If you’re an Oregon lawyer, the best legal research tools are only a mouse-click away on the OSB website.  Best of all, they’re free thanks to the revamped BarBooks platform.

From the Member Login link on the OSB home page, select Enter BarBooks, and choose Explore.  In addition to the familiar OSB Legal Publications – 44 books that cover everything from Administering Oregon Estates to Worker’s Compensation – you will also find:

Other OSB Publications

• Disciplinary Board Reporter (1998 – 2015)
• Oregon Formal Ethics Opinions (2016 rev.)
• Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct Annotated (2016 edition)
• Oregon Legislation Highlights (2005 – 2016)
• UPL Advisory Opinions (2013-2014)

OSB Seminar Handbooks

A whopping 132 handbooks from OSB CLEs.  Here are just a few of the topics covered:

• Advanced Estate Planning
• Advanced Topics in Nonprofit Law
• Bankruptcy Basics: The ABCs of Filing Chapter 13
• Basic Estate Planning and Administration
• Broadbrush Taxation
• Business Law
• Constitutional Law
• Defending DUII Cases in Oregon
• Deposition Techniques and Strategy with David Markowitz
• Drafting Family Law Documents
• Elder Law
• Evolving Issues of Labor and Employment Law in the Modern Workplace
• Fundamentals of Oregon Civil Trial Procedure
• Intellectual Property Review
• Legal Ethics—Best Practices
• Litigation Institute and Retreat
• Northwest Bankruptcy Institute
• Real Estate and Land Use Fall Forum
• Technology Law

Click the nifty download button to save any of these publications or handbooks to your desktop.

Don’t Forget About Fastcase

Trust Accounting and Practice Management

•  A Guide to Setting Up and Running Your Law Office
• A Guide to Setting Up and Using Your Lawyer Trust Account
• Oregon Statutory Time Limitations Handbook
• Planning Ahead: A Guide to Protecting Your Clients’ Interests in the Event of Your Disability or Death

Even More Online Resources for Lawyers

The OSB Internet Resources for Oregon Lawyers page offers links to more free resources:

• Oregon Law – links to courts, cases, statutes, legislative history, and rules
• US Federal Law – links to cases, statutes, rules, and publications
• Government – links to Oregon OnLine/Oregon Bluebook, BOLI, DOJ, and more
• Libraries – links to all three law schools + law library values

Take advantage!

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