Oregon Legal Research BlogNo, Virginia, you can’t believe anything you read “on the Internet,” except of course that there is a Santa Claus. Yogi Berra is still alive. And, from the…
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“What exactly is locker room talk?” (NYT article)
If nothing else, lawyers and judges care about what words mean: SPORTS: What Exactly Is ‘Locker-Room Talk’? Let an Expert Explain,” by Bill Pennington, Oct.10, 2016, New York…
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Searching Case Law with Google Scholar: New and Improved
“Google Scholar Case Law Evolves“ by Mark Giangrande, Law Librarian blog: Excerpt: “…. Google is hardly a substitute for any of the commercial databases as it does not have…
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ABA launches online database of collateral consequences for each U.S. jurisdiction
…Inventory of the Collateral Consequences of Conviction, an online database that identifies legal restrictions imposed upon individuals convicted of crimes that go beyond any sentence imposed by a court. Available…
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Can You Attend Law School Online?
I keep running across news stories where someone talks about plans to “attend law school online.” I wondered about that, so did a little research. Here’s what I’ve found so far:…
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State v Karla Crosby Decision is Out
The Oregon Supreme Court decision in State v Crosby (S53295) was released today….
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BJS Report on State Court Organization, 1987-2005
A fellow law librarian alerted us to this report from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics on State Court Organization, 1987-2004….
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State Public Records Databases
Here is an easy to use, nicely laid out, compilation of state public records databases, from BRB Publications, which has lots of free stuff. It’s not free for them…
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O’RICO (Oregon RICO Laws)
Oregon doesn’t have a lot of options when it comes to researching Oregon RICO laws in secondary sources. (Legal secondary sources are awash with articles, essays, commentary, etc. on…
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Oregon Voters’ Pamphlet Collection Project
digitized versions of Oregon voters’ pamphlets. The Government Research Services division of the Oregon State Library, as a part of its mission to make government information available to the citizens…