…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…
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Happy 9th Birthday Oregon Legal Research Blog
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,…
Oregon Lawyers: Legal Writing Brevity Challenge
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…
Public Services Attorney/Law Librarian to Lead Self-Help Center in King County (Washington)
…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…
Is Oregon Going to Adopt the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (UELMA)?
…the authenticity of legal information online also facilitates widespread transparency in government actions and government accountability to its citizens. Unlike the printed word, online publishing must be protected against tampering…
Law Dictionary: Oregon Legal Glossary
Check out the latest Oregon Legal Glossary at Oregon Laws dot org. It’s a fun, easy to navigate, and the sidebar list of links to other Oregon (and…
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’s Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (UELMA): 2013 HB 2944
Are the state and federal laws you find online authenticated and permanently preserved? Oregon’s Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (popularly known as UELMA) is moving through the 2013 Legislative…
Oregon Estate Law: Wills and Trusts: Forms and “Self-Help” Advice
…people (non-attorneys) who want to write their own wills, draft their own powers of attorney, and who want fill-in-the-blank estate planning legal forms. 1) If you have no money, no…
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,…
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