Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: August 1, 2006

By Laura Orr

…interpret statutes, cases and regulations, or advise patrons regarding their legal rights. They may, however, assist patrons in locating materials or links that would aid in individual research….

Published on: July 18, 2006

By Laura Orr

…links to a Wired dot com article on late bloomers. This is a nice companion article to last week’s JAMA article showing that people who do housework live longer than…

Published on: June 20, 2006

By Laura Orr

…that I have loved AL from the start – it’s incredibly funny) blogs on Thomson’s death, in his June 13th posting, and has links to a couple of stories….

Published on: May 30, 2006

By Laura Orr

…the Right to Self-representation: An Empirical Look at the Pro Se Felony Defendant,” by Prof. Erica Hashimoto. Links to the article are included in the blog’s May 25th posting….

Published on: April 19, 2006

By Laura Orr

Dog Law blog: Nolo Press has teamed up with Little Sheba and others to create a Dog Law blog. It has links to law and legislation, books,…

Published on: April 11, 2006

Law Librarian Disclaimers

By Laura Orr

not interpret statutes, cases and regulations, or advise patrons regarding their legal rights. They may, however, assist patrons in locating materials or links that would aid in individual research.”…

Published on: March 1, 2006

By Laura Orr

TurboTax Defense: Jack Bogdanski (surely you read Jack Bogs Blog regularly 🙂 posts the story (and related links) about a TurboTax defense and its outcome in Tax Court….

Published on: February 8, 2007

Cell Phone Termination Fees and Contracts

By Laura Orr

Ernie the Attorney blogs, and links to a story, on a cell phone contract holder who wanted to terminate his service without penalty (the text message rate went up…

Published on: June 19, 2007

Say Goodbye Robo Hal: An End (for now) to Political Robo Calls

By Laura Orr

An end to “robo” calls in Oregon: SB 863 Oregonian story, here. Do Not Call Registy links: federal and Oregon…

Published on: February 9, 2007

Posner’s “Little Book of Plagiarism”

By Laura Orr

Richard Posner has written the “Little Book of Plagiarism.” Isn’t that a great title?! The Law Librarian Blog has a post about it and links to other book reviews….