Oregon Legal Research Blog“Our New Report Looks at Bitcoin in 40 Countries,” February 4, 2014 by Kelly Buchanan The foreign law specialists and analysts at the Law Library of Congress recently completed…
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Quick and Dirty (and relatively $$ Cheap) Legal Research
…effective keywords, and other results you find along the way. 2) Search Google or other search engine: You can find official and unofficial statutes, appellate court briefs, law review articles,…
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Law Practice: Ethical Duty of Technology Competence
…Bar Association formally approved a change to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct to make clear that lawyers have a duty to be competent not only in the law and…
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The Crocodile (or bobcat) Next Door: New (2010) Oregon Exotic Pets Law
The Oregonian ran a story about the new law, 2009 SB 391 (HTML version), which will go into effect January 1, 2010: “Exotic Pets: bad idea, soon to be…
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Law Librarians and Legal Information Professionals in a World That Needs (Legal Research) Help
Also from LawSites: an inspiring view of the legal information world of today (which will be tomorrow really, really soon): Turning Challenges into Opportunities: New Directions for Legal Information…
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Law School Graduation Gifts
The Best Law School Graduation Gift: After 20 years in this business of law librarianship, I have made the transition from recommending that you give your new lawyer an…
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The Law Librarian and the FBI: A Shaggy Dog Tale in Six Parts: PART SIX
…Thing to Say,” by Judith Martin, Crown Publishers, 1998, p. 47.) As the author of “The Book Thief” laments, it is very hard to get law enforcement to care about…
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Guide: How to Dispose of Used Law Books
We try to keep our “HOW TO DISPOSE OF USED LAW BOOKS” guide up to date, through our own efforts and the kindness of strangers. You can also find…
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Human Lawyers (and Law Librarians) vs. Online Legal Services: It’s Not About You
Jim Calloway’s blog post: GPSOLO: Law Practice 2020 has lots of tips including this one from GP Solo, vol. 31 No. 3, by David Hiersekorn: “Online Legal Paper Mills:…
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Two Portland (OR) Legal Nonprofits Have Open Positions: Lawyers for Arts and Victims Rights Law Center
The Victim Rights Law Center (VRLC) Portland, Oregon, is expanding its legal team and has openings for a senior attorney, two (2) direct services staff attorneys, a technical assistance…