Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: December 15, 2005

By Laura Orr

Happy Bill of Rights Day: Lots on the web if you’re interested in celebrating. Here, here, and if you want a Bill of Rights song or two from…

Published on: September 14, 2006

By Laura Orr

Grandparents Rights and Elder Abuse: Two recent and useful publications on grandparents (and others) legal rights and elder abuse, here and here (click on 60+ (even if you’re not…

Published on: August 3, 2006

By Laura Orr

to establish their development rights before they can sell them.” The opinion is by Crook County Circuit Court Presiding Judge Neilson. The opinion is not yet on their web site….

Published on: June 29, 2006

By Laura Orr

Measure 37 Rights Transferable?: Dave Hunnicutt has an article (posted 6/29/06) in the OregonCatalyst titled, “Measure 37 Rights Are Fully Transferable.”…

Published on: March 12, 2010

A Human Book, not an eBook: What if You Could Borrow a Legal Scholar (from your library) for an Hour?

By Laura Orr

…could do this. Maybe one could even Rent-a-Lawyer to raise money for a good cause? Library of humans: Guelph University lends people for 30-minute talks on prejudice, by Macleans.ca,…

Published on: November 12, 2014

Cite-Checking: A Thousand Points of Citator-Speak

By Laura Orr

…responses, and not a few “namemushs.” We focused primarily on case citators, but keep in mind you can cite-check a lot of things, including law review articles, court rules, statutes, and…

Published on: April 7, 2020

Covid-19 Metaphors: Express Train, War, Black Box, Oh My

By Laura Orr

We are awash in pandemic metaphors, e.g.: On the Media Podcast: from their April 3, 2020, program: What War Rhetoric Means For A Wartime Economy And: Retraction Watch: April…

Published on: November 13, 2008

Legal Writing: Et al, Serial Commas, and Latin Words Bans

By Laura Orr

…Council, which has the motto Pulchritudo et Salubritas – meaning beauty and health – has banned staff from using 19 Latin words Town halls have banned employees from using Latin…

Published on: December 20, 2007

Gresham (Oregon) Model Rental Property Inspection Program

By Laura Orr

including a copy of the Council Bill 14-07. The Oregonian ran a story about the new program, “Landlords: the checks are in the code,” by Robin Franzen, on 12/20/07….

Published on: December 10, 2007

Researching California Law from Afar

By Laura Orr

…public law librarian: Council of California County Law Libraries (see especially their Self-Help and Legal Links) 2) California Courts (including a free, fully-searchable database of CA cases from 1850 to…