State of Oregon Law Library

The library catalog describes all the resources the State of Oregon Law Library provides access to in its collection, from books to journals to databases. 

From the catalog you can: 

• search the materials by Title, Author, Keyword, or other options
• view a description of a resource and find ways to access it
• use your library card to place holds on items 
• browse CLEs, Oregon legal materials, treatises, statutes, and more

Click wherever you see the open book  to search library materials, or click here. To get tips on searching the catalog, please visit the SOLL Searching LibGuide.

The library maintains an extensive collection of historic and rare books, including:

• Oregon laws, city charters, and voter pamphlets
• U.S. state constitutional materials
• U.S. state and territorial reporters going back to the 1790s
• Early legal works of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales
• Historic legal directories
• Historic treatises of national significance

Please check out our catalog to search titles or browse subjects. Please note that historic materials are only available to view within the library.

The State of Oregon Law Library digital collections offer electronic access to a variety of government publications, published by the State of Oregon Law Library in partnership with the agency which created the original print documents.

Collections:

• Oregon Attorney General Public Records Orders - This collection contains the Oregon Attorney General's Public Records from 1981-2015. The collection offers full text search of all orders or advanced search options to search specific fields such as petitioner, agency, or date. SOLL worked closely with the Oregon Department of Justice to provide online access to these documents. 
• Oregon Appellate Court Briefs & Opinions - This collection contains unofficial, redacted, copies of Oregon Supreme Court (SC) and Court of Appeals (COA) Briefs and Opinions. This collection does not include confidential and restricted case types. Briefs coverage begins approximately March 2005, continuing to the present. COA Briefs start with 198 Or App 599; SC Briefs start with 342 Or 1. Opinions coverage is 1998 to present. Please note that some files are large, so we advise a fast Internet connection.

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