Oregonians Rejoice: EBSCO Legal Information Reference Center has arrived. (Yes, thank the State of Oregon Law Librarian!) This database contains NOLO Legal information books and much more. This database…
…legal research options. The following are free general legal research tools to help you work from home. Case Law & Statutes Fastcase is available to all members of…
LoisLaw is dead; long live Fastcase/Loislaw. Research Tip: Good word searches won’t get you very far if you don’t update your research. (And all good legal researchers know how…
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When The Google isn’t good enough and you need Good Value (i.e. not full-service & not expensive) for full-text, all-cases or statutes (or almost all) legal research database searching:…
We’re beginning to compile a list of free, online, legal formatting templates. NOTE: this is NOT a list of “fill in the blank” legal action-specific forms. These are very simple forms templates,…
Quick and Dirty Research Strategy: 1) Make an outline of your Quick and Dirty Legal Research strategy and take good notes as you proceed, especially keeping track of citations,…
…courthouse or online. Court clerks generally are not allowed to give legal advice, but they may be able to suggest programs their court might have in place, or places to…
…of the new rule and the final order from: “Supreme Court Adopts Rule Authorizing Non-Lawyers to Assist in Certain Civil Legal Matter” “Olympia, WA June 15–With a goal of making…
The Multnomah County Library has compiled this list: COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) law help: Legal resources during the pandemic Supplement that list with a visit to the Community Alliance of…
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