Oregon Legal Research BlogThis question usually comes to the law librarian in this form: Is it legal (lawful) to own and use a personal stun gun (or taser) in Oregon? But related…
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Legal Challenge to 2007 Oregon Censorship Law
News stories: Oregonlive 4/29/08, story, by Ashbel S. Green, Suit filed to throw out law meant to shield kids: Excerpt “A group of book stores, health groups and…
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Summer Reading: Law and Non-law Fiction for Attorneys
The Oregon State Bar’s Ian Pisarcik, Legal Publications Attorney Editor, gives us a list of intriguing books for our reading pleasure: “As an attorney, two things are reasonably…
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Job Opening: Part-time Oregon County Law Library Assistant Position
The Clackamas County Law Library seeks a part-time (18 hours/week) Law Library Assistant who is available to begin employment soon after July 1. Primary responsibilities involve providing legal research…
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Oregon Estate Law: Wills and Trusts: Forms and “Self-Help” Advice
This is an update to previous posts on estate planning (and on pro se litigants): Public law libraries, and public libraries generally, get a lot of questions from…
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Law dot Gov Update
For those who are waiting (breathlessly, perhaps) and wondering whatever happened to Law dot Gov, especially given how fast all those other new dot gov sites have popped up,…
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Group Purchasing for Small Law Firms (with a side of dark humor)
Solo and small law firm practitioners, like small libraries, have a tough time achieving certain purchasing economies of scale. Bar associations offer some group discounts, but not always for…
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SALC Race for Justice in Portland: Battle of the Law Firms!
This is Race for Justice weekend (Saturday, June 20, 2009), to raise money for the St. Andrew Legal Clinic (SALC), which serves low-income Oregonians in family law matters. The…
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Law of Elvis on His Birthday, January 8th
…CLE on “Elvis Law. The state and federal cases dealing with the late king of rock `n’ roll.” There were lots of news stories at the time of the CLE….
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Can a Private Publisher Own Public Law? Fastcase v. Casemaker
Citing law back to Wheaton v. Peters, 33 U.S. (8 Pet.) 591 (1834), “Fastcase maintains that public law cannot be copyrighted ….” [Quoted from Ambrogi, Feb. 6, 2016, article.]…