In the interesting lawsuit news department, the San Jose Mercury News recently reported that a man has sued the California Department of Fish and Game after being attached by…
…work: text of the bill.) This law will be codified in the 2013 Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) (to be published early 2014). The law’s effective date is January 1, 2014. You…
Holly Anne Gibbons, an Oregon lawyer, has written a practical article (Introduction) on “Incorporating Animal Law into Private Practice,” in the Lewis & Clark Law School journal, Animal Law…
Here in Oregon we are in a strange sort of campaign for continued county law library funding. If you would like to weigh in on the subject, but don’t…
We’ve updated our guide to legal research, and other, databases in Oregon county law libraries: OREGON COUNCIL OF COUNTY LAW LIBRARIES (OCCLL): ONLINE DATABASE SUBSCRIPTIONS (or from this Washington…
…the Equal Access to Justice community, in which public law libraries play a pivotal yet virtually invisible role. Several months ago I proposed to a group of public law librarians…
The County Law Librarians of Clackamas County and Washington County are seeking to fill part-time Library Assistant job openings: *** Clackamas County Law Library has a position open for…
Joe Stephens, the State Law Librarian, is retiring at the end of June. Joe led the library and its staff through many improvements to the library’s services, collection and facility…
I keep running across news stories where someone talks about plans to “attend law school online.” I wondered about that, so did a little research. Here’s what I’ve found so far:…
When I worked in academic law libraries, a charming and [usually] young law student would invariably come up to the reference desk, ask a question, and then say deprecatingly,…
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