Oregon: Excerpt from full article: “Over the past 30 years there has been a quiet movement to criminalize being mentally ill while indigent. No law was enacted, no edicts issued….
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Oregon Family Law: No Legal Obligation to Support a Child in This Country?
please refer them to an attorney (or at least to the law library 🙂 Oh, and Oregon has an excellent network of Family Law Facilitators stationed at most county courthouses….
Researching “Criminal Justice” versus Researching “The Law”
law,” but it’s also its own field, and it is, of course, as interdisciplinary as any field of study is nowadays. The Portland State University library has this…
New Legal Research Guide – Disability Law
We have a new legal research guide, Disability Law, available on the law library’s website. The new legal research guide provides resources on a variety of disability law-related issues…
Podcasting and the Law
Law of the Podcast: Podcasting Legal Guide from Creative Commons Via Law Librarian Blog and Cornell Law Library’s InSITE…
New Book: Interpreting Oregon Law, 2009 edition
The Oregon State Bar has released their Interpreting Oregon Law, 2009 edition, a welcome addition to any Oregon lawyer or law library collection. You can find an order form…
Blawgers as (real) Writers
…else substantive blawgging is, it is sharing information, and law librarians everywhere thank these dedicated blawgers. Future Lawyer MyShingle Decision of the Day Stark County Law Library Jim Calloway…
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 are…
Law Librarian Disclaimers
“It is against state law for library staff members to engage in any conduct that might constitute the unauthorized practice of law (ORS 9.160, 9.166 and 9.21). They may not…
Blueboinking
the Law Schools,” Wall Street Journal, Jan. 22, 1997, A.1) (The latter is NOT in Bluebook format – make of that what you will. Oh, and your local public library…
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