Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: November 29, 2012

New Oregon Legal Research Website

By Laura Orr

…I wish also to give a warm thank you to Stu, of Stu’s Views, for permission to use his cartoons. You can see our first selection at our About Us…

Published on: December 5, 2012

Oregon Employment Law: Independent Contractors

By Laura Orr

…Independent Contractor in Oregon” Excerpt: ‘For those of you who like to use “independent contractors” (contract lawyers, contract paralegals, freelance legal secretaries) take heed. Your contractor may well be an…

Published on: October 1, 2005

Favorite Lawyer Blogs 2005

By Laura Orr

…basis: http://www.lawbizblog.com/, http://myshingle.com/, and http://jimcalloway.typepad.com/lawpracticetips/. I’ll list other favorite lawyer blogs in a later post along with some terrific law librarian/legal research posts of use to all legal researchers….

Published on: October 7, 2005

By Laura Orr

…and use for MCLE credit, for online searches, and much more. (We’re also edgy, opinionated, and funny, as are many law librarians – what more could you want, apart from…

Published on: October 24, 2005

By Laura Orr

YAHOO SITE EXPLORER: Not everyone has a workplace IT policy that permits any or all downloaded applications you may wish to play with or use. (Another advantage of being…

Published on: November 22, 2005

By Laura Orr

TX Sup Ct Prop Tax and Schools Opinion: The Texas Supreme Court rules that use of local property tax to fund state’s public schools is unconstitutional. Opinion here….

Published on: January 6, 2006

By Laura Orr

…address, for use with family, friends, and generally outside work.” Jim Calloway, a blawging mensch, gave us the leg-up to Technically Legal. Read the full email entry posted…

Published on: January 10, 2006

By Laura Orr

…or not. If you use paper file folders and a telephone or email folders and a shared drive so others in the firm can work on the same document, then…

Published on: February 2, 2006

By Laura Orr

Online Privacy – Baby Steps: If you don’t think about privacy on the web, start now. Even small measures are useful. Here’s one place to begin. There are…

Published on: February 9, 2006

New Lawyers and Business Cards

By Laura Orr

…a lot of useful information here for those of you who absolutely must stop thinking that “technology is cool.” It is, but if you have a business to run, it’s…