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Preventing Link Rot: Lawyer and Librarian Friend Perma cc Wins Webby Award
permanent links to research found on the Web has won a Webby Award for best legal site of 2015. Perma.cc, developed by the Harvard Law School Library and supported by…
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Learn About the Rule of Law: March 5, 2019, Judicial Outreach Week Event in Portland, Oregon
of Law and the work courts do every day. Please join us for this free opportunity to learn about the Rule of Law, the work that courts do every day,…
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2011 Court Technology Conference
in the Courts, to Cameras in the Federal Courts, to Project Management, and much, much more. Read a Law Librarian’s view of Day 2 of the conference ….
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What do we do when we can’t answer?
originated in (as well as the courts of subsequent appeals). Being a very small court, their site was not robust in information, but I was able to locate their court…
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Jurors: Pay Attention to the Judge’s Instructions, or Land in Jail
has sentenced a juror to six months in prison for contempt of court after she performed research on the Internet and forced the abandonment of a criminal trial. Psychology lecturer…
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Eviction Diversion Lab Webinar: April 28th, 2021 (NCSC)
Pandemic Rapid Response Team (RRT) Eviction Diversion Lab, a National Center for State Courts (NCSC) webinar: “The looming risk of an explosion in eviction filings remains ever-present, and state…
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What Would Nero Wolf and Archie Goodwin Charge for their Services?
How much and for what services should the state pay private investigators in capital cases? The May 10th Willamette Week has a very interesting story about how the state…
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Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863
President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. “The Emancipation Proclamation January 1, 1863 A Transcription By the President of the United States of America: A Proclamation. Whereas, on the twenty-second day…
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Who are “the people?” What does it mean to be “born in the U.S.A.”?
the United States. (a) … You can prove that you are a citizen or a national of the United States by giving us— ……d) What “United States” means. We use…