…Most legal dictionaries will define the word “official.” I like the definition of “official” in the “Legal Research Dictionary: from Advance Sheets to Pocket Parts, Second Edition,” by Elyse H….
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Evaluating State Court Self-Help Programs
…an organization for legal system professionals (lawyers, judges, law librarians), not for people in need of legal self-help. If you need assistance with a legal problem, please contact a local…
Online Fill-in-the-Blank Oregon Estate Planning: Caveats
…The other was from the Oregonian’s Brent Hunsberger March 12, 2012, article: “Fill-in-the-blank wills can be a little skimpy.” He used some web-based legal services and then solicited comments and…
Oregon Legal Research Materials Not Online or Through Fee-Based Databases Only
I’ve updated my “Oregon Legal Research Resources Not Online or Through Fee-Based Databases Only” PDF grid. You can find it from each of these web pages:…
Project Nanny Van (Open Law Lab)
Project Nanny Van: a legal service design “Project Nanny Van is an excellent new example of creative legal service design…this mobile van that [goes] to locations where nannies might…
New Legal Research Guide – Appeals
The Washington County Law Library has a new legal research guide on appeals, available on our website in a number of places: the What’s New page; the Subjects Guide…
Always Use the Serial (aka Oxford or Harvard) Comma in Legal Documents
You may or may not use a serial comma wherever (or nowhere) else you want, but woe to the person who leaves the serial comma out of legal documents,…
Cuban Legal System: A Law Library of Congress Introduction
Foreign and international law librarians know things we mere mortals don’t know (yet): “FALQs: Cuban Legal System January 27, 2015 by Kelly Buchanan The following is a guest…
Online Legal Research Databases in Oregon County Law Libraries
There are many free, publicly accessible, legal research databases in Oregon County Law Libraries. We update the Oregon County Law Libraries Legal Research Databases directory at least twice a…
Legal Research for the Intrepid but (honorably) Clueless
…is an excellent starting point: How to Research a Legal Problem: A Guide for Non-Lawyers 2) Next, if you are brave enough, move on to the hard-core books on legal…
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