Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: August 8, 2016

Access to Justice: ABA Report from Commission on Future of Legal Services

By Laura Orr

Read the ABA article and the report: “Can the access-to-justice gap be closed? These recommendations might make it possible,” by Victor Li and James Podgers, ABA Journal, August…

Published on: January 11, 2011

Access to Justice: Ideas and Business Models

By Laura Orr

The process of creating and implementing new business models, for businesses, for nonprofits, for libraries, and for the legal profession, begins with discussing and examining new ideas. The new…

Published on: January 4, 2011

Researching Oregon Paternity Law and Determinations

By Laura Orr

…links. 1) Oregon DOJ Child Support Program: Determining Paternity and more 2) The Legal Aid Services of Oregon (LASO) “Oregon Law Help” website (click on Family, and then Paternity) 3)…

Published on: August 22, 2008

Legal Research in our Big, Bad, Mad World: Law of the Pacific Islands and Beyond

By Laura Orr

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…

Published on: November 26, 2010

Bankruptcy Clinic: Oregon State Bar (OSB) and Legal Aid Services of Oregon (LASO)

By Laura Orr

It’s time to update my June 15, 2008 LASO Bankruptcy Clinic blog post. The OSB Debtor-Creditor Section and LASO bankruptcy (and other) links to information and their brochure…

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 27, 2014

Oregon Attorney Blogs: OSB Legal Publications and PLF Law Practice Managment Tips

By Laura Orr

1) Stay on top of useful Oregon law publications: The Oregon Legal Publications blog is just entering the blawg-world and will include writing tips from their attorney editors, excerpts from…

Published on: October 23, 2009

California Legal Research Guide

By Laura Orr

The Southern California Association of Law Libraries’ (SCALL) Public Access to Legal Information Committee (PALI) has published the fifth edition of: Locating the Law: A Handbook for Non-Law Librarians…

Published on: July 17, 2007

Can we reduce our dependence on foreign legal publishers?

By Laura Orr

To continue the discussion (albeit one-sided 🙂 of legal research strategy: Both Lexis and Westlaw are owned by foreign companies. American Lawyer and the National Law Journal are about…

Published on: March 28, 2012

Agony Aunt Financial and Other Advice Caveats: Let the “Expert” and the Reader Beware

By Laura Orr

…much to read between the lines and see there might be a legal problem, with a parent, a spouse, a “friend,” a borrower, a lender, a collector, etc. A very…