What DO public law librarians do? We all do pretty much what public law librarians do in Texas, Maryland, Wisconsin, Georgia, Ohio, Colorado … and California, whose county…
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Immigration Law Primer and a Free, Online Learn-a-Language Primer
1) The Gallagher Law Library blog reminds us that an “Immigration Law Primer” is available at the Federal Judicial Center. 2) The basic print immigration law primer is Kurzban’s…
Law of Unintended Consequences (or, beware of what you vote for)
…call it the Law of Unintended Consequences, otherwise known as the Law of You Never Know. Portland State University urban studies professor Carl Abbott says, just maybe, there’s more of…
Oregon and U.S. Court and Case Law e-Summary Service
Subscribe to Oregon and U.S. court and case law e-summary services from the Willamette University Law School service: Willamette Law Online. It’s a painless way to stay informed about…
Book: “Law and Magic”
Some law books just look as if they’d be more fun to read than others: Law and Magic, by Christine A. Corcos “…Topics include alchemy in fifteenth-century England, a…
Oregon Road Kill Law
From the Washington County (Oregon) Law Librarian: There are a lot of questions law librarians respond to that we would never, ever in a million years blog about, but…
When a Law Librarian Sighs, It Means Talk to a Lawyer! (Note: The Google is NOT a Lawyer)
“Thus sayeth the Librarian,“ over at Legal Research is Easy (where you can enjoy some of the best public law librarianship story (and truth) telling in the blogging…
What shows the history of a statute?
…§1; 1981 c.88 §2; 1983 c.330 §1; 1993 c.741 §110; 1993 c.796 §1; 2001 c.403 §1]” (ORS 776.015). I told them that is the history of the law. When the…
Researching Commercial Leases in Oregon
…varying degrees. Many of these materials are in print and in the OSB BarBooks database, both of which you may find in many (but not all) Oregon law libraries….
Law School Employment Statistics
You can link to a “Database of Law School Employment Statistics,” from the University of Wisconsin Law Library Blog (WisBlawg). You can also visit the “Law School Transparency” website…
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