…you want another really good reason for saying, “no, thank you,” here’s a story for you, from the 11/6/12, Law for Real People Blog:Every Season is “Attempt to Scam the…
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Students: Do you have a Question about the Bar Exam?
High school, college, and law students: the following quick tips might do the trick: 1) If you’re a current law student, visit your law school’s career services or student…
Forthcoming: New Legal Research Database: Bloomberg Law
Bloomberg Law is set, later this month, to roll out its legal research database to compete, so we hear, with Lexis and Westlaw. Blog reports on the rollout include…
Researching California Law from Afar
…public law librarian: Council of California County Law Libraries (see especially their Self-Help and Legal Links) 2) California Courts (including a free, fully-searchable database of CA cases from 1850 to…
Public Domain and those “Can I Copyright a ‘PowerPoint’ Presentation?’ Questions
…one can copyright the content of a PowerPoint presentation. See how complex this can get? You can always ask an expert, e.g. a lawyer who specializes in copyright law,…
Measure 37 and Home Rule: Oregon Law Review Article
The current issue of the Oregon Law Review, vol. 85, 2007, has an article (Comment) by Sarah Burgundy on Measure 37, “Charming the Eight-Hundred-Pound Gorilla: How Reconsideration of Home…
Portland (Oregon) Bike Boxes and the Law
If you drive in Portland, you need to know about the Bike Boxes and the Law: From the Portland Online website: “The bike box is an intersection safety design…
Oregon Small Claims Court: A Checklist for Plaintiffs and Defendants
…(and don’t forget the session law from even-numbered years, which are not included in the odd-numbered year ORS). 4) Read “Using Small Claims Court in Oregon,” by Janay Haas. 5) Talk…
Superseded Oregon Revised Statutes: A Legislative, OJD, and County Law Library Collaboration
Oregon legal researchers and attorneys rejoice! The Washington County Law Library staff are scanning the 1953-1993 ORS from statute books donated by the Oregon Supreme Court, Oregon Legislative Counsel…
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