Oregon Legal Research BlogIt’s that time of year when high school and college students start asking questions about “careers in the law.” There is a lot of “recommended reading” at law…
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Books about Careers in the Law
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Banned Books Week: a “Kafka Comes to America” Book Talk
…County Library, features a talk by the Oregon Public Defender, Steve Wax, who will talk about his book, Kafka Comes to America (also available at other libraries and bookstores)….
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Legal Challenge to 2007 Oregon Censorship Law
…Portland claims that the Oregon law, which went into effect Jan. 1, violates the First Amendment because its broad language covers legal materials such as Judy Blume books and sex…
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Winners of 2014 Legal Fiction-writing Contests (ABA Journal)
Read story at: “Harper Lee, ABA Journal fiction prizes announced,” by Victor Li, ABA Journal, Sept. 2014 Previous OLR blog post on this topic….
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The Other $100 Laptop: What a Reader-Commuter Really Needs
…is and what a human Reader wants and needs, especially the commuter or traveling Reader. It’s incredibly simple: Readers (and other travelers) don’t just want books: We want books, AND…
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Bestseller List of Stolen Books
…few booksellers who have literally been driven a little bit crazy at the thought of their inventory evaporating out the door, and with good reason: An overabundance of shoplifters can…
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Cell Phone Book Clubs: literacy, technology, family and community
“Cell phone book clubs: A new way for libraries to promote literacy, technology, family and community,” by David H. Rothman, published on July 27, 2014, LLRX (Law and…
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Educating Homeless Children: Legal Requirements (ABA Report)
Gallagher Blogs, July 2, 2014, post: Educating Homeless Kids: “Nearly a quarter of homeless people are children.* Over a million children were homeless at the start of the…
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Death by Failure to Research: Could You Pass a Legal Research Competency Test?
David Lankes tells a familiar “Death by Failure to Research” story in his free eBook, “Expect More: Demanding Better Libraries for Today’s Complex World”: “…. In 2001 Ellen…
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OSB Publication Wins National Award: “Oregon Constitutional Law”
The Association for Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA) has selected “Oregon Constitutional Law” as the winner of its ACLEA’s Best Award of Outstanding Achievement in Publications. “Oregon was a…