Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: November 11, 2011

Apply to Oregon Law School Nonprofit Clinic for Free Assessment

By Laura Orr

Deadline, Nov. 30, 2011. Who qualifies?: Through the University of Oregon Law School clinic, nonprofits (budget size $50k to $1m) in Eugene, Springfield and surrounding…

Published on: April 21, 2010

Oregon Court Captions: New Law

By Laura Orr

For those who missed this: The Oregon Law Practice Management website post about the new rules on captions: Comply with Court Captions or Risk Rejection : Excerpt: “Oregon courts…

Published on: August 4, 2008

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

By Laura Orr

If you can’t make it to the King County (Seattle) Law Library (KCLL) class, you may still partake of their law librarian generosity: you can read class handouts, including…

Published on: February 10, 2011

Oregon Classroom Law Project: Be a Mock Trial Volunteer

By Laura Orr

The Classroom Law Project has loads of fun volunteer opportunities, some of which are for a few hours, a day, or every week or month. Check the Classroom Law…

Published on: September 7, 2011

Oregon County Law Library Conference Rooms

By Laura Orr

A few Oregon county law libraries have conference rooms for use by lawyers and clients (and self-represented litigants) who need gathering space for depositions, teleconferences, or meetings…

Published on: November 21, 2006

By Laura Orr

Tis the Season, Part Two – Food Law:If I hadn’t become a law librarian instead of practicing law after law school I imagine I might have practiced school, government,…

Published on: May 30, 2008

Creativity and the Law

By Laura Orr

…The 100 Most Creative Moments in American Law, posted May 23rd, 2008 2) Ernie the Attorney: Know Your Brain, posted 5/29/08 3) Laura the Law Librarian: here (see Delgado article)…

Published on: January 5, 2007

Zines and the Law

By Laura Orr

…way looking at art stimulates the artist in us all. I don’t know of any print LAW zines, though. Surely there is a place for a law zine, isn’t there?…

Published on: November 26, 2010

Copyright Law and Mark Twain’s Autobiography

By Laura Orr

For an interesting view of how complex copyright law has become, see the following, keeping in mind that Mark Twain’s Autobiography has this back-story, from the Mark Twain Papers…

Published on: January 6, 2011

Superheroes and the law

By Holly

Law and the Multiverse: Superheroes, supervillains, and the law is a fun, new blog dealing with theoretical legal issues in relation to superheroes and comic books. The authors,…