The minutes of the June 2007 meeting of
the Legal Research Section of the CBA BC Branch refer to a recent decision in BC where Quicklaw charges were... [more]
I shared some tips about technology skills with some fine folks via webinar with CBA Manitoba's
Legal Research Section recently.
-- Minutes from both the Legal Research Network (LRN) meeting of 17 May 1991 and of the CBA - BC
Legal Research Section — I would love to know what was on their plate in 1991 (I joined the LRN in what must have been their last year or so in the mid 90's).
The minutes of the June 2007 meeting of
the Legal Research Section of the CBA BC Branch refer to a recent decision in BC where Quicklaw charges were disallowed — see Prehara v. Royer, 2007 BCSC 912:
Please refer to the Cost Effective Electronic
Legal Research section of this page.
«Labour & Employment Law Research — Tips & Tricks» Manitoba Bar Association
Legal Research Section (June 19, 2012)
At the same time, I think that once the students graduate, the Bar Association can play a significant role in helping students improve their research skills (such as through
a Legal Research Section).
In provinces where there is no separate
legal research section, why is that?
What about a national
legal research section of the Canadian Bar Association?
Is there any movement to create
legal research sections in those jurisdictions?
I know that
legal research sections have been established in British Columbia, Alberta (North and South), Manitoba and Quebec.
Not exact matches
Section 7606 of the act, Legitimacy of Industrial Hemp
Research, defines industrial hemp as distinct and authorizes institutions of higher education or State departments of agriculture in states where hemp is legal to grow hemp for research or agricultural pilot p
Research, defines industrial hemp as distinct and authorizes institutions of higher education or State departments of agriculture in states where hemp is
legal to grow hemp for
research or agricultural pilot p
research or agricultural pilot programs.
Also included is a
Research Summary of the benefits of father - inclusive practice to children and mothers; a
Legal Briefing (which explores issues of confidentiality, data collection and Parental Responsibility); and Resources
sections.
Included in the Toolkit is a
Research Summary of the benefits of father - inclusive practice to children and mothers; a
Legal Briefing (which explores issues of confidentiality, data collection and Parental Responsibility); and Resources
sections.
Among the bill's most controversial
sections is
legal clarification allowing
research on so - called hybrid embryos, where a human nucleus is inserted into an animal egg.
Section 7606 of the act, Legitimacy of Industrial Hemp
Research, defines industrial hemp as distinct and authorizes institutions of higher education or state departments of agriculture in states where hemp is legal to grow hemp for research or agricultural pilot p
Research, defines industrial hemp as distinct and authorizes institutions of higher education or state departments of agriculture in states where hemp is
legal to grow hemp for
research or agricultural pilot p
research or agricultural pilot programs.
Farmers in states where hemp is
legal may be able to grow hemp for
research purposes under
Section 7606.
Every time you change a title or
section number, you impair the ability of people doing
legal research (both judges and lawyers) to find previous case law interpreting the meaning of the statute.
FindLaw's new Missouri Revised Statutes and Constitution
section is made possible through our partnership with Thomson Reuters Westlaw, FindLaw's sister company and the industry leader in online
legal research.
In this
section, you will find
research reports about public
legal education issues, including such topics as how to deliver PLE effectively and how to perform needs assessment in PLE.
So I would challenge
research lawyers in other provinces, where there is not yet a dedicated
section of the bar association for
legal research, to take the initiative and create such a
section.
Are you content to join the substantive
sections dealing with
legal issues you
research, or would you prefer to have a special
section dedicated to
legal research generally?
Genie Tyburski's Virtual Chase now offers a new
section of the
Legal Research Guide entitled RSS Feeds for Law.
Alternate Hearing Committee Member, District of Columbia Board of Professional Responsibility Co-chair, Foreign Activities of U.S. Taxpayers Young Lawyers Subcommittee, American Bar Association Member, Taxation
Section, American Bar Association Member, Taxation
Section, District of Columbia Bar Association Former Teaching Assistant,
Legal Research and Writing, Washington University School of Law Member, Pathfinder Program, Leadership Council on
Legal Diversity
The ABA's Litigation
Section's website has a number of useful resources, but I hadn't noticed its podcasts, including one that could be usefully shown to law students of young associates on how to use the web intelligently for American
legal research.
Kendra and I connected through the CBA
Research Lawyers South section meeting where I shared some tips on using social media sites for legal r
Research Lawyers South
section meeting where I shared some tips on using social media sites for
legal researchresearch.
Outside of the academic law library world a couple of noteworthy bibliographies include the Suggested Textbooks
section of Catherine Best's Guide to Canadian
Legal Research and the Legaltree.ca website's Resources by Subject Area
According to Louis Sirico, chairman of the AALS
Section on
Legal Writing,
Research and Reasoning, the boycott is a «matter of principle... we just don't believe in this kind of discrimination.»
CBA Saskatchewan is considering expanding its
sections and providing a
Legal Research forum for lawyers that are interested in maintaining and honing their research
Research forum for lawyers that are interested in maintaining and honing their
researchresearch skills.
Slaw.ca collaborator Ted Tjaden has a
section on how to find law reform commission reports on his
legal research writing website.
This
section will be geared towards those who conduct
legal research, including lawyers with firms, the courts, government, corporations and law reform and other
legal institutions, contract
research lawyers, and law librarians in the private and public sectors.
International Business Law Consortium is an international alliance of select law firms with an impeccable reputation for service - oriented professionalism, having been repeatedly ranked in the first tier (Band 1) by the Leading Law Firm Network
section of Chambers Global; promoting and disseminating knowledge in a cross-border and transnational manner, IBLC was established in 1996 by the Center for International
Legal Studies (CILS), a reputed law
research, training, and teaching institute, founded in 1976 in Salzburg, Austria; currently, IBLC brings together over 80 members represented by independent law, tax and consultancy firms ranked by Chambers and
Legal 500, whilst having a strong presence in Europe and the USA, and consolidating its position in Asia and Africa as well.
As revealed by
research done by IFLA's Law Libraries
Section, there are a variety of inconsistent practices currently carried out by different government agencies that «pose a risk to sustainable access to public
legal information in the digital age.»
In administering the program, the Director will participate in the hiring, orientation, training, and evaluation of
legal research and writing instructors; participate in the orientation of incoming first - year law students; prepare the syllabi and the common writing problems used by all
legal research and writing
sections; chair regular meetings of the
legal research and writing instructors to discuss course content, teaching methods, and related issues; handle student issues related to the program; oversee the selection of
legal research and writing award recipients; coordinate
legal research and writing with the broader curriculum in conjunction with the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; and perform other related administrative duties as assigned.
In addition, the Director will teach one or more
sections of the two - semester
legal research and writing course for first year law students and other
legal writing courses as assigned.
The next chapter considers the effects of
legal publishing practices, and the penultimate
section surveys the various
research tools the firm librarian relies on for sound knowledge.
Primary responsibilities include teaching two courses per semester, most likely one
section of
Legal Research and Writing to first - year law students and one
section of
Legal Analysis for the Bar to third - year law students.
A
section of their website is dedicated to helping Albertans Get pointed in the right direction as they begin their
legal research.
The award is named for Professor Emerita Mary S. Lawrence, longtime Director of the
Legal Writing and
Research Program at the University of Oregon School of Law and an early Chair of the Association of American Law Schools
Section on
Legal Writing, Reasoning, and
Research.
The award is named for Professor Emerita Mary S. Lawrence, longtime Director of the
Legal Writing and
Research Program at the University of Oregon School of Law and an early Chair of the Association of American Law Schools
Section (AALS) on
Legal Writing, Reasoning, and
Research.
For her scholarship and her pioneering work in
legal writing education, Mary received the first Distinguished Service Award from the AALS Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research; the inaugural Marjorie Rombauer Award from the Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD); a joint LWI / ALWD Lifetime Achievement Award; and the Burton Award for Outstanding Contributions to Legal Writing Educa
legal writing education, Mary received the first Distinguished Service Award from the AALS
Section on
Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research; the inaugural Marjorie Rombauer Award from the Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD); a joint LWI / ALWD Lifetime Achievement Award; and the Burton Award for Outstanding Contributions to Legal Writing Educa
Legal Writing, Reasoning, and
Research; the inaugural Marjorie Rombauer Award from the Association of
Legal Writing Directors (ALWD); a joint LWI / ALWD Lifetime Achievement Award; and the Burton Award for Outstanding Contributions to Legal Writing Educa
Legal Writing Directors (ALWD); a joint LWI / ALWD Lifetime Achievement Award; and the Burton Award for Outstanding Contributions to
Legal Writing Educa
Legal Writing Education.
A successful candidate will teach two or more courses in the
Legal Research and Writing program, including at least one section of the legal research and writing course for first - year law students (approximately 20 students per sect
Legal Research and Writing program, including at least one section of the legal research and writing course for first - year law students (approximately 20 students per s
Research and Writing program, including at least one
section of the
legal research and writing course for first - year law students (approximately 20 students per sect
legal research and writing course for first - year law students (approximately 20 students per s
research and writing course for first - year law students (approximately 20 students per
section).
Similarly, the short
section on Words and Phrases is under the
Legal Dictionaries heading, with the result that it does not appear in the table of contents and is given less prominence than this important
research tool deserves.
An example is
legal research as done in the law office, in contrast to the way legal research can be done in a highly specialized, high volume support service such as LAO LAW; see: Access to Justice — Unaffordable Legal Services» Concepts and Solutions» (sections 8 - 10 (pp. 41 - 81)(SSRN, August, 2017,
legal research as done in the law office, in contrast to the way
legal research can be done in a highly specialized, high volume support service such as LAO LAW; see: Access to Justice — Unaffordable Legal Services» Concepts and Solutions» (sections 8 - 10 (pp. 41 - 81)(SSRN, August, 2017,
legal research can be done in a highly specialized, high volume support service such as LAO LAW; see: Access to Justice — Unaffordable
Legal Services» Concepts and Solutions» (sections 8 - 10 (pp. 41 - 81)(SSRN, August, 2017,
Legal Services» Concepts and Solutions» (
sections 8 - 10 (pp. 41 - 81)(SSRN, August, 2017, pdf.
This working group is a collaboration between CLEA and the AALS
Section on Clinical
Legal Education, with the goal of
researching the ABA's site visit process, including the ABA's appointment of site visit teams, and the effect and interpretation of the revised ABA Accreditation Standards related to clinics and externships.
I have updated the Reference Tools page of my
legal research and writing website with a new
section on Law Reform Commission Reports, a topic that — in retrospect — was likely insufficiently treated in my book.
Over the past two years I have had the pleasure of presenting an educational program on how to conduct free
legal research online at American Bar Association (ABA) annual, midyear, and
section meetings.
The duties and responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following functions, which are not listed in any particular order of significance: • Teach one or two
sections of
Legal Research and Writing per semester, which includes providing classroom instruction, timely written feedback on assignments, and individual academic counseling on progress towards course learning objectives.
The successful candidate will teach two
sections each semester (approximately 20 students per
section; a 2/2 course load) of Lawyering Skills I & II, the required two - semester first - year
legal research, writing, and analysis course.
Moderator, Canadian
Legal Ethics Listserv Secretary and Treasurer, Canadian Association for
Legal Ethics (CALE) Vice-Dean
Research & Associate Professor Faculty of Law, Common Law
Section University of Ottawa