…can find Committee Ponies (or is that Ponys’ ?) at the excellent OLIS service from the Oregon State Legislature. It won’t eliminate the need for complicated legislative history research for…
…of Congress librarians and their In Custodia Legis blog, where you will find Congressional, legal history, and other research tips and treasures hidden at the Law Library of Congress….
“New Reference Resource: NYU Launches History of Undercover Reporting Database,” filed by Gary Price, InfoDocket, on August 6, 2012: “New York University has launched a database chronicling undercover journalism…
On October 24, 2014, Georgetown University Law Library in Washington, D.C. will host a symposium that explores the problem of link and reference rot: “404/File Not Found: Link…
Another fab find by the excellent folks at AALL’s KnowItAALL service (you can subscribe to it, free): Article: “DNA from an escaped slave who ended up in Iceland…
…to begin if you want to learn about why criminal background checks are not as straightforward as one might think they should be. SEARCHING FOR OREGON CRIMINAL HISTORY? 1) If…
Visit the Gallagher Law Library blog for a peek a “some of America’s St. Patrick’s Day-related laws and court rulings“…
Robert Ambrogi notes the passing of a legal publishing legend, Paul J. Ruskin: The Lawyer Who Took Down West’s Copyright in Court Opinions Has Died Excerpt: “It now…
How does one teach about the Three Branches of Government? Let us count the ways: 1) Schoolhouse rock-away 2) Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government 3) The Oregon Legislature…
…their own dangerous ideas. Steve Duin, in Tuesday’s Oregonian (8/7/08), talks about political campaign dangerous ideas in “Still Mad as Hell, and Still Taking It.” And on Monday (8/6/07), Peter…
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