Oregon Legal Research Blog…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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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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Aging, the Law, and AARP
…as I do reading Consumer Reports. This month (Jan 2007) in the AARP Bulletin their column, The Law, has this question: “Does a retirement community violate federal laws by deciding…
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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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Last Thoughts on Legislative Drafting and Poetry Month (April at the Law Library of Congress)
“The Unacknowledged Legislators of the World,” April 28, 2015 by Jennifer Davis (Law Library of Congress) “…. The centrality of interpretation to law and poetry is also explored by…
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“More Eager I am to Pay a Lawyer than a Crook”: Consumer Law – No Small Matter for Ordinary People
…need to solve what should be simple consumer problems. Excerpt from whole story: “…. And I called lawyers, none of whom would return my call, probably because this was a…
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The Law Librarian and the FBI: A Shaggy Dog Tale in Six Parts: PART SIX
…Thing to Say,” by Judith Martin, Crown Publishers, 1998, p. 47.) As the author of “The Book Thief” laments, it is very hard to get law enforcement to care about…
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Power to Children and the Poor: Utility (power, light, and water) Service
Another type of law library question that we, and public libraries, start hearing as the weather gets colder: Where do I find the law that that says power companies…
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Two Portland (OR) Legal Nonprofits Have Open Positions: Lawyers for Arts and Victims Rights Law Center
The Victim Rights Law Center (VRLC) Portland, Oregon, is expanding its legal team and has openings for a senior attorney, two (2) direct services staff attorneys, a technical assistance…
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Equal Justice Conference (Portland, Oregon, April 30-May 3, 2014)
…the entire EJC conference! Among other EJC and pre-conference programs, there is one for Access to Justice (A2J) professionals, public law librarians, and those who are interested public law library…