Oregon Legal Research Blog…own (Oregon) city or state’s traffic laws, we know even less about our destination city’s laws. So, if you’re heading to Seattle (or anywhere in Washington State, for that matter),…
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Free Federal Tax Law Research: Legalbitstream and More
About once a quarter we’re asked where to find IRS Private Letter Rulings and other IRS documents that used to be tough to find outside a law library that…
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Truck Drivers, Traffic Stops, and Oregon Trucker Weigh Stations
From the Washington County (Oregon) Law Librarian: Public law librarians get the darnedest questions. It’s not so much the questions themselves, but that people think that we have answers…
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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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How to Find an Oregon Administrative Rule History
…the history of a regulation or other administrative rule, especially at the state level. Also, most of the time we’re looking to update the law (regulation, case, or statute), that…
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Teen Parents and the Law
It’s tough to find reliable information on this topic, and public librarians are asked these teen parenting questions more than law librarians generally are. But I was looking…
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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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Traffic Law in Oregon: No Expungement for Traffic Arrests
…incident put him afoul of a little-known Oregon law: Once a traffic arrest goes on a driver’s record, it stays there forever — even if there isn’t a subsequent charge…
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Bibliography for Attorneys (Lawyers) Setting Up a Solo Practice
The Multnomah Law Librarian has graciously allowed me to post her Solo Lawyers bibliography here (and in PDF format , from my Law Library’s website): HOW TO…
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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,…