Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: April 28, 2011

Happy 40th Birthday to Nolo Press – the People’s Legal Self-Help Store!

By Laura Orr

What would we do without Nolo Press?! Their excellent blogs , their legal research guide and law dictionary , their tons of…

Published on: April 13, 2011

The FBI Opens its Vault

By Laura Orr

Gallagher Blogs has a post about the FBI’s Vault . I remember getting a tour of the Washington D.C. FBI building way back in the, well, way way…

Published on: February 20, 2011

Beer Law in the Oregon Legislature

By Laura Orr

…more Oregon Beer and Brewery blogs than you can count, so just throw those words into the search-engine hopper. For the practical side of the beer busines: Popular Mechanics “How…

Published on: January 5, 2011

Lexis and Westlaw Search Syntax Comparison and Cheat Sheet

By Laura Orr

…I went off to catch up with my law library blogs and ran across this excellent research tip post at the KCCLL (King County Law Library) Klues blog: “Cheat sheet”…

Published on: November 15, 2010

How to Search for Criminal Records

By Laura Orr

…other private investigator associations and blogs, e.g. PI Buzz, a PI blog, will give you lots of information and links to other private investigator organizations. They do loads of useful…

Published on: August 23, 2010

Business Tax on Bloggers? In Philadelphia, Yes, and Others?

By Laura Orr

This story from the Law Librarian Blog caught my eye, “Short Takes on the News”: Excerpt: “…If someone lives in Philadelphia and blogs, and collects even a tiny amount…

Published on: August 20, 2010

Jargon-auts, Wordsters, Acronyms, Abbreviations: Law Firm to the Rescue

By Laura Orr

…on corporate and banking finance jargon. See previous OLR blog on Law Firm Websites and Blogs. (Thank you to 3 Geeks and a Law Blog for the…

Published on: August 16, 2010

Affordable Lawyers: What Did Your County Law Library Do For You Today?

By Laura Orr

…most appreciative groups of county law library patrons include new attorneys and part-time attorneys who need high-quality legal research resources for low-costs. Others are mid-career and retired lawyers who know they…

Published on: May 31, 2006

By Laura Orr

…hamlet, village, town, city, state, or country you live in. The Charter Review Commission even have a blog and as is true of many blogs, the comments are the best…

Published on: January 19, 2007

FOIA Your Eyes Only

By Laura Orr

…hopes up). Nowadays, not only do most government agencies post their FOIA procedures on the web, but there are also FOIA blogs and columnists (type “foia” into the LLRX search…