The Supreme Court of Canada has released its annual report 2024 Year in Review.
The report covers the Court’s activities over the past year, including information about decisions and statistics.
Library Boy, published by Michel Adrien, focuses on developments and issues related to Canadian legal institutions and law librarianship. The blog covers topics such as Supreme Court of Canada activities and reports, law library profession trends, diversity and inclusion within law librarianship, copyright and controlled digital lending in legal collections, and access to justice through tribunals in Canada. It also highlights events and webinars organized by the Canadian Association of Law Libraries, addressing practical and policy challenges in legal information management and judicial processes. The content reflects ongoing concerns about transparency, accessibility, and the evolving role of legal libraries and tribunals in the Canadian legal system.
The Supreme Court of Canada has released its annual report 2024 Year in Review.
The report covers the Court’s activities over the past year, including information about decisions and statistics.
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The most recent issue of the Canadian Law Library Review (CLLR) is available online.
The CLLR is the official journal of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL). It is an open access publication.Check out the feature article “Unmasking Identities:…
The Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) is hosting a webinar on Copyright and Controlled Digital Lending on April 4, 2025 at 1PM EST:”The dream of shared library collections – whether print or digital – has long been seen as a…
The draft program of the 2025 annual conference of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries is now available.
The conference takes place in late May in Calgary, Alberta
The Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) is hosting a webinar on April 2, 2005 from 12 to 1PM EST on Tribunals for Access to Justice in Canada: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly:”Canada’s tribunals resolve many of…
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), along with other partner organizations, hosted a summit on Canadian digital preservation at the Library and Archives Canada location in Gatineau, Québec on November 21-22, 2024.The full report of the event is now…
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) recently created a Canadian Assessment Community of Practice (CoP) and is inviting people interested in joining to register by March 17:”The purpose of this community of practice is to engage library workers based in…
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) recently published its report Safe, Informed, Supported: Reforming Justice Responses to Sexual Violence.
From the press release:”[The Commission] concluded that the justice system is currently failing to meet the twin goals of access…
In November 2024, the Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) and the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) published an AI human rights impact assessment based specifically on Canadian human rights law. This week, the LCO published what it calls a Backgrounder that summarizes …
The Law Society of Ontario’s Great Library has published a blog post about Treatise Finders (US Legal Research) with useful information on where to find the top US textbooks in different areas of law:”For Canadian legal practitioners, the need to…