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 make…
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Research Tip on Finding Free & Low Cost Legal Research Databases
LoisLaw is dead; long live Fastcase/Loislaw. Research Tip: Good word searches won’t get you very far if you don’t update your research. (And all good legal researchers know how…
Which Version of Dred Scott, Plessy, or Bush v. Gore Do You Want?: U.S. Supreme Court Rewrites (ur, edits) Past Opinions
…responsible and effective legal research there is no concerted effort to teach self-represented litigants how to do the legal research equivalent of “safe online shopping.” And do these self-represented litigants…
Two (maybe 3!) More FREE Legal Research Databases
A post at the King County Law Library blog reminded me to update my own sidebar list of “Legal Research – Free” list with ALSO — see Legal Resources…
Does This Blog Answer Readers’ Questions?
…questions. (But you can visit your own county’s Law Library and research your question!) Longest, and perhaps more useful, answer for those with legal reference or research questions: Please read the…
UELMA in Oregon: 2013 HB 2944: Is that Online Statute Legally Correct?
If you research the law online, you need to have authenticated, official laws – yes, you do! There is no point relying on statutes, cases, regulations, and other government…
Inventors, Thinkers, and other Creators: Idea Submission Agreements: Caveat Emptor
online (or any place someone tells you to “buy this”). I’m a big proponent of doing some of my own research or homework before consulting the experts, but I…
Indexes: How to Save Time When Researching Legal or Criminal Justice Subjects
Whether you’re researching juvenile sex offender laws or marijuana taxation or jails or something in between, you will want to use an Index, that is, “indexes to periodical literature,”…
Free Legal Information, Research, and Food: Think About It
If you’re not a lawyer, law librarian, or have never researched the law, where do you begin? No, it’s not enough to find cases and statutes online. It’s also…
Capital Punishment: Race, Poverty, and Disadvantage—Free Online Course
Link to details from Gallagher Blogs: “Capital Punishment: Race, Poverty, and Disadvantage—Free Online Course” “Stephen Bright is president and senior counsel at the Southern Center for Human Rights, a…
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