Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: March 20, 2014

The Law of Oregon Crowdfunding and Raising Money on the Internet CLE (1 credit)

By Laura Orr

…crowdfunding, the risks of using crowdfunding sources, and what we know (and still don’t know) about the SEC regulations.” Speakers are from Immix Law Group. Cost: $22 for CILS…

Published on: December 10, 2007

Researching California Law from Afar

By Laura Orr

…public law librarian: Council of California County Law Libraries (see especially their Self-Help and Legal Links) 2) California Courts (including a free, fully-searchable database of CA cases from 1850 to…

Published on: December 19, 2008

Oregon Public Records Law Disclosure and Email

By Laura Orr

…RECORDS LAW DISCLOSURE This e-mail is a public record of the City of xxx and is subject to public disclosure unless exempt from disclosure under Oregon Public Records Law….

Published on: March 27, 2014

Comics and the Law: Emerald City Comicon 2014

By Laura Orr

From Gallagher Blogs: “The Law of Comics – this weekend near you! Calling all geeks! Emerald City Comicon is here this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and they’re not only…

Published on: January 18, 2008

A Digital Black’s Law Dictionary

By Laura Orr

Also from a Stark County Law Library blog post, here’s the (new) legal writer blog with a link to a digital Black’s Law Dictionary….

Published on: January 17, 2012

Stephen Elias Dies: Hero to Self-Represented Litigants and Public Law Librarians

By Laura Orr

Stephen Elias, lawyer to the people, died last month. You can read an obituary at the Nolo website and a Nolo blog. Law librarians knew Stephen as a mentor,…

Published on: January 20, 2006

By Laura Orr

Bankruptcy and Family Law: If you get a request for a recent (2005) Oregon bankruptcy case with family law issues, it is possibly this one: “Judge Perris recently issued…

Published on: December 19, 2011

Superseded Oregon Revised Statutes: A Legislative, OJD, and County Law Library Collaboration

By Laura Orr

Oregon legal researchers and attorneys rejoice! The Washington County Law Library staff are scanning the 1953-1993 ORS from statute books donated by the Oregon Supreme Court, Oregon Legislative Counsel…

Published on: October 12, 2009

Forthcoming: New Legal Research Database: Bloomberg Law

By Laura Orr

Bloomberg Law is set, later this month, to roll out its legal research database to compete, so we hear, with Lexis and Westlaw. Blog reports on the rollout include…

Published on: April 13, 2007

Crime, Mental Illness, Politics, Law and Libraries

By Laura Orr

…darkly) 2) People with Mental Illnesses in the Library (public librarians not laughing, darkly or otherwise) 3) Library Law (lawyers and others who care about libraries, people, and law)…