Oregon Legal Research Blog“Editorial: State strangles local courts,” by Jad Lemhouse and Joe Charter Democrat Herald.com, December 7, 2011: When over-hauling criminal procedures in HB 2712, the 2011 Legislature reduced traffic…
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State Court Budget Cuts and Access to Justice
We may have 3 equal branches of government , but the Legislative Branch decides how much money each branch gets – and voters get to decide who the…
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Another Way to Search Bills In and Across Multiple State Legislatures and in Congress
Scout is a useful tool for researching subject-specific bills in state legislatures and in Congress. There are subscription databases that do this, too, but Scout is free….
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How to Follow Portland, Oregon, Black Lives Matter and Related Protest News
…someone else’s work product. Sources of Portland, Oregon, news: Oregon news outlets, whose publications and reporters also have social media accounts: Statewide: e.g. Oregon Public Broadcasting (KOPB) and The Oregonian….
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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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Special Historical Research Collections in Oregon
…local, state, and regional history in the country, with holdings that chronicle the history of the Oregon Country from early exploration to the present day. Collection strengths include: European discovery,…
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Oregon Miranda Rights: State v. Gardner
…a printed card, primarily to avoid any dispute over dropped words or phrases, however inadvertent.) The June 30, 2010, Oregon Court of Appeals case, State v. Gardner (A139006), addresses the…
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How to Find Out if Someone Has Been Sued, Convicted, or is on a Sex Offender List?
…of any illusion that searching public (and private) records is for the faint-hearted.) SECOND, Check the state’s court records databases and, if you’re researching a business, with the state’s attorney…
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Oregon State Bar: 30-Second Law School
Law school in 30 seconds? Not quite, but close! Visit the Oregon State Bar’s public website for some fun lessons in the law. They answer questions like these…
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Oregon DUII: Constitutional Right Not to Give a Blood Sample?
1) From Salem’s Statesman Journal: Oregon’s high court explores the limits of consent, State’s top lawyers argue case that could alter drunken-driving enforcement, by Peter Wong, Statesman Journal, December…