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54-534: The state supreme court used to hold session in various locations in downtown Salem. In 1854 Oregon Territory began construction of the Territorial Capitol Building in Salem that was finished in 1855. The court was briefly located in that building on the second floor. However, on December 29, 1855 after the building was partially occupied, it was razed by fire. Then in 1876 the state finished construction on

108-630: A U.S. territory. On August 14, 1848, Congress passed the Act to Establish the Territorial Government of Oregon , which created what was officially the Territory of Oregon. The Territory of Oregon originally encompassed all of the present-day states of Idaho , Oregon and Washington , as well as those parts of present-day Montana and Wyoming west of the Continental Divide . Its southern border

162-693: A capitol building was nearly complete when it burned down on December 29, 1855. This building included the law library on the second floor. In 1905 control of the library was changed to the Oregon Supreme Court and both moved into the Supreme Court Building in 1914. In 2002 the library name was changed from the Oregon Supreme Court Library to the State of Oregon Law Library after the completion of renovations that among other items increased

216-780: A department of the Cambridge University Library; and the Slade-Baker collection of correspondence accumulated by the Slade-Baker firm of solicitors in Bewdley which is in Birmingham University Library . The largest law libraries in the world are found in the United States . The world's largest law library is the Law Library of Congress , which holds over 2.9 million volumes. The world's largest academic law library

270-773: A depository library under the Program. Most law libraries are members of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). As of 2010, the association has over 5,000 member libraries. Another important association for law libraries is the Special Libraries Association . Every accredited American law school is required by the American Bar Association to have a law library meeting certain minimum specifications with respect to quantity and quality of materials available. Some law school libraries are kept in

324-619: A full set of United States Reports , one or both of the unofficial U.S. Supreme Court reporters , the West National Reporter System , the West American Digest System , official reporters from various states, the Federal Register , volumes of American Jurisprudence , bound volumes containing issues of prominent law reviews from around the country, federal and state statutes and regulations (such as

378-487: A large, ornate safe that traveled around Cape Horn and an oak chest built for justice Lord by a prisoner that was allowed to stay in prison after his sentence had ended at his own request. As the primary legal resource for the state government, it also has a collection of case law from all fifty states. Along with the Oregon State Library and Willamette University ’s J. W. Long Law Library and Hatfield libraries ,

432-418: A law library. Public law libraries are available in many states, often in the local courthouses . Certain larger law firms maintain a private library for their own attorneys, but many firms in college towns and larger cities with universities simply dispatch their attorneys to local law schools to do legal research. A typical law library holds a large number of works not seen in other libraries, including

486-526: A marble finish, ornate spiral staircase, the stained-glass skylight, a library with columns throughout, and tile flooring. The primary wood used in the courtroom is Philippine mahogany . The Oregon Supreme Court Building currently houses the courtroom for the Supreme Court and the state's law library. This single courtroom is also home to where oral arguments are heard for the Oregon Court of Appeals , while

540-615: A public law library. While New York public access law libraries have remained relatively small, the LA Law Library in Los Angeles County is currently second in size behind the Law Library of Congress among U.S. public law libraries, with a collection at just under 1 million volumes, not including digital resources. Public law libraries are available, and in some cases are required, to offer law library and legal research services to

594-464: A second capitol building where the court was located on the third floor. In 1911, a bill was introduced in the Oregon Legislature by John A. Carson (grandfather of future Chief Justice Wallace P. Carson, Jr. ) to expand the 1876 capitol building to add a wing for the court. This bill was later amended to allow for the construction of a separate building instead. Construction began in 1912 with

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648-554: A section of the university library devoted to law. In the United States, law school libraries may be subject to accreditation review by the American Bar Association Standards of Legal Education . Law libraries may be found in courts (e.g. judge's chambers ), legislatures (e.g. the Law Library of Congress ), prison libraries , government departments, private law firms , and barristers' chambers . Outside of

702-730: A variety of legal periodicals. The library is also a depository for the Federal Depository Library Program . Historical documents include an 1854 copy of the Revised Statutes of the Territory of Oregon and a copy of the Congressional Act creating the Oregon Territory from 1848. Historical books include one from 1569 concerning Magna Carta , an 18th-century book by Blackstone , and a 17th-century version of Coke's Commentary . Additional items of historic note are

756-509: A vast " Oregon Country " (as the American side called it) that comprised the present-day U.S. states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, parts of Montana and Wyoming, and the portion of what is now the Canadian province of British Columbia south of the parallel 54°40′ north. During the period of joint occupation, most activity in the region outside of the activities of the indigenous people came from

810-496: Is the United States Environmental Protection Agency , which runs a National Library Network providing access to specialized material to agency researchers and the general public. The United States Supreme Court Building houses one of the most extensive federal public law libraries in the world, rivaled by the Law Library of Congress . Strictly speaking, neither the U.S. Supreme Court Library nor

864-644: Is the library of Harvard Law School , which holds over 2 million volumes. By way of contrast, the largest law library in the United Kingdom is the Bodleian Law Library with a collection of over 550,000 volumes. Broadly speaking, there are three categories of law libraries in the United States: academic, public, and private. Every law school accredited by the American Bar Association houses

918-609: The Columbus Day Storm that caused an estimated $ 170 million in damages, the decorative stained-glass skylight in the courtroom was damaged. The original stained-glass piece was created by Povey Brothers Art Glass Works , who were the premier artisans of that trade in the Northwest from 1888 to 1929. Beginning in 1981 the building was renovated with much of the courtroom refurbished with Italian silk paneling, hand-painted carpet, and new furniture built by inmates. This refurbishing

972-468: The Law Library of Congress is a public access law library; both, however, are government libraries funded by taxpayers, and accountable to the U.S. Supreme Court or to the U.S. Congress respectively. The Law Library of Congress does serve the public through various means, e.g. websites, social media services, and a physically accessible library. New York and California are examples of states that have statutes requiring all their counties to maintain

1026-706: The United Kingdom is the Bodleian Law Library with a collection of over 550,000 volumes. Outside of England, the largest law library in the Commonwealth of Nations is Osgoode Hall Law School 's at York University in Canada, with more than 500,000 print volumes. The earliest common law law libraries were founded in the late 15th century in London and include Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn . Special collections of legal literature in university and research libraries in England include

1080-478: The United States Code and Code of Federal Regulations ), and a variety of treatises , encyclopedias, looseleaf services , and practice guides. Large law libraries may contain many additional materials covering topics such as: legal education , research , and writing ; the history of the American legal system and profession; the history behind certain high-profile cases; techniques of oral argument; and

1134-652: The fur trade , which was dominated by the British Hudson's Bay Company . Over time, some trappers began to settle down in the area and began farming, and missionaries started to arrive in the 1830s. Some settlers also began arriving in the late 1830s, and covered wagons crossed the Oregon Trail beginning in 1841. At that time, the only governments that existed in the Oregon Country were the individual local Native Americans communities, as no one nation held dominion over

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1188-565: The AALL and specifically the Academic Law Libraries special interest section. In addition to providing library services, many "dual degree" (J.D. / M.L.I.S.) law librarians teach legal research to law students. Public law libraries in the United States exist in many states and in federal jurisdictions, such as federal agencies ; many courthouses also have a law library. Public law libraries are publicly funded but may or may not be open to

1242-510: The Government Law Libraries special interest section. Public law librarians who have written books about providing legal research services to the public and managing public law libraries include Anthony Aycock, Roy Balleste, Joel Fishman, Paul D. Healey, Ellyssa Kroski, Laurie Selwyn, and Virginia Tucker. Some law firms and corporate legal departments maintain in-house libraries, the size and content of which vary depending on

1296-574: The Oregon Territory, 5 were Catholic , 1 was Baptist , 1 was Congregational , 1 was Methodist , and 1 was Presbyterian . In the 1850 United States census , 10 counties in the Oregon Territory (7 counties in contemporary Oregon and 3 in contemporary Washington ) reported the following population counts: On February 14, 1859, the territory entered the Union as the U.S. state of Oregon within its current boundaries. The remaining eastern portion of

1350-454: The President of the United States. The two-chamber Oregon Territorial Legislature was responsible for passing laws, with seats in both the upper-chamber council and lower-chamber house of representatives filled by local elections held each year. Taxation took the form of an annual property tax of 0.25% for territorial purposes with an additional county tax not to exceed this amount. This tax

1404-566: The United States, the largest and most extensive law libraries are those found in countries that follow the English common law which spread throughout the world with the expansion of the British Empire . These countries include but are not limited to Australia , Canada , India , and New Zealand . Law libraries in these countries can be found in law schools, courts, government, private law firms, and barristers chambers. The largest law library in

1458-794: The Viner collection at the Bodleian Library , University of Oxford (the personal library of Charles Viner , bequeathed to the Radcliffe Library in 1756); a collection of English legal manuscripts at Cambridge University Library ; the Smuts collection on Commonwealth law, the Maitland collection on legal history, and the Clark, Roby and Buckland collections relating to Roman law , all in the Squire Law Library,

1512-452: The building is home to Oregon Judicial Department . The Supreme Court's courtroom and offices for the justices are located on the third floor. This building is the oldest state government building in Oregon. In 2006, new security measures were implemented at the building that require visitors to sign in with an Oregon State Police officer who is posted at a security desk near the main entrance to

1566-527: The building on the first floor. In October 2019 the Court moved to temporary quarters elsewhere in the city when the building began two years of upgrades to include strengthening the structure against earthquake. The State of Oregon Law Library on the second floor of the building was created in 1848 when Oregon Territory was created. In 1851 the legislature passed an act to provide a librarian for this library that mainly served Oregon government officials. Then in 1855

1620-688: The creation of the Provisional Government of Oregon . In 1846, the Oregon boundary dispute between the U.S. and Britain was settled with the signing of the Oregon Treaty . The United States federal government left their part of the region unorganized for two years until news of the Whitman massacre reached the United States Congress and helped to facilitate the organization of the region into

1674-490: The design by local architect William C. Knighton . Knighton was the state's first official architect. The building was completed in early 1914 and the first session of court in the building was held on February 14, 1914 in the third floor courtroom. This was the 55th anniversary of Oregon's statehood. Total cost for the structure was $ 320,000. Prior to the completion of the Oregon State Library Building in 1939

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1728-435: The faculty. The ABA further sets forth additional requirements, including the requirement that the law library have a full-time director who holds a law degree and a degree in library or information science or equivalent with extensive experience in librarianship. The ABA also requires that the library have sufficient staff and facilities to attend to the needs of the institution. Many academic law librarians participate in

1782-1009: The law . Law libraries are also used by people who draft or advocate for new laws, e.g. legislators and others who work in state government , local government , and legislative counsel offices or the U.S. Office of Law Revision Counsel and lobbying professionals. Self-represented, or pro se , litigants (parties to a civil lawsuit or criminal defendants who do not have a licensed attorney representing them) also use law libraries. A law library may contain print, computer assisted legal research , and microform collections of laws in force, session laws , superseded laws , foreign and international law , and other research resources, e.g. continuing legal education resources and legal encyclopedias (e.g. Corpus Juris Secundum among others), legal treatises , and legal history . A law library may also have law librarians who help legal researchers navigate law library collections and who teach legal research . Some law libraries serve scholars from around

1836-484: The law library is a member of the Hatfield Library Consortium and shares a single reference catalog. The library is staffed by librarians and contains copy machines and computers for legal research. Oregon Territory The Territory of Oregon was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August 14, 1848, until February 14, 1859, when the southwestern portion of

1890-463: The legal community consisting of legislators and other public officials, judges, and lawyers and to the general public, students, and to self-represented litigants. These public law libraries may be affiliated state or local courts. Some academic law libraries provide public access as well, especially in public universities . Many public law librarians are members of the American Association of Law Libraries professional association, and specifically in

1944-617: The legislative history of important federal and state statutes. Smaller law libraries usually hold, at a minimum, one unofficial Supreme Court reporter, selected West national reporters and digests specific to the state in which the library is located, the United States Code, a few state-specific reporters and statutory compilations (if they exist for a particular state), and several state-specific treatises and practice guides. Most academic law library websites also contain legal research guidelines on numerous legal topics that are available to

1998-427: The number of electrical outlets from just two. Currently the library is open to everyone and is the largest state government law library in the state. The library is a split level facility existing on both the second floor and third floor of the building. The library has a total of 165,000 volumes in its collections. Collections include the laws of all United States jurisdictions , many historical legal documents, and

2052-428: The other hand, some university law libraries retain extensive historical collections going back to the earliest English reports. Many law libraries also participate in the Federal Depository Library Program which provides access to government information and documents to the public at no cost. This is particularly true of law school libraries as the library at any accredited law school is automatically eligible to become

2106-506: The public. In recent years, the advent of online legal research outlets such as FindLaw , Westlaw , LexisNexis , Bloomberg Law , and HeinOnline (or in Canada, CanLII ) has reduced the need for some types of printed volumes like reporters and statutory compilations. A number of law libraries have therefore reduced the availability of printed works that can easily be found on the Internet, and have increased their own Internet availability. On

2160-451: The public. U.S. federal agencies have libraries and librarians who serve the legal research and other research needs of their employees and contractors, but these libraries are not open to the general public without an appointment. The Law Librarians' Society of Washington D.C. has a Special Interest Section, Federal Law Librarians. Some state and federal agencies maintain law libraries focusing on their regulatory areas. One prominent example

2214-510: The region not long thereafter. Subsequent land-based exploration by Alexander Mackenzie and the Lewis and Clark Expedition and development of the fur trade in the region strengthened the competing claims of Great Britain and the United States. The competing interests of the two foremost claimants were addressed in the Treaty of 1818 , which sanctioned a "joint occupation", by British and Americans, of

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2268-657: The river was organized into the Washington Territory . The Oregon Constitutional Convention was held in 1857 to draft a constitution in preparation for becoming a state, with the convention delegates approving the document in September, and then general populace approving the document in November. In 1850, 10 years after the end of the Second Great Awakening (1790–1840), of the 9 churches with regular services in

2322-422: The same building as the general library, but many are either in the law school's building, or in a separate facility altogether. As of 2015, the American Bar Association has propounded rules requiring each law school's law library to include among its holdings the following "core collection": The ABA also requires a library's collection to meet the academic needs of the students and research and teaching needs of

2376-475: The seat of government from 1848 to 1851, followed by Salem from 1851 to 1855. Corvallis served briefly as the capital in 1855, followed by a permanent return to Salem later that year. In 1853, as a result of the Monticello Convention and its approval by Congress and President Millard Fillmore , the portion of the territory north of the lower Columbia River and north of the 46th parallel east of

2430-479: The state library was located in the basement and first floor of the Supreme Court Building. As this building and the Oregon State Capitol were connected by tunnels used for utilities, the fire that destroyed the capitol in 1935 also damaged the library. This was due to all the water that was used to fight the fire drained into the basement and destroyed many books in the library . On October 12, 1962, during

2484-412: The territory (the portions in present-day southern Idaho and western Wyoming) was added to the Washington Territory . 45°30′N 117°00′W  /  45.5°N 117°W  / 45.5; -117 Law library A law library is a special library used by law students , lawyers , judges and their law clerks , historians, and other scholars of legal history in order to research

2538-675: The territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Oregon . Originally claimed by several countries (see Oregon Country ), Spanish "El Orejón" was part of the Territorio de Nutca (1789–1795), later in the 19th century, the region was divided between the British Empire and the US in 1846. When established, the territory encompassed an area that included the current states of Oregon, Washington , and Idaho , as well as parts of Wyoming and Montana . The capital of

2592-474: The territory was first Oregon City , then Salem , followed briefly by Corvallis , then back to Salem, which became the state capital upon Oregon's admission to the Union. Originally inhabited by Native Americans, the region that became the Oregon Territory was explored by Europeans first by sea. The first documented voyage of exploration was made in 1777 by the Spanish, and both British and American vessels visited

2646-462: The territory. A group of settlers in the Willamette Valley began meeting in 1841 to discuss organizing a government for the area. These earliest documented discussions, mostly concerning forming a government, were held in an early pioneer and Native American encampment and later town known as Champoeg, Oregon . These first Champoeg Meetings eventually led to further discussions, and in 1843

2700-497: The world, e.g. Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London and the New York City Bar Association Law Library. Law libraries in the United States are usually classified as a type of special library because of their focus on providing specialized resources, as well as their specialized and limited user base. Most law schools around the world have a law library, or in some universities , at least

2754-477: Was built over the decorative skylight installed in 1914. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020. The building's exterior's finish is a cream colored terra cotta. It has five ornate columns in relief on the front of the building's façade. The exterior was designed to resemble the previous Oregon Capitol building (which burned in 1935). On the interior, the building contains

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2808-475: Was completed in 2002 when the State of Oregon Law Library's renovations were completed. During this time in 1989, the building was added to Salem's Historic Properties List as a local historic landmark. Funds for the renovations came from private donors. The stained-glass skylight located above the courtroom that has a design of the Oregon State Seal was reinforced at this time and a protective clear skylight

2862-521: Was the 42nd parallel north (the boundary of the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819), and it extended north to the 49th parallel. Oregon City, Oregon , was designated as the first capital. The territorial government consisted of a governor , a marshal, a secretary , an attorney, and a three-judge supreme court . Judges on the court also sat as trial level judges as they rode circuit across the territory. All of these offices were filled by appointment by

2916-436: Was to be paid on all town lots and improvements, mills, carriages, clocks and watches, and livestock; farmland and farm products were not taxed. In addition, a poll tax of 50 cents for every qualified voter under age 60 was assessed and a graduated schedule of merchants' licenses established, ranging from the peddlar's rate of $ 10 per year to a $ 60 annual fee on firms with more than $ 20,000 of capital. Oregon City served as

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