Law Society of Saskatchewan Archives for CanLII
Legal News (Legal Sourcery)
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July 8, 2020
Lex Electronica is now available on CanLII
CanLII is pleased to announce that the law journal Lex Electronica is now available in our commentary section. Lex Electronica is a publication of the University of Montreal’s Centre de Recherche en Droit Public. Created in 1995, Lex Electronica was the first online law journal to be published in French and one of the first in any language. Incidentally, its first issues were published online by...
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July 7, 2020
COVID-19 content on CanLII and how to find it
Since the start of the pandemic, the legal community and public at large have been observing how COVID-19 has affected the legal system and what the response has been. In fact, CanLII now has more than 2,290 pieces of content relating to COVID-19, which include at least 2,000 cases and 150 pieces of legislation. CanLII continues to update its collection...
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June 15, 2020
CanLII research tips roundup
You may have noticed some new features on CanLII.org to help you conduct legal research more easily and effectively. We’ve rounded up these features below, along with some other tips for using CanLII that could come in handy. Recent features on CanLII Preview the areas of interest in a court or tribunal decision, then jump to those paragraphs. If you look to the...
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June 4, 2020
CanLII update: Two new tribunals, and 50,000+ decisions
We thought you might be interested in getting an update on some of our activities, so we are starting a regular series of posts with some more information about what has been added to CanLII. In the first three months of 2020 we added the following tribunals: Law Society of Nunavut Alberta Residential Tenancy Dispute Resolution Service More than 50,000 decisions...
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May 29, 2020
CanLII’s new dark mode, a pathway to legal research abilities some consider to be unnatural
“Dark modes” are becoming an increasingly common customization option for websites and apps and we’re happy to announce that CanLII deployed its own dark mode today. You will find the switch to “toggle” from the usual “light” mode to the dark mode (geekily named “DarkLII”) in the footer of any CanLII page. “Dark modes” are alleged to save battery life...
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May 26, 2020
New Journal On CanLII: The Asper Review of International Business and Trade Law
We are delighted to announce the addition of the Asper Review of International Business and Trade Law to CanLII’s commentary section. The Asper Review of International Business and Trade Law is an annual publication that covers topics that address trade issues of global interest or in which Canada has a material involvement. Bryan Schwartz, professor of law at the University of Manitoba, is the...
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