…these phrases and many more in the new book “Lawtalk: the unknown stories behind familiar legal expressions,” by James E. Clapp, Elizabeth G. Thornburg, Marc Galanter, and Fred R. Shapiro….
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Legal Research in our Big, Bad, Mad World: Law of the Pacific Islands and Beyond
If you haven’t discovered the wealth of legal research information at LLRX, here’s your chance to take a quick tour. Start with Law of the Pacific Islands, but explore…
“Legal Research: The Movie” on YouTube
Thanks to Paul Lomio, Director of the Stanford Law Library, for alerting us to this, “Legal Research: The Movie,” created by some of their advanced legal research students….
Legal Assistant Jobs at Lewis & Clark Law School: App deadline Dec 14!
These look like interesting jobs: Visit the Lewis & Clark Human Resources website for information about these positions (and others): “Faculty Legal Assistant — Provides advanced…
Time to Rewrite Your Blawg/Blog’s Description?
I looked at my original blog Oregon Legal Research (OLR) description (aka header) (unchanged since I started blogging in October 2005) and gave a small shudder. I then read…
Fixing a Broken Legal System: from the TED Conference
…Four Ways to Fix a Broken Legal System: 2010 TED Video of Philip Howard’s Presentation Visit TED on a rainy, snowy, sunny, icy, warm, hot, cold, or just plain any…
Low-Cost Online Legal Databases
…them they have some of the best, most practical, and sometimes even fun legal research information web pages. Thanks for sharing! Here’s the UW Low-Cost Legal Research Services on…
When Lawyers Sue Legal Publishers: Contracts and/or Ethics?
This is an interesting story: Law Professors Seek Injunction over ‘Sham’ Treatise Supplement, by Shannon P. Duffy, The Legal Intelligencer, April 16, 2009. Excerpt: “An ugly dispute has erupted…
Six Words, “Seventeen” Syllables, Baseball in 150 Words … Legal Reference in Under 141 Characters?
…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…
Researching Oregon Employment Law
…advise you on your legal, and non-legal, options. Apart from researching case law, and you’ll need a legal research database or access to your state’s (or the federal) digest to…
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