Oregon Legal Research BlogWhat’s in a Name?: Pro per, pro se, self-represented litigant? Read Shlep , the Pro Se Nomenclature Problem, and weigh in. What would you want to be…
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Oregon Supreme Court “Duty to Retreat” Case
…improperly instructed the jury to the effect that a person is justified in using deadly force in self defense to defend against imminent use of deadly force by another only…
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October 2021 is Archives Month in Oregon
…long list of regional archival collections and professional archivists no self-respecting researcher, speaker, teacher, historian, or other well-informed person would ignore before claiming a modicum of knowledge on a subject….
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How to Find Oregon Appellate Court Briefs
In self-defense (too many questions taking too long to answer) I created this guide on How to Find Oregon Appellate Court Briefs. (You can see why there were all…
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The Independent Legal Publisher: Alive and Thriving
…gone the self-publication route because no major publisher would accept his 2010 edition of Holmes’ The Common Law. Quid Pro Books is a new venture that publishes eBooks of original…
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Unauthorized Practice of Law in Oregon: Consumer Beware
…aggravation, money, and self-respect. “The Many Faces of UPL: Protecting the Public from the Unlawful Practice of Law,” by Amber Hollister I’ve blogged before about this subject of UPL and…
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CLEs in Oregon Public Libraries (and appellate court briefs and free databases)
…use to Oregon lawyers, support staff, and self-represented litigants: 1) How to Find Oregon (and other court) Appellate Court Briefs 2) OCCLL Databases: Oregon County Law…
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Scientific American: Blogging is Therapeutic?!
Scientific American reports on: Blogging–It’s Good for You: The therapeutic value of blogging becomes a focus of study, by Jessica Wapner: “Self-medication may be the reason the blogosphere…
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Oregon Jury Instruction Error: Murder Conviction Reversed
One of many things that pro se (aka self-represented) litigants have a difficult time learning is that even if you read the laws, the rules, the cases, and the…