Books to Prisoners is a nonprofit, all-volunteer, organization that sends literature to prisoners. Prisoners across the country write letters requesting titles/genres/etc. The organization tries to match these requests with…
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Oregon Supplemental Local Rules
…Oddly enough, the SLR are NOT supplementing anything called Local Rules, although most “supplements” in legal literature would have you assume that the SLR would do just that. They…
A Broken Heart Still Beats
“A Broken Heart Still Beats: After Your Child Dies,” by Anne McCracken and Mary Semel, 1998. Two women who lost their children turned to literature when self-help, memoir, and…
Read ’til your lips hurt: 25 greatest law novels…ever! (ABA Journal)
…year we’re raising the bar. We’ve attempted to survey the world of literature to find the best portrayals of lawyers and the law…” [Link to full article and list.]…
Oregon Writers Resource Fair, April 17th, 2011
…2) Portland Book Review 3) Multnomah County Library Books & Literature website 4) Comic Book Club 5) “Book clubs spring up in Portland,…
From “Legisprudence” to “I Have to Move My Car”
…I saw these titles in the Hart Publishing catalogue; they will serve a reminder that titles are as important as the literature they cover (as in, you can tell a…
Death by Failure to Research: Could You Pass a Legal Research Competency Test?
…a literature search. He searched a database that indexed studies from 1960 to the present day. He found nothing on hexamethonium. However, had he not restricted himself to the Internet-accessible…
Drug Decriminalization & Mental Health Policies: The Portugal Experiment
…articles I’ve referred people to, though there are others if you want to do a full literature search. But these offer a good introduction to tease and tempt you…
The Meaning of the Word “Accompany” in 18 USC 2113 (SCOTUS)
…affirmed the lower courts holding that “accompany” means “to go with” even over short distances. The Court referred to newspaper articles, a wedding announcement, the dictionary, and British Literature classics…
Going to Jail: How Juvenile Books Portray the Prison Experience
…week course will explore portrayals of the incarceration experience in juvenile and young adult literature. Participants will be assigned to read several books written for young people that include scenes…
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