Oregon Legal Research BlogAnd here’s one on legal writing too. But don’t forget to comment if the blogger gets it wrong. It’s your actual, literal, right – like wow….
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Tis the Season: How to Donate Wisely to Oregon and Other Charities
The Oregon Department of Justice Consumer Protection’s Charitable Giving website has lots of information and sage advice. So pay them a visit before writing that check. They have old…
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Job Opening: Library Assistant (Law Library)
…with county technology and service standards. Provide circulation and legal reference assistance to library patrons. Required:Bachelor or associate degree. Minimum one year public library reference and copy cataloging (MARC records)…
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Ursula Le Guin Sounds the Alarm: A tribute, and call to arms, to writers and readers
…at the end of it, I don’t want to watch American literature get sold down the river. We who live by writing and publishing want and should demand our fair…
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Your “Good” Case Might Not Be So “Good” After All: BCite, KeyCite, Shepard’s
Golden Rule of Legal Writing: Never, ever cite to anything you haven’t read carefully. There is a reason law librarians try to drill that rule into the heads of…
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Hatch Act and Standards of Ethical Conduct for Federal Employees
…should also be analyzed under the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch. For example, campaign activities trigger the teaching, speaking, and writing restrictions of 5 C.F.R….
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Becoming a Lawyer in Oregon: No (or 2 years of) Law School Required?
“Oregon advances alternative routes to becoming a licensed lawyer” (OSB article, 1/17/2022) See also: OREGON STATE BAR ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS TASKFORCE COMMITTEE REPORT & RECOMMENDATIONS (undated report, circa 2021)…
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People & Pet Food Law and Librarianship
…been known to teach at the Iowa Summer Writing Festival if you are so inclined (Aren’t most lawyers supposed to be frustrated writers? And, as I’ve said before, aren’t most…
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Portland, Oregon: “How to Walk the Morrison Bridge and Not Die, Probably”
I have been writing directions to the Green Dragon from downtown for about 40+ law librarian bloggers who will be showing up in Portland in mid-July. (Uber Portland…
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The devil is in the commas….like usual
While Laura is off and out, I’ve come out of the lurker’s shadows to keep the blog home fires burning. Today, a note on commas and legal writing. While…