Oregon Legal Research Bloglaws on ECDs While doing your research, pay close attention to statutory Definitions, that is, make sure you understand the difference, either legally or colloquially, between these, if they are…
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Libraries Prepare to Answer Civil Legal Questions in Times of Crisis (60 minute webinar)
WebJunction has been teaching online for more than a decade – and they do a darn good job of it, too. This class: “Libraries Prepare to Answer Civil Legal…
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HALT is now CLEAR: Legal Tyranny to Legal Empowerment
…any of these CLEARs. Center for Legal Empowerment, Accountability & Reform (CLEAR), formerly known as Help Abolish Legal Tyranny (HALT) Remember that: CLEAR(legal) dot org is the former…
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Legal Aid funding cuts hit Oregon’s Marion and Polk Counties
…recognize legal aid as a kind of community public health resource, like a free vaccination clinic — because when we ignore the legal needs of the poor, they don’t just…
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Legal Research may be Easy, But You Need to Be Willing to Do a Little Work
I like this new blog: Legal Research is Easy, in part because it’s funny and in part because Legal Research is NOT Easy, which makes the blog name also…
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How do I serve legal papers in Oregon?
…contact information. What other options did they have? First, “service” or “service of process” is the legal term for delivering legal filings or documents to someone. The requirements for service…
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Model Legal Templates: NVCA Model Venture Capital Financing Documents
Jim Calloway (Director of the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Management Assistance Program) poses (and channels) the question: “What if the clients decided to provide the templates for their legal work?”…
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Why People Don’t Ask for Legal Help: It’s Not Just About Money
From the ABA Foundation: “Part of access to justice gap is that Americans don’t know when to seek legal help, says study,” Aug 8, 2014, by James Podgers: Link…
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Official (and unofficial) Oregon Legal Citation Style Manuals
…with the Bluebook, try Cornell’s “Introduction to Basic Legal Citation,” by Peter W. Martin.) 3) Another style manual used in many legal research and writing classes, but not always by…
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Who Knew? Not all Legal Research Resources are Online: My “Not Online” List
The Washington County (Oregon) Law Library tries to keep its list of “Oregon Legal Research Resources NOT Online” up to date and we welcome feedback from researchers. Sometimes we…