Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: October 15, 2008

Writing (and finding) Oregon Appellate Court Briefs

By Laura Orr

…online ( surprise, surprise ), so be prepared to visit an Oregon law library: 1) OSB “Appeal and Review” (loose leaf) (from the Oregon State Bar or an…

Published on: October 31, 2012

Happy Halloween: Pay a Visit to a Haunted Library

By Laura Orr

Libraries are perfect places to find ghosts and ghouls and you don’t have to travel abroad to find one: 10 Haunted Libraries of the U.S….

Published on: November 29, 2006

By Laura Orr

Bogdanski (Lewis & Clark Law Professor) – http://bojack.org/index.shtml Oregon Insurance Law Blawg – http://www.insurancecoverageblog.com/ Librarian Blogs beSpacific – http://www.bespacific.com/ LLRX – http://www.llrx.com/index.htm Stark County Law Library – http://temp.starklawlibrary.org/blog/…

Published on: August 25, 2006

By Laura Orr

Writing, Law, Blogs: I browse through a lot of blogs over the course of a week. You might think I would be an RSS user, but I’m not. One…

Published on: March 22, 2009

Underwater Logging Laws in Oregon

By Laura Orr

…edited version of the answer provided to the library patron: “I am a librarian, not an attorney, and therefore can’t provide legal advice. I can provide some links for you…

Published on: May 22, 2008

Oregon Revised Statutes Copyright Dispute: The Copyright Comic Book (and a few more side dishes)

By Laura Orr

…various blogs and news sites that are running stories about this dispute. 1) For fun, start with Bound by Law, the copyright comic book by Keith Aoki, James Boyle, and…

Published on: May 21, 2010

Legal Newspapers in Oregon

By Laura Orr

…Journal. b) The Legal Researcher’s Desk Reference has a complete list of legal newspapers. (And it’s high time for me to order the new edition for my library!) Second: In…

Published on: July 2, 2010

(4) Places to Start Your Search for that Elusive Book Title

By Laura Orr

…1) First, be a biblio-locavore! Try local resources first: Your public or state library may have an online reference service. In Oregon, we have statewide L-net and local public library…

Published on: January 11, 2008

How to Make an Oregon Law Librarian’s (and Lawyer’s) Heart Beat Madly

By Laura Orr

Some of the scariest words we hear in the law library are from non-attorney patrons who walk into the law library and say things like this: “I need advance…

Published on: December 28, 2009

U.S. Courts of Appeals (Circuit Courts) Opinions Online

By Laura Orr

…See, e.g. the blog post at Gallagher Law Library (University of Washington Law Schools): Circuit Courts Archiving Cites to Online Sources. The Administrative Office of the Courts is a one…