…park has been granted personhood, and a river system is expected to receive the same soon. The unusual designations, something like the legal status that corporations possess, came out of…
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Idaho Enacts UELMA (Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act)
Idaho Governor Butch Otter signed S 1356, Idaho’s version of the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act, on 26 March making Idaho the fifth state in our region, after California,…
Law Students, Get Smart: Mine Your County Law Library
The Legal Research is Easy blog post, Hone Those Research Skills, is California-based, but the lessons it teaches apply to law students in every state where public law libraries…
2014 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction accepting entries
“2014 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction accepting entries To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the publication of To Kill A Mockingbird, and to honor former Alabama law student…
Oregon Law Librarian Wins National Award for 1953-1993 Oregon Revised Statutes Digitization Project
…scannable, so library staff members spent years tracking down missing volumes and pages, to provide a publicly accessible, free legal resource for Oregon law researchers….” [See full press release.] Previous…
Legal Research Class: City of Damascus v. Henry R. Brown, Jr. (Oregon Court of Appeals, 2014)
I could use this case to teach an entire course on Oregon legal research to lawyers, law students, legislators, and self-represented litigants: City of Damascus v. Henry R….
Legal Style Manuals: “The Bluebook: Uniform System of Citation”
…(p. 17) Disclaimer : The information provided on this blog is for research purposes only. We do not provide legal advice, nor do we endorse any person, product, or…
Researching Oregon Case Law
…proceedings serious?) That is, if you have an adversary who knows how to research law and legal procedure, if you will appear before a judge in a court of record…
Which Version of Dred Scott, Plessy, or Bush v. Gore Do You Want?: U.S. Supreme Court Rewrites (ur, edits) Past Opinions
…responsible and effective legal research there is no concerted effort to teach self-represented litigants how to do the legal research equivalent of “safe online shopping.” And do these self-represented litigants…
More Free and Searchable Legal Databases
…of cases databases at cases.justia.com/. There are LOW-COST legal research databases for those who want and need a bit more control over your searching options. A guide to these low-cost…
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