Have you ever wondered about the questions public law librarians are asked? Have you ever thought that answers to lawyer and non-lawyer legal questions are “all online?” Think again!…
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Sports Law: Follow Your Bliss (and especially those NCAA rules)
Sports Law is a specialized field of law and like other specialized fields of law, require knowledge of a wide range of subjects related to the topic: e.g. criminal…
Legal Research in the Time of Covid-19, Part 1: General Legal Resources
Guest post, from Lee Van Duzer, Washington County Law Librarian, Hillsboro, Oregon: As we socially distance ourselves and physical spaces are increasingly closed, it is important to revisit online…
A Reading List for People Planning to “Occupy” Public Property
NY: Overlook Press, 2002.) Some useful background reading to start you off: Tragedy of the Commons How to Win Friends and Influence People Getting to Yes How Laws are…
Are Law-Lib Archives 35 years old in March 2015? Happy Birthday!
Law Librarians Rock and Rule! I was checking the Law-Lib archives recently and noticed that the first archived Law-Lib email message appeared in March 1980. There was another one…
What Can You do With a Law Degree? The World is Your Oyster (or your Pomegranate if you prefer)
A law degree can be a gift that keeps on giving, assuming you use it well and that it was the right thing for you to spend time and…
“The Wit, Wisdom, and Worthlessness of Law Reviews”
Gallagher Blogs on June 23, 2010, takes us to this article, which caught my eye because I comment often on how few state law school law reviews publish useful…
Be Prepared: Things to Know Before You Head to the Law Library
Imagine this: A patron comes into the law library at 4:40 and says “I’m being sued, and I need to file a response before 5:00 today. Do you have…
Tax Time for Law Firms: Oregon Law Library Values, Past and Present
How much is that law book worth? The Oregon State Bar has current and previous Law Library Values data available just in time for tax season….
Teen and Parent Legal Angst and What to do about it
…Home Alone label in the sidebar.) As is also true for most legal questions, the specific question and answer at hand is only part of the picture so the research…
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