Legal Reference Round Table (LRRT)

 2023-2024 Legal Reference RT Officers

Chair: Lee Van Duzer, Ninth Circuit Library, Portland
Vice Chair: Jennifer Pederson, Deschutes Public Library

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)