Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: September 12, 2023

How did we answer that? Contract Law

…to know if they represent themselves. Nolo books can be found at many public libraries, online via the State of Oregon Law Library, as well as many Law Libraries. We…

Published on: October 18, 2012

Reminder: Oregon State Courts Closed Friday, Oct 19, 2012

By Laura Orr

Friday, October 19, 2012, is a furlough day. Many Oregon county law libraries will be open; we are county, not state, departments (but funded by the state, through the…

Published on: November 11, 2011

Free Legal Forms Templates (NOT fill-in-the-blank forms!)

By Laura Orr

…type “templates” into the search box. (This is for CALIFORNIA forms, not Oregon! There is no equivalent guide in Oregon, yet.) And, please, don’t forget about the Oregon…

Published on: August 6, 2008

Oregon Nov 2008 Election Ballot Measures (so far)

By Laura Orr

…58: Bars bilingual education of public-school students after two years of enrollment. MEASURE 59: Allows full deduction of federal income taxes on state income-tax returns. Similar measures were defeated in…

Published on: May 4, 2006

By Laura Orr

Public Librarian Q&A: I hope to post frequently asked legal reference questions that come to us from our dedicated public librarians at their public library reference desks. I receive…

Published on: December 18, 2006

Independent Contractors in Oregon

By Laura Orr

…public library will have lots of books on the subject (depending, of course, on the size of your local public library), but also check out the Oregon Gov sites, here…

Published on: January 28, 2011

Oregon State Bar Job: Referral and Information Services Assistant

By Laura Orr

members of the public needing the assistance of an attorney or a community resource in Oregon.2) Uses custom entry-and-retrieval database program to perform attorney referrals according to geographic location and…

Published on: January 4, 2009

Setting Up Business as a Debt Collector in Oregon

By Laura Orr

…business research resources all over the Internet, including the ones you’ll find at your public library and others like this Small Business Legal Clinic (and I blogged about it…

Published on: August 11, 2008

Asset Searches in Dissolutions of Marriage (Oregon)

By Laura Orr

“Asset Searches in Dissolutions of Marriage,” by Ann Richards & R.T. Tavey, in the Oregon State Bar (OSB) Family Law Newsletter, June 2008, pp. 1-3. (These useful newsletters from…

Published on: May 9, 2012

Unauthorized Practice of Law in Oregon: Consumer Beware

By Laura Orr

The OSB Bulletin, May 2012 edition, has a good article on the unauthorized practice of law (UPL) in Oregon. (You can also find it from the OSB Bulletin archives,…