…“The myth of a one-stop shop for criminal records is not new to Lawyer X. He has heard other lawyers and clients alike ask for national criminal searches. He has…
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Book: Yale Law School Guide to Research in American Legal History
…want to read a book that will make you smarter, as lawyer novelist, lawyer, legal researcher, or law librarian, read on: Excerpt from Yale University Press re: “The Yale Law…
Always Use the Serial (aka Oxford or Harvard) Comma in Legal Documents
…a judge – or even, mercy, by a legislator or government lawyer. Honestly now: Do you really want to pay lawyer(s!) bills and court costs when lawyers, judges, and clients…
Is Artificial Intelligence Ready to Help with Legal Research?
…of the responses may be inaccurate, so double-check information in Bard’s responses.” It seems that using AI for legal research might hold some promise in the future, especially for lawyers…
How did we answer that? Contract Law
…contract law. As an initial online resource we let them know that OregonLawHelp.org has some information on Oregon consumer law. We also linked to the Oregon State Bar’s lawyer referral…
Public Records Requests and Locating Wills
…may be available through that court’s probate or records department. If the lawyer who drafted the will kept a copy, it may be possible to locate their files. First, check…
Beware when Lawyers “e-Discover”: Not Everyone is a Search Expert
…18, 2008), that keyword search of electronically stored information is a topic “clearly beyond the ken of a layman.” By a layman, he means any lawyer or judge who isn’t…
Oregon Mobile Home Owners and Renters
…are different from Oregon landlord-tenant laws so expect a referral rather than an answer to your specific mobile or manufactured home question. Last, if you need a lawyer, the Oregon…
“Desk Set” (the movie) and the 2016 Robot Lawyers
If you’re not tracking news of Robot Lawyers then you’re not keeping up with the legal research profession. No, not a “robotic” lawyer, but the Artificial Intelligence (AI) kind….
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