Oregon Legal Research BlogTake a look at the Lane County Law Library Index to Legal Research Guides. It’s excellent and will just get better and better. They link to useful legal…
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Session Law (Oregon Laws) vs. Codes (Oregon Revised Statutes)
…between a session law and a code, specifically between the Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) and the Oregon Laws, I offer this. It is about as brief a description as can be…
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Your “Good” Case Might Not Be So “Good” After All: BCite, KeyCite, Shepard’s
Golden Rule of Legal Writing: Never, ever cite to anything you haven’t read carefully. There is a reason law librarians try to drill that rule into the heads of…
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Oregon State Bar: 30-Second Law School
Law school in 30 seconds? Not quite, but close! Visit the Oregon State Bar’s public website for some fun lessons in the law. They answer questions like these…
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Selling or reproducing original artwork (with bonus copyright legal research guide)
…(including our new legal research guide on copyright law). Permission and copyright in regards to artistic works can be a bit more complex than other forms of copyright. Nolo press…
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King Lear Goes to Law School: Estate Planning, Distribution of Wealth, and the Art of Teaching
It’s definitely the Year of King Lear, with ghostly sightings, new theatre productions, creative interpretations, and now: King Lear in Law School (from the Gallagher Blog) Maybe you can…
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How do I file for or respond to a divorce?
We often get asked about family law and divorce. There are a lot of variations – married or unmarried couples, with or without children. This is one topic the…
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Seven Law Librarians Serve Nine U.S. Supreme Court Justices
The next time someone tells you that “it’s all online” or that they don’t need law libraries or law librarians, ask why it is that the smartest guys on…
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Clark County, King County, and other Washington State County Law Libraries
We get a lot of calls for people who need to talk to a Washington STATE public law librarian. If you need to research Washington State law, don’t call…
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Job: Classroom Law Project (CLP): Is Looking for a Program Manager
Portland, Oregon: CLASSROOM LAW PROJECT is looking for a PROGRAM MANAGER Excerpt: “POSITION DESCRIPTION The Program Manager (PM) will lead the collaborative CLP team effort to develop and deliver…