An excellent, and fast, tutorial on free and low cost legal research tools is available from the Duke University law librarians: The Unexploded Cow’s Guide to Legal Research. My…
malpractice and believed he could not afford an attorney. Showed him how to conduct legal research on medical malpractice and provided lots of information on low and no-cost attorney assistance….
The Washington County (Oregon) Law Library tries to keep its list of “Oregon Legal Research Resources NOT Online” up to date and we welcome feedback from researchers. Sometimes we…
The most important way is to make sure that federal, state, and local governments post authenticated, official laws online. This is where UELMA comes in. Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act…
…proceedings serious?) That is, if you have an adversary who knows how to research law and legal procedure, if you will appear before a judge in a court of record…
…in the First Degree 609.205 (2019): Second Degree Legal Research 101: Want to know how to find state statutes? Read on: How do you find state statutes? Let me count…
database like Lexis or Westlaw where one searches for information about legal topics and concepts. PACER is an electronic docketing system. 3) If you need access to your federal case’s…
Take your research skills to the limit: 1) Read “The Cybersleuth’s Guide to the Internet: Conducting Effective Investigative & Legal Research on the Internet” 12th edition (as of 8/12)…
…don’t always need). However, there is another legal research database that does almost the same thing, but seems quite happy to stay quietly under the radar: The PLoL is a…
The Portland State University Government Documents librarian has updated their legal research resources webpage . You’ll find a lot of excellent information and maybe just what you’re looking…
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