Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: August 30, 2010

Oregon Attorney, as Pro Se Litigant, Entitled to Attorney Fees (under ORS 192.490)

By Laura Orr

…may view the documents in controversy in camera before reaching a decision. Any noncompliance with the order of the court may be punished as contempt of court. (2) Except as…

Published on: June 30, 2011

New Law Library Website

By Holly

We at the Washington County Law Library are pleased to announce the premiere of our newly redesigned website . We’ve reorganized our content and added some new…

Published on: October 13, 2011

New legal research guide – Vital Records

By Holly

…my post from September 26, 2011 . As always, you can locate all of the documents uploaded to the law library’s website in our document index ….

Published on: November 4, 2011

Justice Bedsworth and the Kindness of Lawyer Mentors

By Laura Orr

…and was going through a file, identifying the documents for them…. No one did that for me when I was in law school. So when Judge Frank Briseno, then…

Published on: November 11, 2011

Free Legal Forms Templates (NOT fill-in-the-blank forms!)

By Laura Orr

…with field and line number formatting, that a litigant and lawyer could use to draft their own legal documents when specialized, sometimes expensive legal forms software is unavailable. You still need to…

Published on: November 25, 2008

Oregon Supplemental Local Rules and Legal Forms

By Laura Orr

…Check with the court where you plan to file the documents. And consult an attorney, please. It saves no one any time, money, or grief if you file the wrong…

Published on: August 4, 2008

Skip Tracing (aka Public Sleuthing) at King County Law Library (Seattle, WA)

By Laura Orr

…the invaluable skip tracing checklist, links, and class outline. Link to this web site to find these skip tracing documents, but if you want an excuse to visit Seattle for…

Published on: January 17, 2007

Insurance law: Geico, Edo, Safeco & Burr

By Laura Orr

…the news in the Portland metro area). Ross Runkel has a useful summary of these insurance cases and links to supporting documents. (Thanks, Ross!). And don’t forget law blogger, David…

Published on: December 3, 2007

Eight-grade 1930 Civics Lesson Questions: Describe good seed corn

By Laura Orr

…the United States?– What are the principle duties of the county commissioners?– Explain the use of the referendum. More from the State of Oregon Documents Depository Centennial collection. Try these….

Published on: January 18, 2007

LegalZoom

By Laura Orr

…Internet site that allows consumers to create legal documents online, without the assistance of a lawyer. I will leave to the future the wisdom of this; except to say that…