…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…
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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….
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
Medical Marijuana Fotonovela: Legal Self-help Center Reality Show
From the Sacramento County Law Library, which has an excellent collection of legal research and self-help resources, you can find this very funny, but also very realistic video of…
Inaugural Stand-Alone SRLN Equal Justice Program Scheduled for February 2017
…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…
January 2015 ABA Journal: Pet Nups, UPL, IP for Kids, and Much More
The January 2015 ABA Journal has these articles and more: “Washington state moves around UPL, using legal technicians to help close the justice gap,” by Robert Ambrogi “It’s unethical…
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