Paralegal: Legal Research

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HeinOnline Academic is a government documents and comprehensive legal research database. It contains articles from legal periodicals, historical texts, and foreign and international materials. Includes the FastCase database of State and Federal Case Law, as well as primary legal materials such as the Federal Register, U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Reports. U.S. Supreme court decisions, presidential documents, attorney general opinions, state and federal case law, and much more.

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Full text for more than 260 scholarly and professional law journals, including paralegal.
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Provides full-text coverage of major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals.

Gale Encyclopedia of American Law by Batten, Donna, editor.
Call Number: E-book. Read online.
ISBN: 1410337626
Publication Date: 2011
Explains legal terms and concepts in everyday language, covering a wide variety of persons, entities, and events that have shaped the U.S. legal system and influenced public perceptions of it. Formerly West's Encyclopedia of American Law.

A Primer on Legal Reasoning by Michael Evan Gold
ISBN: 9781501728600
Publication Date: 2018
"An introduction to the most important forms of legal reasoning using the principles of analytical or critical thinking"--Provided by publisher.
Contents: Issues -- Identifying the governing rule of law -- Levels of abstraction -- Deduction -- Induction -- Arguments in general -- Arguments classified by function -- Arguments based on evidence -- Policy arguments -- Doctrinal arguments -- Analogies and precedents -- Distinctions -- Holding and dictum -- Reductios ad absurdum -- Subjective and objective standards -- Interpreting statutes -- Prima facie case, affirmative defense, burden of proof -- Application of law to fact -- A model of legal argument.
The Professional Paralegal by Charlsye Smith Diaz; Vicki Voisin
ISBN: 9780135105788
Publication Date: 2012
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Food Rights by David E. Gumpert; Foreword by Joel Salatin
ISBN: 9781603584043
Publication Date: 2013
"Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Food Rights takes readers on a disturbing cross-country journey from Maine to California through a netherworld of Amish farmers, secret food police lurking in vans at farmers markets, cultish activists, U.S. Justice Department lawyers, local sheriffs, and suburban moms risk[ing] fines and jail to feed their children unprocessed, and unregulated, foods of their choosing."

Oregon Courts: Oregon Judicial Department: Official website
Oregon Revised Statutes: From the Oregon State Legislature
Oregon Secretary of State: Includes the Archives Division, Audits Division, Corporation Division, Elections Division and Executive Division

State of Oregon Law Library digital collection
These collections provide electronic access to a variety of government agency publications.
Find tips for navigating the collections at https://soll.libguides.com/digital_collection_search

Bankruptcy, Debt & Credit: Basic information produced by the Oregon State Bar.
Bankruptcy Forms: Official forms posted by the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts
Title 11 - Bankruptcy: U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Produced by Cornell University Law School.
United States Bankruptcy Court. District of Oregon.: Includes opinions, frequently asked questions, links and more.

State of Oregon. Corporate Division.: The Corporation Division promotes commerce by enabling the creation of business, filing UCC records of debt, commission of Notaries Public and streamlining access to government services and regulatory requirements.

Oregon Judges Criminal Benchbook 2005 ed.: A tool for Oregon trial judges. It summarizes statutes and case law in select areas of Oregon criminal law and procedure. It is not legal advice. Available in Spanish. By: Oregon Courts.
Washington Courts. State Forms.: Includes criminal law forms.

American Legal Ethics Library: This digital library contains both the codes or rules setting standards for the professional conduct of lawyers and commentary on the law governing lawyers, organized on a state by state basis. By Cornell University Law School.
NALA Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility: Code of ethics for paralegals
Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct: Produced by the Oregon State Bar

Oregon Judicial Department (OJD) Family Law: Children & Families.: Includes forms, parenting plans, information and resources. Some resources available in Spanish.
Washington Courts. State Forms.: Includes forms for divorce, dissolution, custody, child support, protective orders, juvenile court forms and more.