Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: December 8, 2005

By Laura Orr

Freeware Utilities: Looking for the “best-ever” web browser, anti-virus software, or firewall. Include this site , 46 Best-ever Freeware Utilities, in your research (and I assume you will…

Published on: February 13, 2014

Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Oregon Communities: 2014 SB 1531

By Laura Orr

…news sources around the state. Many Oregon cities and communities are debating the issue and some have already passed laws. The Oregonian has (among other medical marijuana articles) this useful…

Published on: March 26, 2024

Law Library of Congress Webinars – April 2024

By Lee Van Duzer

Orientation to Legal Research Webinar: Tracing Federal Regulations Date: Thursday, April 4, 2024, 10:00 a.m. PDT – 11:00 a.m. PDT This entry in the series provides an overview of…

Published on: September 29, 2006

By Laura Orr

…you’d do at work). Blorking is what I do here at Blogspot’s “Oregon Legal Research.” Blorkers have to be careful, which is not a bad thing. We have to watch…

Published on: September 14, 2006

By Laura Orr

…and mouthfuls, the Briefs section has some good research leads. One is to the new Ater Wynn Business Litigation Blog and the other is to an updated publication released…

Published on: June 12, 2006

By Laura Orr

Lawyer Research Skills: Two stories beSpacific linked to June 11th might make you think a bit and take stock of your own legal research skills. One, a survey of…

Published on: January 31, 2006

By Laura Orr

“Giving Legal Research Assignments to Others”: If you give research assignments to others and expect them to be done efficiently and thoroughly, thus saving everyone time, money and aggravation,…

Published on: November 14, 2005

By Laura Orr

Paper or Plastic, Print or Wexis? Law students still prefer online legal research even when their print research is more successful. See today’s (11/14) post on Out…

Published on: December 20, 2005

By Laura Orr

…metatags. There is no rest for the weary. You need to Research and Update, contantly, relentlessly. An interesting example of how a simple web search concept,…

Published on: October 24, 2005

By Laura Orr

STATE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY GUIDES: For those who didn’t catch this on Boley Blogs, here’s a link to a marvelous compilation of state legislative history guides on the web….