Writing and reading for pleasure: I’ve been reading Edward Tufte’s “Beautiful Evidence” and it reminded me of this other masterpiece: Leff, Arthur: “And, of course, for all that, legal…
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Which Version of Dred Scott, Plessy, or Bush v. Gore Do You Want?: U.S. Supreme Court Rewrites (ur, edits) Past Opinions
…“accessibility” is an illusion. (Posting the equivalent of slip opinions and slip laws on websites is not “access to justice” or “access to the law” or “access to the courts.”)…
Google Legal Scholar
I had just posted about free legal information on legal publisher websites when this hit the fan. Actually, it hit the fan yesterday, but the wind will keep blowing…
Legal Research Database Interface-Hoopla: Westlaw, Lexis, and Beyond
…joy into the heart of a lawyer who does do serious legal research. When opposing counsel rely on Google, the one who performs actual legal research can only watch…
Oregon Law Librarian Wins National Award for 1953-1993 Oregon Revised Statutes Digitization Project
…ORS page, replacement page, chapter, title volume, and session. We all still had a public law library to run, legal research training programs to present, budgets to prepare, websites to…
Cuban Legal System: A Law Library of Congress Introduction
Foreign and international law librarians know things we mere mortals don’t know (yet): “FALQs: Cuban Legal System January 27, 2015 by Kelly Buchanan The following is a guest…
More Free and Low-Cost Legal Research Tools
An excellent, and fast, tutorial on free and low cost legal research tools is available from the Duke University law librarians: The Unexploded Cow’s Guide to Legal Research My…
Oregon Power of Attorney “Form”
…circuit this important, critical, legal protection. Here’s a sample response to the question: I don’t meant to sound lawyerly or librarian-ly(?), but it depends on what you mean by “standard…
More Free and Low-Cost Legal Research Tools
An excellent, and fast, tutorial on free and low cost legal research tools is available from the Duke University law librarians: The Unexploded Cow’s Guide to Legal Research. My…
Legal Reference Tips for Oregon Public Service Librarians and Library Assistants
1) There are excellent legal research guides and links at the Oregon Law Help website. Legal aid lawyers compile these materials and links to a wide range of organizations….
Oregon Legal Research Blog

