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Pro Se Litigants: Acting as Your Own Lawyer
…lawsuits and bankruptcies are representing themselves, legal experts say. “It’s not just that poor people can’t afford lawyers. This is really a middle-class phenomenon,” said Sue Talia, a judge from…
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The $9,650 “In Dog We Trust Rug”
“He’s not much of a legal mind, but boy can he proofread….” It’s that time again to visit the bitter, twisted, and hilarious Justice Bedsworth: “March 2015 – In…
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Different Computer Systems Give Different Word Counts
HOW you count words matters when word-counts matter. The Legal Skills Prof Blog 1/29/13 post: Different Computer Systems Give Different Word Counts Excerpt: “Phrasal adjectives: Is “summary-judgment motion” two…
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“Center for Plain Language” and “Associations Unlimited”
If you are very lucky, you learn something new every day: 1) Did you know there was a Center for Plain Language? What might they do?…
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Citation and the Law, a Virtual and Free Symposium (April 22 and 23, 2021)
…the use of citations, and more. Keynote speaker Fred Shapiro will set the stage with his paper “The Most-Cited Legal Scholars Revisited” to be published in the University of Chicago…
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Posner vs. Scalia: a Case of the War on Words
An interesting book review by Richard A. Posner (Judge on U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit) of: “Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts,” by Antonin Scalia…
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Yay for the Oxford Comma! (New York Times)
“Lack of Oxford Comma Costs Maine Company Millions in Overtime Dispute,” by Daniel Victor, March 16, 2017, New York Times. “A class-action lawsuit about overtime pay for truck…
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Last Thoughts on Legislative Drafting and Poetry Month (April at the Law Library of Congress)
“The Unacknowledged Legislators of the World,” April 28, 2015 by Jennifer Davis (Law Library of Congress) “…. The centrality of interpretation to law and poetry is also explored…
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Where are the 2009 Oregon Revised Statutes?
…See also the websites for the Clerk of the House and Secretary of the Senate for more information.Previous Oregon Legal Research blog posts on Oregon law making under the labels:…