Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: June 27, 2011

Oregon State Bar (OSB) Legal Links and Finding (free & low cost) Legal Help

By Laura Orr

The Oregon State Bar (OSB) has a Legallinks TV and video program that covers a wide variety of legal topics and issues. Episodes air on cable channels…

Published on: June 28, 2011

Oregon Legislature May Increase Small Claims Court Jurisdictional Limit to $10,000

By Laura Orr

…there are an awful lot of consumer-friendly lawyers worrying about this increase in jurisdictional amount from $7,500 to $10,000, without some corresponding court-managed small claims case preparation assistance made available (the…

Published on: August 14, 2008

Researching Oregon Paternity Law

By Laura Orr

…ONLY a licensed member of Oregon State Bar may advise and represent you in Oregon courts. Please see the How to Find a Lawyer in Oregon…

Published on: August 2, 2008

Lawyers, Private Investigators, and Ethics

By Laura Orr

The body of literature (scholarly, practical, and popular) on private investigators (and their lawyer clients – or is it the other way around?) is a fairly large one, but…

Published on: May 15, 2007

Juris Wikis

By Laura Orr

Robert Ambrogi’s column in the Oregon State Bar (OSB) Bulletin (click on the OSB Bulletin drop down menu for the table of contents) has a great list of lawyer-created…

Published on: April 18, 2013

Oregon Medical Marijuana Program and Dispensaries

By Laura Orr

…news, research tips, and commentary. They are starting places for legal research, not full legal research strategies or results. Please talk to a lawyer or law librarian if you want…

Published on: December 12, 2005

By Laura Orr

Clackamas County Practice: Did you know that Clackamas County had a Lawyer’s Survival Guide to the Circuit Court? Pictures and all. It’s a PDF doc so you…

Published on: November 30, 2005

Shaggy Dog Archive

By Laura Orr

…Greek myths? Every well educated lawyer needs to have a well stocked store of them. Nu? And then there is this: the Law Librarian and the FBI, A Shaggy Dog…

Published on: November 14, 2005

By Laura Orr

…maybe not so “highbrow” now some might say?) So read Isen Blog, Dennis Kennedy, and GigaLaw, to name only 3 lawyer techies in a field of dozens, hundreds, thousands….

Published on: August 28, 2007

The $2,500 Bar Stool

By Laura Orr

…the bar with his or her name on a bar stool. Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, I am not an accountant, I do not make any investment recommendations,…