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Book: Oregon’s Legal Guide for College Students
A new legal self-help book for Oregon college and university students has been released: “Oregon’s Legal Guide for College Students,” by Janay Haas, an Oregon attorney and the author…
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Lawyers: Save Time & Money: “Legal Information Buyer’s Guide & Reference Manual”
…3) Product reviews: Buy only the best, buy only what you need, buy only what you can afford. 4) Learn how to evaluate legal materials. 5) Learn which used law…
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Executive Order 9066 and the Tides of History
May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Therefore, we will highlight an important intersection of legal history of significant impact to the Japanese-American community: the…
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Who Knew? Not all Legal Research Resources are Online: My “Not Online” List
The Washington County (Oregon) Law Library tries to keep its list of “Oregon Legal Research Resources NOT Online” up to date and we welcome feedback from researchers. Sometimes we…
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Official (and unofficial) Oregon Legal Citation Style Manuals
…with the Bluebook, try Cornell’s “Introduction to Basic Legal Citation,” by Peter W. Martin.) 3) Another style manual used in many legal research and writing classes, but not always by…
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Legal Research may be Easy, But You Need to Be Willing to Do a Little Work
I like this new blog: Legal Research is Easy, in part because it’s funny and in part because Legal Research is NOT Easy, which makes the blog name also…
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A Free Legal Resource You Might Have That You Might Not Know About
Do you have an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) at work? Then you might have access to free legal help that you didn’t even know about! Many employers offer their…
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Legal Aid funding cuts hit Oregon’s Marion and Polk Counties
…recognize legal aid as a kind of community public health resource, like a free vaccination clinic — because when we ignore the legal needs of the poor, they don’t just…
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HALT is now CLEAR: Legal Tyranny to Legal Empowerment
…any of these CLEARs. Center for Legal Empowerment, Accountability & Reform (CLEAR), formerly known as Help Abolish Legal Tyranny (HALT) Remember that: CLEAR(legal) dot org is the former…