Oregon Legal Research Blog…my post on Let’s (Not) Kill All the Law Libraries (and my own follow-up), arguing that if “the law” really was “all online,” then why would we need lawyers?…
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Legal News Roundup and Why We Really Need Organizations Like the Classroom Law Project
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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What Do You Know About Public Law Libraries? A Reading List
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…
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Can You Attend Law School Online?
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:…
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Legal Research Databases in Oregon County Law Libraries
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…
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Access to Justice in Oregon (with an antipasto of Firefighters and Drug Courts)
…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…
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Law Library Assistant Jobs in Washington and Clackamas Counties (Oregon)
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…
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Free Legal Information, Research, and Food: Think About It
If you’re not a lawyer, law librarian, or have never researched the law, where do you begin? No, it’s not enough to find cases and statutes online. It’s also…
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Service Animals and the Law: Update
From the Washington County (Oregon) Law Librarian: I posted recently about Service Dogs (and other animals) and in a recent Saturday’s Oregonian (11/8/08) there was a…
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More Pigs (and Cows) and the Law
An Oregon county law library colleague found the “pig” case we were looking for (previous pig post), except it turns out to be cows, not pigs – yoinks! (In…