Have you ever wondered about the questions public law librarians are asked? Have you ever thought that answers to lawyer and non-lawyer legal questions are “all online?” Think again!…
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Legal Research Resources for Students of all Ages
The Portland State University Government Documents librarian has updated their legal research resources webpage . You’ll find a lot of excellent information and maybe just what you’re looking…
Legal Citation Introduction and Guide
Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (online ed. 2010), by Peter W. Martin, is available, with all the other goodies at the ever wonderful Cornell Legal Information (LII) website….
Free Access to Nolo Legal Self-Help Publications for ALL Oregonians (Fastcase, too)
Your State of Oregon Law Library give you FREE access to NOLO publications and the FASTCASE legal research database: NOLO (aka Nolo Press): “NOLO provides access to full-text legal…
Oregon UELMA (Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act): 2013 HB 2944 and Authenticity
May 7, 2013, UELMA (Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act) update: The Judiciary Committee is holding UELMA (HB 2944, Intro) over until Thursday, May 9th, to get some more of…
Free Online Legal Research Database: Public Library of Law (PLoS)
…don’t always need). However, there is another legal research database that does almost the same thing, but seems quite happy to stay quietly under the radar: The PLoL is a…
Legal Self-Help, Self-Representation, and Self-Education: Public Law Libraries
This story might describe a single California county law library, but its description fits county law libraries all over the country: Hidden gem provides legal knowledge, The Bakersfield Californian,…
Human Lawyers (and Law Librarians) vs. Online Legal Services: It’s Not About You
Jim Calloway’s blog post: GPSOLO: Law Practice 2020 has lots of tips including this one from GP Solo, vol. 31 No. 3, by David Hiersekorn: “Online Legal Paper Mills:…
Interpreting Oregon Law: Good News and Bad News
Good news: Our copy of the Oregon State Bar’s new release, Interpreting Oregon Law (edited by Hon. Jack Landau) has arrived – hurrah! Bad news: We now have to…
Help pick the winner of the 2014 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction
And add these books to your reading list! ABA Journal News: “ Help pick the winner of the 2014 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction,“ by Allen Pusey Excerpt:…
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