Legal Reference Round Table (LRRT)

 2023-2024 Legal Reference RT Officers

Chair: Jenny Pedersen, Deschutes Public Library
Vice Chair: Lee Van Duzer, Ninth Circuit Library, Portland Branch

Annual Reports

• 2014 Annual Report
• 2015 Annual Report
• 2016 Annual Report
• 2017 Annual Report
• 2018 Annual Report
• 2019 Annual Report
• 2021 Annual Report
• 2022 Annual Report
• 2023 Annual Report

Oregon Public Law Libraries

• Oregon County Law Libraries Directory
• Multnomah Law Library
• Clackamas County Law Library
• Washington County Law Library
• Lane County Law Library
• Marion County Law Library
• State of Oregon Law Library

Legal Reference Resources

• Oregon Legal Research website
• Resources for Public Libraries
• Oregon Legal Research blog
• Oregon State Bar Public Information
• Oregon Legal Aid
• Oregon State Courts
• Self-Help Resources
• Oregon Federal Court
• Representing Yourself
• How to Research a Legal Problem: A Guide for Non-Lawyers (American Association of Law Libraries)
• Locating the Law: A Handbook for Non-Law Librarians, 6th ed.
  (Southern California Association of Law Libraries - scroll down)
• Handling Legal Questions at the Reference Desk and Beyond (Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship)
• Public Library Toolkit (American Association of Law Libraries)
• Non-law Librarian Legal Reference Advice

Presentations

"Empowering Pro Se Litigants"
May 2023, Oregon Reference Summit

"Library Services for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Individuals"
May 2023, Oregon Reference Summit

"Researching a Family Legend: The Intersection of Legal Research and Genealogy"
August  2022, Oregon Reference Summit

"Legal Reference in the Age of COVID"
January 2021, Oregon Reference Summit

"Aiding and Abetting: Public Library and Law Library Partnerships"
2019 Oregon Library Association & Washington Library Association Joint Conference presentation slides and handouts.
(scroll to find "Aiding and Abetting" presentation [under Thursday, 1:45-3:00 pm])

"Spotlight on Justice: How Small and Rural Counties Support the Legal Information Needs of the Public"
2018 Oregon Library Association Annual Conference presentation slides and handouts.

"Thrive in the Hive: Working Together to Provide Exceptional Legal Reference Service"
2017 Oregon Library Association Annual Conference pre-conference presentation slides and handouts.

"How to Show and Tell a Legal Research Story: Searching Nolo and Fastcase"
2016 Oregon Library Association Annual Conference presentation slides and handouts.

"So You Want to Change the World! How to be a Great Librarian to Your Activist Patrons"
2015 Oregon Library Association Annual Conference presentation slides and resources.

"Plaintiffs, Pills, and Passports: How to Reply to Legal, Medical, and Government Services Questions"
2014 Oregon Library Association Annual Conference presentation slides and handouts.

"Legal Reference Questions: Overview of the Research Process & Free Online Legal Information Resources"
2013 Oregon Virtual Reference Summit presentation slides and video.
(scroll to find "Legal Reference Questions" presentation)