Oregon Legal Research BlogIt’s definitely the Year of King Lear, with ghostly sightings, new theatre productions, creative interpretations, and now: King Lear in Law School (from the Gallagher Blog) Maybe you can…
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Seven Law Librarians Serve Nine U.S. Supreme Court Justices
The next time someone tells you that “it’s all online” or that they don’t need law libraries or law librarians, ask why it is that the smartest guys on…
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Keeping Up With the Judiciary in Oregon: Willamette Law Online
For many of us, keeping on top of federal case law is a lower priority than tracking changes to our state’s laws. But we still like, and need, to…
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Washington County Law Library now offers eBooks
The Washington County Law Library now offers eBook access to a variety of legal titles, including some key Oregon legal research materials. The pilot project was made possible in…
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Book: Yale Law School Guide to Research in American Legal History
Scroll down if you want to skip this intro and go right to the book’s bibliographic info. The first article I wrote as a new law librarian (I’m now…
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Free Search: Online Law Reviews and Law Journals
From the Law Librarian Blog: ABA Launches Law Reviews, Law Journals and Document Repositories Search Engine: “The ABA’s Legal Technology Resource Center has launched a free search…
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Your “Good” Case Might Not Be So “Good” After All: BCite, KeyCite, Shepard’s
Golden Rule of Legal Writing: Never, ever cite to anything you haven’t read carefully. There is a reason law librarians try to drill that rule into the heads of…
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Oregon Law Schools: Law Reviews and Journals
Articles from Willamette Law School law journals can be found here, here, and here. Articles from law journals from Lewis & Clark Law School are highlighted at BoleyBlogs. Articles…
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Handbags and Why Do They (Big Law Associates) Hate Us (Big Law)?
If you ever thought working for Big Bucks in Big Law was Nirvana, think again: From Fastcase blog: Legal Tabloids Creating Headaches for Firms ‘“Blogs have democratized the…
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What if the Law You Find Online isn’t Really The Law?
Some articles speak for themselves: From: Law – “Finding Accurate Law Text Online Nearly Impossible” (from the Indiana Law Blog): Excerpt: ‘… It sounded easy. Federal Reserve Bank of…