The Association for Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) offers these, and other, courses for library employees: Going to Jail: How Juvenile Books Portray the Prison Experience: “This five…
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A Layperson’s Guide to Legal Research and Self-Help Law Books, 2022 (Svengalis)
Ken Svengalis has published a 2nd edition (2022) of his “A Layperson’s Guide to Legal Research and Self-Help Law Books” — and it’s half the price of the first…
Verisimilitude: Cops, Crooks, & Fictional Lawyers: Just the Facts, Ma’am
…not long ago, I came across this book: “Just the facts, ma’am : a writer’s guide to investigators and investigation techniques,” by Greg Fallis, Writer’s Digest Books, c1998. It…
Don’t Throw Out that “Old” Oregon Law Book! (Motor Vehicle, Criminal Law, and Probate Law Revisions)
…want to know how to get rid of used law books, read our “How to Dispose of Used Law Books” guide.) Some very popular Oregon reports that are used a…
True Grift: Financial Crime: Bad Blood (Theranos), Madoff, Cuckoo’s Egg, Watergate, Etc
…story tellers, and who almost always have a sense of humor that takes a slight edge off the outrage. These are only a few of the many books written about…
Surviving Victimhood
…one), I’d be one of those incredible survivors, rather than a victim, put upon, defeated, traumatized, passive. We need a better word. Two very different books come to mind when…
Summer Reading: Law and Non-law Fiction for Attorneys
The Oregon State Bar’s Ian Pisarcik, Legal Publications Attorney Editor, gives us a list of intriguing books for our reading pleasure: “As an attorney, two things are reasonably certain…
How Do You Know You’re a Librarian? (Free book download)
You are willing to read books like this one! “The LCSH Century: One Hundred Years with the Library of Congress Subject Headings System.” [This is a link to a…
CLEs and Books for Oregon Contract Attorneys, and the Lawyers who Hire Them
…this one: “Oregon Contract Lawyers: Independent Contractors or Employees?“) We also have these contract attorney books (other Oregon county law libraries may have them as well): “The complete guide…
Myths about brainstorming, introverts, teamwork, and open-plan offices
…close contact (!) with these 3 books & writers in the past few weeks and thought I’d note their titles here for my book-loving readers: 1) “Quiet” was terrific (and…
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