Casemaker
The Oregon State Bar Casemakertm Web Library, the comprehensive legal research database provided to all members of the Oregon Bar, is now available to Lewis & Clark Law School students and staff.
To access Casemaker you will need the L&C Law School login and password.
- Go to our Casemaker Login page for the Casemaker login and password
(note: valid L&C email username and password required for access) - Login at the L&C Law School Casemaker entry page
Casemaker is provided by the Oregon State Bar to current students and faculty of the three Oregon law schools. Use of Casemaker is governed by this End User License Agreement (pdf). Unlike Westlaw or LexisNexis, students are welcome to use Casemaker for their legal work in addition to law school-related projects.
The Casemaker library provides primary and secondary legal research resources from the U.S. federal government and 28 states, along with the Casecheck citator service. All materials may be searched by full-text keyword, browsed by title, or retrieved by citation. Highlights of the collection include:
Federal Library
- United States Code (USC)
- Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
- U.S. Constitution
- Supreme Court and Circuit Court decisions
- Federal Court Rules
Oregon Library
- Oregon Revised Statutes
- Session Laws (Oregon Laws)
- Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR)
- Oregon Constitution
- Oregon Supreme Court and Court of Appeals decisions
- Attorney General Opinions
- Court Rules
- Bankruptcy Opinions
- U.S. District Court Opinions, District of Oregon
- Oregon State Bar Ethics Opinions
- Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) Opinions and Orders
- Workers Compensation Opinions
- Employment Relations Board (ERB) Opinions
State Libraries
- Search individual or combined state libraries
- Many states have additional secondary sources in their libraries
- Access to full libraries of 28 states
- Alabama
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
- Casemaker is begining to add the statutes and codes of the other 22 states
Casecheck Citator Feature
- Automatically locates all cases citing the case you are currently viewing
- Provides official citations and direct links to those cases
- Clicking on the link will "jump" you to that portion of the case where your original case is referenced
- Does not contain any analysis
Information and Help
- Casemaker Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- OSB Casemaker User Guide (17-page pdf)
- Contact a Lewis & Clark reference librarian at lawlib@lclark.edu or 503.768.6688, or Rob Truman at rtruman@lclark.edu or 503.768.6780
