RESEARCH GUIDES

• Print: Oregon Legal Research (Suzanne E. Rowe) KFO 2475 .R69 2007
• Free Online: Oregon Legal Research (Lewis & Clark Law School Library)

STATUTES & LEGISLATION

Constitution

• Print: The Oregon constitution and proceedings and debates of the Constitutional Convention of 1857 KFO2801 1857 .A28 1926
• Lexis: ORCNST
• Free Online:
  • Constitution of Oregon (current; Oregon Blue Book)
  • Constitution of Oregon: Original 1857 version (Oregon Blue Book)

Statutes/Code

• Print:
  • Oregon Revised Statutes KFO2430 1953 .A4 (Subscription cancelled. Last updated 2012.)
  • West's Oregon Revised Statutes Annotated KFO2430 1953 .A44 2003 (Subscription cancelled. Last updated 2012.)
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: OR-ST-ANN
  • Lexis: ORCODE
• Free Online:
  • Oregon Revised Statutes (Oregon State Legislature)
  • Oregon Revised Statutes (OregonLaws.org)

Legislative History

• Session Laws:
  
  
  • Electronic:
    • LLMC Digital (1874 - 1985) (Search by state in database)
    • HeinOnline (1841 - )
  • Free Online: Oregon Laws (1999 - ) (Oregon State Legislature)
    
• Bills and Laws (Includes full text of bills and bill histories, 1995-present) (Oregon State Legislature)
  
  
• Legislative Issue Briefs (Oregon Legislature Committee Services Office)
  
  
• Westlaw: Oregon Legislative History Materials
• • Bills, bill tracking, and legislative history documents (dates vary)
• Lexis: Oregon Legislative History Materials
• • Bills, bill tracking, and legislative history documents (dates vary)
• Legislative History Research Guides
• • How to Compile an Oregon Legislative History (Lewis & Clark Law School Library)
  • Researching Oregon Legislative History - About (Univ. of Oregon Law School Library)
  • Researching Oregon Legislative History - Steps (Univ. of Oregon Law School Library)
  • Tracking New and Pending Oregon Legislation (Univ. of Oregon Law School Library)

Legislature

• Oregon Legislature
  • Oregon State Senate
  • Oregon House of Representatives
• How an Idea Becomes a Law (Oregon State Legislature)

REGULATIONS & AGENCIES

Regulations

• Oregon Administrative Rules
  • Print: KFO2435 1960 .A23 (Subscription cancelled. Last updated 2008)
  • Electronic:
    • Westlaw: OR-ADC
    • Lexis: ORADM
  • Free Online : Oregon Administrative Rules (Oregon Secretary of State)
• Oregon Bulletin
  • Lexis: ORRGST (2000 - )
  • Internet: Oregon Bulletin (2010 - ) (Oregon Secretary of State)

Agencies

• Office of the Governor
• Governor's Executive Orders (1995 - )
• Oregon State Agencies
• Attorney General Opinions:
  • LLMC Digital (1904 - 1977) (Search by state in database)
  • HeinOnline (1978 - )
  • Lexis: OR Attorney General Opinions (1920 - )
  • Westlaw: OR-AG (1921 - )
  • Free Online: Attorney General Opinions (1997 - )

CASES & COURTS

Cases

• Print:
  • Pacific Reporter. 1st Series KF135 .P2 (1884 - 1931)
  • Pacific reporter. Second series KF135 .P212 (1931 - 1988)
  • West's Pacific reporter. Second series KF135 .P212 (1988-2000)
  • West's Pacific reporter. Third series KF135 .P213 (2000-2012) (Subscription cancelled)
  • Reports of cases decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon KFO2445 .A2 (1853-2010) (Subscription cancelled)
  • Reports of cases decided in the Court of Appeals of the State of Oregon KFO2445 .A22 (1969-2011) (Subscription cancelled)
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: OR-CS (state cases) & OR-CS-ALL (state and federal cases)
  • Lexis: OR State Cases, Combined & OR Federal and State Cases, Combined
  • Free Online:
    • Google Scholar (published appellate and supreme court opinions, 1950 - )
    • Supreme Court Slip Opinions (1998 - , Oregon Judicial Department)
    • Court of Appeals Slip Opinions (1998 - , Oregon Judicial Department)
    • Tax Court Magistrate Division Slip Opinions (select opinions 1999 - , Oregon Judicial Department)
    • Tax Court Regular Division Slip Opinions (select opinions July 1997 - , Oregon Judicial Department)

Courts

• Oregon Judicial Department
• Oregon Supreme Court
• Court Rules

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Oregon Cities (Oregon Blue Book)
• League of Oregon Cities
• Oregon Counties (Oregon Blue Book)
• Association of Oregon Counties
• Municipal Codes
  • Portland (City of Portland)
  • Eugene (City of Eugene)
  • Municode: Oregon (select)
  • LexisNexis: Oregon Municipal Codes (select)

STATE LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS

• Oregon Law Review
  • Print: K15 .R3 (1921-1975, 1977 - 2010, subscription cancelled)
  • Electronic (1921 - )
  • Free Online: Oregon Law Review (1999 - )
• Willamette Law Review
  • Print: K27 .I3 (1978-2010, subscription cancelled) (formerly titled Williamette Law Journal, K27 .I2, 1959-1970, 1972-1978)
  • Electronic (1959 - )
• Oregon State Bar Bulletin
  • Print: K15 .R4 (1941-1972, 1974-April 2009, subscription cancelled)
  • Electronic (1941 - )
  • Free Online: Oregon State Bar Bulletin (June 2000 - )

ETHICS

• Oregon State Bar
• Ethics Opinions:
  • Westlaw: ORETH-EO (July 1991 - )
  • LexisNexis: National Reporter on Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility - OR Opinions (select opinions, 1992 - April 2004)
  • Free Online: Ethics Opinions (2005 - )
• Disciplinary Board Reporter (1984 - ) (Oregon State Bar)
• Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct (Oregon State Bar)

GENERAL

• Legal Encyclopedia: There is no general legal encyclopedia for Oregon.
• Practice Materials:
  • Karen S. Beck, Oregon Practice Materials: A Selective Annotated Bibliography, 88 Law Libr. J. 288 (1996) (available on HeinOnline).
  • Westlaw: Oregon Law and Practice
• Other Sources:
  • Oregon State Library
  • Oregon State Law Library
  • University of Oregon Law School Library
  • Lewis and Clark Law School Library
  • FindLaw: Oregon
  • Law Library of Congress Guide to Law Online: Oregon
  • Legal Information Institute: Oregon
  • Tax Forms
  • Oregon Statistics (University of Oregon Libraries)
  • The Oregon Encyclopedia

Updated 07/12 (MS)