…contact information. What other options did they have? First, “service” or “service of process” is the legal term for delivering legal filings or documents to someone. The requirements for service…
From the Washington County (Oregon) Law Librarian: This is a follow-up to my previous post for those of you looking for Oregon legal forms. Another important place to…
…responsible and effective legal research there is no concerted effort to teach self-represented litigants how to do the legal research equivalent of “safe online shopping.” And do these self-represented litigants…
…joy into the heart of a lawyer who does do serious legal research. When opposing counsel rely on Google, the one who performs actual legal research can only watch…
…free or affordable legal assistance and access to courts. The “2017 SRLN Conference will be held February 23 -24, 2017 at the California Judicial Council building in San Francisco.” The…
At the end of the April 2015 “The Legal Writer” column in the OSB Bulletin, Suzanne Rowe poses a Brevity Challenge: “How much can you say in just a…
…legal proceedings. Recent statistics from the King County Superior Court show that in 63% of general civil cases at least one party was not represented by a lawyer. In domestic…
My first (and truly sad) Oregon Legal Research blog post was written 9 years ago – and this is post number 3,122. I’ve come a long way since then,…
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…
Carolyn Elefant’s popular and long-running blog/website MyShingle has an interesting article (it has lots actually): “40 Legal Practice Areas That Didn’t Exist 15 Years Ago,” January 2, 2018: Excerpt:…
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