My first (and truly sad) Oregon Legal Research blog post was written 9 years ago – and this is post number 3,122. I’ve come a long way since then,…
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Free Access to Nolo Legal Self-Help Publications for ALL Oregonians (Fastcase, too)
Your State of Oregon Law Library give you FREE access to NOLO publications and the FASTCASE legal research database: NOLO (aka Nolo Press): “NOLO provides access to full-text legal…
Legal Research Resources for Students of all Ages
The Portland State University Government Documents librarian has updated their legal research resources webpage . You’ll find a lot of excellent information and maybe just what you’re looking…
Open Law Lab: “People don’t want to talk to lawyers, but they really want legal advice.”
…that pretty much sums up everything that makes legal self-help center and public law library program management so confounding: “People don’t want to talk to lawyers, but they really want…
Human Lawyers (and Law Librarians) vs. Online Legal Services: It’s Not About You
Jim Calloway’s blog post: GPSOLO: Law Practice 2020 has lots of tips including this one from GP Solo, vol. 31 No. 3, by David Hiersekorn: “Online Legal Paper Mills:…
Oregon Legal Research: It’s Not All Online
It will be many years before you can do all your legal research online all the time. Librarians get daily requests for documents that aren’t online or are behind…
UELMA in Oregon: 2013 HB 2944: Is that Online Statute Legally Correct?
…legal documents that aren’t correct, aren’t from the year(s) you need, and are missing the source’s official imprimatur. Most online laws have Disclaimers that advise and warn you to verify what…
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,…
Stephens-Ness Legal Forms (Oregon): New Bookstore Partner/Dealer
…will be retiring and closing his store on May 28th. The Arcade Book Exchange will take over the Stevens-Ness Legal Forms portion of his business. If you have any…
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…
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