There are many free, publicly accessible, legal research databases in Oregon County Law Libraries. We update the Oregon County Law Libraries Legal Research Databases directory at least twice a…
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Oregon State Bar (HOD) Puts Centralized Legal Notice System on the Table
…support and to seek legislative approval for a centralized legal notice system to be operated for the benefit of all Oregonians under the auspices of either the state judicial department…
Legal Research for the Intrepid but (honorably) Clueless
…is an excellent starting point: How to Research a Legal Problem: A Guide for Non-Lawyers 2) Next, if you are brave enough, move on to the hard-core books on legal…
Cuban Legal System: A Law Library of Congress Introduction
Foreign and international law librarians know things we mere mortals don’t know (yet): “FALQs: Cuban Legal System January 27, 2015 by Kelly Buchanan The following is a guest…
Official vs. Unofficial Sources of Law (with a side of Positive Law)
…Most legal dictionaries will define the word “official.” I like the definition of “official” in the “Legal Research Dictionary: from Advance Sheets to Pocket Parts, Second Edition,” by Elyse H….
Oregon Attorneys Gone Wild: Free Legal Information and Advice
…lunch – how much better than that can it get?) There are pedestrian and bicycle legal clinics, bankruptcy clinics, small business legal clinics, homebuyer clinics, patent law programs (e.g. at…
Guides to Free and Low-Cost Legal Research Tools
Law school libraries are excellent sources of legal research guides. You can find many of them with a quick Google search using your topic keyword and then simply adding…
More Free Legal Research Databases for Oregon Researchers: Fastcase & HeinOnline
News from the Oregon State Law Librarian: “In addition to the EBSCO Legal Information Reference Center, all Oregon residents have access to Fastcase. Please click on https://apps.fastcase.com/Research/Public/Oregon/login.aspx and register…
A Layperson’s Guide to Legal Research and Self-Help Law Books, 2022 (Svengalis)
Ken Svengalis has published a 2nd edition (2022) of his “A Layperson’s Guide to Legal Research and Self-Help Law Books” — and it’s half the price of the first…
More Free and Low-Cost Legal Research Tools
An excellent, and fast, tutorial on free and low cost legal research tools is available from the Duke University law librarians: The Unexploded Cow’s Guide to Legal Research. My…
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