Oregon Legal Research Blog

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: September 27, 2013

Marijuana: Should it be Legal (in Oregon)? (Forum: October 3, 2013)

By Laura Orr

This Better People forum has an interesting line-up of speakers: Forum: Marijuana: Should it be Legal? When: October 3, 2013, 11:30 – 1:30 Where: Metropolitan Public Defender’s Office;…

Published on: April 16, 2013

Oregon’s Peer-to-Peer Download [John and Jane] Doe Lawsuits

By Laura Orr

…a legal research database or at a law library. Disclaimers: The information provided on this blog is for research purposes only. We do not provide legal advice, nor do we…

Published on: May 30, 2013

Vote for Your Favorite Legal Novel of the Year

By Laura Orr

ABA Journal: “Help pick the best legal novel of the year: Vote for one of three Harper Lee Prize finalists” Chose from among these 3: “The Wrong Man,” by…

Published on: November 22, 2006

By Laura Orr

Homesteading Whatchamallit or The Perils of Providing Email Legal Reference Service to Non-Attorneys A posting a while ago on Shlep reminded me of this: Non-attorney patrons often ask for…

Published on: March 1, 2007

Legal News Around the Oregonian Today

By Laura Orr

Today’s Oregonian (my starter commuter newspaper) had lots of legal news today. In fact, too much for me to do this all in one swell foop. And I haven’t…

Published on: June 15, 2009

Update to “Leaving Children Home Alone in Oregon”

By Laura Orr

See recent update ( 2/10/11 ), but also click on the Home Alone label at the bottom of this post. In addition to my new Kids Home Alone in…

Published on: June 17, 2009

SALC Race for Justice in Portland: Battle of the Law Firms!

By Laura Orr

This is Race for Justice weekend (Saturday, June 20, 2009), to raise money for the St. Andrew Legal Clinic (SALC), which serves low-income Oregonians in family law matters. The…

Published on: August 31, 2011

Researching “Criminal Justice” versus Researching “The Law”

By Laura Orr

…The field of criminal justice also has many of its own research resources that are completely separate from legal research resources. Both fields of study have roots…

Published on: July 13, 2011

Oregon Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Course Materials in Law Libraries

By Laura Orr

The following Oregon law libraries have a selection of credit-worthy Continuing Legal Education (CLE) course materials available for members of the Oregon State Bar (OSB) and others who can…