Pro se (aka pro per or self-represented) law library patrons have a tough time of it. If you didn’t learn in high school or college how to learn, how…
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New Douglas County (Oregon) Law Library Website
Today we’re featuring the new website for the Douglas County (Oregon) Law Library. Oregon county law libraries offer lots of services, individually and as an association (we share information…
JOB: Oregon Law Library Assistant Position
This position opens on June 2 and closes on June 15, 2012: Washington County Law Library (apply through the Washington County Human Resources website) The Washington County Law Library,…
Job Opening: Willamette Law Library Director
Law Librarian Blog posting: Director of the Law Library, Willamette University College of Law AALL (American Association of Law Libraries) Career Center….
Opportunity Costs of Blogging
As the Oregon Legal Research blogger, I’ve stretched the scope of my “blog focus” to include writing for and answering questions from pro se patrons, public librarians, lawyers, community…
Can a Private Publisher Own Public Law? Fastcase v. Casemaker
Citing law back to Wheaton v. Peters, 33 U.S. (8 Pet.) 591 (1834), “Fastcase maintains that public law cannot be copyrighted ….” [Quoted from Ambrogi, Feb. 6, 2016, article.]…
Law of Unintended Consequences (or, beware of what you vote for)
…call it the Law of Unintended Consequences, otherwise known as the Law of You Never Know. Portland State University urban studies professor Carl Abbott says, just maybe, there’s more of…
How to Make an Oregon Law Librarian’s (and Lawyer’s) Heart Beat Madly
Some of the scariest words we hear in the law library are from non-attorney patrons who walk into the law library and say things like this: “I need advance…
Oregon and U.S. Court and Case Law e-Summary Service
Subscribe to Oregon and U.S. court and case law e-summary services from the Willamette University Law School service: Willamette Law Online. It’s a painless way to stay informed about…
Book: “Law and Magic”
Some law books just look as if they’d be more fun to read than others: Law and Magic, by Christine A. Corcos “…Topics include alchemy in fifteenth-century England, a…
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