Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: October 28, 2010

Oregon In-home Caregivers: Laws, Regulation, and Practice

By Laura Orr

…fides of the caregiver, you also need to check the legal status of the caregiver’s employer (assuming the caregiver isn’t self-employed, which s/he may be). Here are some research resources…

Published on: August 10, 2009

Training: Confidentiality, Paralegals, and other Legal Office Staff

By Laura Orr

The Pacific Northwest Paralegal Association (PNPA) is offering this course: An ethics program, Confidentiality: A Responsibility of Legal Staff, presented by Beverly Michaelis, JD, of the Professional Liability Fund….

Published on: May 15, 2009

Six Words, “Seventeen” Syllables, Baseball in 150 Words … Legal Reference in Under 141 Characters?

By Laura Orr

…might be a very good thing to know, not unlike knowing how to drive a car with a manual transmission.) I’m wondering, though … can I respond to a legal…

Published on: July 20, 2009

Hiring a Lawyer: Clients and Lawyer Fees

By Laura Orr

…list? It is not enough just to get a recommendation for a lawyer who can help you with your legal problem. You need to do a some preliminary research and…

Published on: July 26, 2006

By Laura Orr

…constitutional. When a person receives advice from a non-lawyer and that advice involves the application of legal principles, then the non-lawyer has “practiced law without a license.” The essential…

Published on: March 7, 2012

Oregon Legal Research Blog on Indefinite Hiatus

By Laura Orr

still a lot of useful legal research content on the blog. Use the search button or click on one of the subject labels (aka tags). If you are interested…

Published on: December 11, 2009

Oregon Paralegal (and Legal Research) Website

By Laura Orr

…College. The website is filled with all the Q & A that a paralegal (and the rest of us, too) could think about asking, from jobs, to drafting, to legal…

Published on: January 19, 2012

Legal Education: Law in a Boat: “Is Eating People Wrong?”

By Laura Orr

“Gallagher blogs” brings us “A Tour of Eight Famous Cases,” highlighting the new book: “Is Eating People Wrong: Great Legal Cases and How They Shaped the World”…

Published on: October 13, 2011

New legal research guide – Vital Records

By Holly

The Washington County Law Library has a new legal research guide on filing, finding, registering, and amending Oregon vital records and locating vital records from…

Published on: July 29, 2011

Oregon Small Claims Court Limit Raised to $10,000

By Laura Orr

…State Bar Information and Referral Service can refer you to Small Claims Coaches. Call their referral service at 503-684-3763 or 1-800-452-7636 for more informaton. OREGON LEGAL…