…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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My, My, My: Auntie Mame Would Have Made a Hoot of a Law Librarian
…the Legal Research is Easy blogger who never fails to tickle our funny bones – and he’s willing to spill the beans about his patrons. What more could you want?!…
Oregon State Bar (HOD) Puts Centralized Legal Notice System on the Table
…support and to seek legislative approval for a centralized legal notice system to be operated for the benefit of all Oregonians under the auspices of either the state judicial department…
A Human Book, not an eBook: What if You Could Borrow a Legal Scholar (from your library) for an Hour?
…prejudice I feel is invisible. It’s more a stigma attached to the label,” Langley said in a telephone interview from the university campus. “We’re thought of as evil, callous and…
Digital, Official, Authentic Laws & the “Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act”
The Uniform Law Commission (National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws) have updated the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (UELMA). For a detailed summary of…
Stun Guns and Tasers in Oregon: Is it Lawful to Own a Personal ECD?
update and confirm with your own state’s laws and legal experts): 1) Taser dot com, Legal Information 2) ECD Law, Legal Resources 3) A recent Oregon news story (one among…
Rivers in New Zealand Can Have Legal Status as Persons (NYT)
…park has been granted personhood, and a river system is expected to receive the same soon. The unusual designations, something like the legal status that corporations possess, came out of…
Open Law Lab: “People don’t want to talk to lawyers, but they really want legal advice.”
…that pretty much sums up everything that makes legal self-help center and public law library program management so confounding: “People don’t want to talk to lawyers, but they really want…
UELMA in Oregon: 2013 HB 2944: Is that Online Statute Legally Correct?
…legal documents that aren’t correct, aren’t from the year(s) you need, and are missing the source’s official imprimatur. Most online laws have Disclaimers that advise and warn you to verify what…
Evolution of the Paralegal (a Master’s Degree in Paralegal Studies Online)
“The paralegal profession has evolved significantly since its origin in the 1970s. While paralegals originally assisted attorneys in a secretarial capacity by formatting legal documents, they have since assumed…
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