Articles in Channel: Legal Research & Law Library Blogs

The Friday Fillip

November 21, 2008 17:26

? What kind of blog am I…? ? Thanks to librarians Judith A. Siess and Karen Sawatzky, I learned about Typealizer, an online service that offers to type your blog along Myers-Briggs (i.e. Jungian) lines. Unsurprisingly, Slaw comes out as a “Duty Fulfiller,” or an ISTJ (inroverted...

LIFE Photo Archive Available via Google

November 21, 2008 15:14

Google has recently released a LIFE magazine photo archive. The archive contains millions of photographs, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time. I particularly enjoyed this cover image titled...Google has recently released a LIFE...

Where There’s a “Will”…

November 21, 2008 14:15

There’s an interesting exchange over at AdamsDrafting between blogger Ken Adams and a couple of lawyers from Cassels Brock, John Gillies and Kathleen Hogan. The issue is the use of “shall” and “will” in business contracts, having, of course, to do with the expression...

Newspaper Political Cartoons Celebrate Election

November 21, 2008 14:09

Bigpicture’s posterous has compiled a wonderfulsampling of newspapers' political cartoons celebratingthis year's historic election. Enjoy!

Lawyer2Lawyer Podcast: Legal Issues in the Auto Bailout

November 21, 2008 13:58

This week, Lawyer2Lawyer co-hosts Robert Ambrogiand J. Craig Williams discuss the legal and policy issuessurrounding a bailout for the big three automakers.Guests are Professor Eugene F. Fama, the Robert R.McCormick Distinguished Service Professor of Finance atthe University of Chicago Booth School...

Making Legal SaaS Trustworthy

November 21, 2008 12:40

One of my more recent clients is Clio, a Vancouver-based SaaS (Software as a Service) company built for web-based law practice management. Clio’s target market is clearly set at solos and small firms, and feature wise they’re incredibly strong. They know who they want to serve, and...

Law Society of BC's Wiki Pilot Project

Steve Matthews
November 20, 2008 22:37

Law societies in most provinces have guidelines for continuing professional development (CPD), and traditionally, credits for that CPD have been earned by attending CLE seminars and workshops.In BC, 2009 will mark the introduction of a formal, compulsory Continuing Professional Development program....

Vancouver Courthouse Library Closed Over the Weekend: Nov 21-23

November 20, 2008 22:10

Due to testing and maintenance work on the water supply to the Vancouver Law Courts Building, there will be no access to the Building, including the Courthouse Library, starting from 6 p.m. Friday, November 21st and continuing through the weekend. The New Westminster Courthouse Library is also...

Secondary sources

November 20, 2008 22:03

I’ve noticed that librarians, like lawyers, have a language of their own. When I get together with another library person and we are talking about textbooks, we never say textbooks, we always say secondary sources. Secondary sources? The Collections Canada Learning Centre provides a great...

New Westminster Courthouse Library Closed Saturday Nov 22

November 20, 2008 22:00

The New Westminster Courthouse Library will be closed on Saturday November 22 from 9:30 am til 12:30 pm as the courthouse will be closed to conduct electrical maintenance work.  All computers and equipment at the New Westminster Courthouse Library will be powered down for the...