Oregon Legal Research Blog…for the 100th time, it’s really important to READ THE WHOLE SCREEN. I’m so guilty of this myself. A favorite Multnomah County Library Assistant was telling me about…
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2011 Federal and State Laws Protect Public Benefits from Garnishment
I’ll be writing a longer blog post on Garnishment soon, but in the meantime: The Lane County Legal Services Programs website has posted this information: “New laws protect…
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Free Oregon State Bar (OSB) Publications for Oregon Attorneys (and others)
…county law libraries subscribe to the BARBOOKS database and make it available on their public computers (though many of our lawyer and non-lawyer patrons still prefer to start…
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Oregon Legislative History: Exhibits and Minutes
…gotten calls from former legislators who need help compiling one. But don’t despair. Your county law libraries are happy to show them and you how to do this research!…
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Oregon State Bar (OSB) BarBooks Database
…for certain types of research, but the database is an excellent addition to our collection (and to the database collections of many Oregon county law libraries around the state). For…
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Oregon Animal Law Research Resources
…find it on the Legislature’s website, I recommend you your state legislators. You can find contact information at the Oregon Legislature’s service: Find Your Legislator 5) County law library…
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Fear of the Internet, Loss of Privacy, and Risky Behavior
…person new to sleuthing, I like the King County Law Library research links. They have classes on: 1) “Public Sleuthing on Social Networks: Learn how to search social networking sites…
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How City Councils Work: Tenure, Staff, Budgets, Salaries
We all like to compare ourselves to others, don’t we? City Councils in Philadelphia and Other Major Cities, Feb 02, 2011, Pew Charitable Trusts report (Thank you to…
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Justice Bedsworth Tells the Wondrous Tale of Jon Alexander, Lawyer and Fighter
…Orange County Lawyer brings us: Getting Up, by Justice William W. Bedsworth Excerpt: “The middleweight champion of the world from 1907–1910 was a fella named Stanley Ketchel. They called him…
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Is the Much Maligned Eminent Domain an Underwater Mortgage Holder’s Friend?
…thus lowering their debt burden and more closely aligning their mortgage with the actual value of the home. Which is why Greg Devereaux, the county’s chief executive officer, found himself…