Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: January 4, 2008

Willy-Nilly is Not a Legal Research Strategy: Public Law Librarians and Advice to Unpublished Children’s Book Authors

By Laura Orr

…to study, or how to develop a research strategy, then the legal research process will be a very steep uphill battle. Some of our law library non-attorney patrons learn very…

Published on: August 17, 2012

Pro Se Litigant, Civil Gideon, and “It’s all Online” (so ask Siri to draft that eviction notice) News Round-up

By Laura Orr

…to hire lawyer to help ‘pro se’ cases “ 2) Massachusetts: Yale Law Journal article (June 2012): “Randomized Evaluation in Legal Assistance: What Difference Does Representation (Offer and Actual Use)…

Published on: May 22, 2015

Open Source, Lawyers, and Beer: FOSS+Beer, Beryl’s, and a Legal Talk Network Podcast

By Laura Orr

A podcast from LawSites (Robert Ambrogi): A Most Unusual Episode of Lawyer2Lawyer (Hint: It Involves Beer) Excerpt: “It is not every day that I get to record a…

Published on: December 7, 2009

How to Research a Legal Problem

By Laura Orr

If you are new to legal research, this is a great place to start: The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Legal Information Services to the Public (LISP) Special…

Published on: February 6, 2008

Writing and Legal Writers (Readers too) Update

By Laura Orr

The following legal writing blog has come to my attention: Set in Style. The number of legal writing blogs and web sites is growing. Take a look at…

Published on: January 10, 2008

Outsourcing Legal Research

By Laura Orr

The Legal Process Outsourcing blog has an interesting post about outsourcing legal research. Excerpt from the post: “… Legal research in the practice of law is time-consuming, difficult and…

Published on: January 14, 2008

Full-tilt Legal Research Resources for Ordinary People

By Laura Orr

I’ve blogged before about HeinOnline, but still run into local attorneys and legal historians and legal researchers who don’t know what HeinOnline is and who don’t know they…

Published on: August 6, 2013

Court Worker Fired for Unauthorized Practice of Law

By Laura Orr

“Court worker is fired after providing sample motion, which inmate uses to win DNA test and release,” Jul 29, 2013, by Martha Neil, ABA Journal. Excerpt: “A court…

Published on: November 28, 2014

Federal Tax Forms and Free Tax Help in Oregon

By Laura Orr

The IRS does still distribute some paper tax forms. It does this through their Tax Forms Outlet Program. “The Tax Forms Outlet Program offers tax products to the American…

Published on: July 10, 2012

Oregon Divorce and Family Law Guides

By Laura Orr

Oregon family law attorneys give away a lot of free information and collaborate to make available lots of free family law forms. The Oregon Judicial Department Family Law Facilitators…