Oregon Legal Research BlogWe recently updated our Oregon and Portland Metro-Area Legal Assistance Resources guide. It has stretched to a little over 3 pages, so take a look to see if there…
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Oregon Legal Assistance Resource Guide (May 2020 update)
The updated Washington County Law Library’s Oregon Legal Assistance Resource Guide is now available at the Law Library’s website. Feel free to download and share. Contact information is on…
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The Meaning of “Illegal Gambling”: Why Legal Definitions Matter
…is legal, even if it is a game of skill….” (link to full article from the ABA Journal) And keep it in mind the next time you run out of…
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Free and Low-Cost Legal Research Databases
Georgetown Law Center has a super-duper, extra-delicious and wondrous guide to free and low-cost legal research databases. I refer people to it so often that it has become…
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Rivers in New Zealand Can Have Legal Status as Persons (NYT)
…park has been granted personhood, and a river system is expected to receive the same soon. The unusual designations, something like the legal status that corporations possess, came out of…
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2014 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction accepting entries
“2014 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction accepting entries To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the publication of To Kill A Mockingbird, and to honor former Alabama law student…
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Medical – Legal Research Resources for Oregon Attorneys and Legal Researchers
Lawyers use all sorts of non-legal research resources, including medical ones. As is the case with any specialized subject research, you need to develop a research strategy to…
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National Inventory of Legal Materials Bug Tracker
If you’re not keeping up with the National Inventory of Legal Materials, then you’re not keeping up with the effort to make all online U.S. laws easily accessible to…
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How do I handle legal problems after a wildfire?
The recent wildfires in Oregon, and tragic fire in Maui, are salient reminders that such disasters can affect any of us. They also have legal implications after the fact….
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Casemaker vs Fastcase: Closed vs “Open” Source
…That switch took effect today. Today, Casemaker shot back, doing something it has never done before….” (read full post) The Law Librarian and Non-Attorney Legal Researcher Perspective: In Oregon, only…