Oregon Legal Research BlogFor more educational fun than you can imagine: Acronym Finder (for acronyms, abbreviations, or initialisms) For extra credit, visit the Ref Desk….
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Free Legal Information, Research, and Food: Think About It
If you’re not a lawyer, law librarian, or have never researched the law, where do you begin? No, it’s not enough to find cases and statutes online. It’s…
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For Librarians Who Laugh (at Ourselves)
The Library History Buff blogs about the new book, “The Laughing Librarian.” Thank you to Will Manley’s blog, Will Unwound, for the tip….
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New legal research guide – Animal law
In the interesting lawsuit news department, the San Jose Mercury News recently reported that a man has sued the California Department of Fish and Game after being attached…
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“How to Blog a Book” (the book and the website)
It has been said that most lawyers are frustrated writers, but, as has also been said, so are most writers. Frustrated writers will know about Anne Lamont’s “Bird…
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Want to search our catalog? There’s an app for that
Have you ever been caught away from your computer with the desperate need to see if the law library has the latest collecting judgments CLE? If so, you’re…
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Rekindle Your Passion for the Law: Clarence Darrow Digital Collection
I’ve been rereading “To Kill a Mockingbird” (and it’s even better than I remembered) and then saw this timely reminder about the Clarence Darrow Digital Collection….
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Piracies, Robberies, and Murder on the High Seas: Pirate Trials (pre-1923)
The Law Library of Congress has digitized its collection of pre-1923 piracy trials. The full texts of these titles are available at the LLoC website, including: 1) A…
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Verisimilitude: Cops, Crooks, & Fictional Lawyers: Just the Facts, Ma’am
Writers: if you are not a cop, a lawyer, or a librarian (to name only 3 professions that appear a lot in fiction), please do your homework. There…
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Librarian Snags $900 Golf Clubs for $9
Leave it to a retired librarian / city manager to find a good deal: “Highway Robbery” Excerpt: ‘…Yesterday I picked up a virtually new set of Cobra Irons…