample policies, all of which may…
New 2008 Disabled Parking Law: Wheelchair Users Only
The Willamette Week (12/12/07 issue) article by Nigel Jaquiss, “Space Odyssey: New law limits disabled parking benefits for drivers not in wheelchairs,” describes the new law, SB 716, that…
Oregon Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) Research Resources
Ordinary people (non-attorneys) often ask law librarians the most complex legal questions and expect answers. It’s a mystery. We show people how to fish – we don’t give them…
Can I tape record a conversation without someone knowing it?
Please read the Nov. 11, 2011, update to this post. And a couple other variations library reference staff hear a lot: Is it Lawful to Record Someone Without…
Nine Things Pro Se (Self-represented) Litigants Need to Know
…all online. You can’t “Google” the law and expect to win your case. Legal analysis is even harder. See, for example: Five Methods of Legal Reasoning…
New Legal Research Guide – Disability Law
We have a new legal research guide, Disability Law, available on the law library’s website. The new legal research guide provides resources on a variety of disability law-related issues…
Internet Dating: Law Librarians Walk Into the Abyss and Beyond
Law librarians are useful people to have around. We know how to find statutes, cases, obscure reports, know about mysteries of the invisible web, guide you through the pain…
Oregon Nonprofits and the Law
Law librarians get all sorts of questions about nonprofit organizations. We get questions from nonprofit board members, donors, lawyers hired by nonprofits, and from people who want to set up nonprofits….
Oregon Last Will and Testament: Free, downloadable forms?
…questions people ask, in Oregon law libraries, on the web, and probably around dinner tables (at least around some dinner tables!). Oregon does not have any stand-alone court-sanctioned estate planning…
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