Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: May 18, 2006

By Laura Orr

…to Law Online and the Century of Lawmaking, will give you access to great stores of legal history and documents. They also recently added a Global Legal Monitor service….

Published on: June 26, 2006

By Laura Orr

…first time in law school (except for history majors who probably learned it as undergraduates). I Heart Tech comes to the rescue once again for those of us who pine…

Published on: August 4, 2006

By Laura Orr

…we wanted, so I give a wistful sigh over how much fun it would be today with the avalanche of English legal history materials coming up on the web, including…

Published on: September 8, 2006

By Laura Orr

Search History Privacy: There may be times when you want and need to do everything possible to keep your online searches private (relatively speaking – nothing is truly…

Published on: October 13, 2006

By Laura Orr

…had links to great posts on uses for RSS in law firms, a history of courtroom animation, and more. Zimmerman’s Legal Research Guide: Most law librarians know about Zimmerman’s…

Published on: April 2, 2020

How to Evaluate Covid-19 Resources: the Good, Bad, Puzzling, Outdated, Rumor, Un/Official, and the Profiteering

By Laura Orr

How to Evaluate Covid-19 Resources: I created this list for my Oregon librarian community (and with their invaluable assistance) but others may find the list useful. I include full…

Published on: March 27, 2014

King Lear Goes to Law School: Estate Planning, Distribution of Wealth, and the Art of Teaching

By Laura Orr

…(from the Gallagher Blog) Maybe you can read the article along with book “Someday All This Will Be Yours: A History of Inheritance and Old Age,” by Hendrik Hartog…

Published on: December 1, 2017

What is the Law of Net Neutrality? “Making Sense of the FCC’s Effort to Kill Net Neutrality” (Radio Survivor)

By Laura Orr

“Net Neutrality” is not an issue of first impression: there are several decades’ worth of federal statutes, legislative history, and administrative and regulatory laws, federal court opinions, federal-state preemption…

Published on: April 25, 2023

Is Artificial Intelligence Ready to Help with Legal Research?

By Paula Simon

…platform to do legal research. Above the Law has an interesting piece on how AI is transforming legal research, including a brief history of legal research all the way back…

Published on: December 9, 2021

Righting Civil Wrongs: Tort Museum Virtual Tour

By Laura Orr

…Virtual Tour. Among other tort law history exhibits at the museum, you can read about the “Hot Coffee” case, its persistent myth, and the documentary “Hot Coffee,” which I blogged…