CanLII Changes: News You Can Use

Hello, Know How subscribers and visitors from the World Wide Web. Chiming in today to re-broadcast some announcements from our friends over at the Canadian Legal Information Institute, more commonly known as CanLII, Canada’s most trusted free repository for jurisprudence and legal information. Some of you will have seen this news via CanLII’s own blog post this past Tuesday. We’re signal boosting here for those who might otherwise miss it – click through to read about some big announcements they made this past week.

Okay! Recent changes over at CanLII that readers of our blog should be aware of:

1. Enhanced Homepage & Personalized myCanLII Profile (all links are to CanLII’s posts)
   
   The new and improved homepage features more customizable results display options for everyone. Whether or not you elect to register for the full myCanLII experience, you can now tailor the results display to your specifications, e.g. by enabling or disabling various kinds of metadata (dates, pages, citations), opting into or out of AI tools, and choosing to include document snippets (or not).
   
   The myCanLII personal profile component makes your most important research tools immediately accessible. When you’re signed in, you’ll see your recent folders and alert updates right there on the home screen. How convenient is that?!
   
   
2. Introducing CanLII Search+
   
   In keeping with our deep and abiding love for complex search syntax (no, seriously!), we’d be remiss not to mention the new AI-powered research assistant, CanLII Search+. You don’t even have to build the searches yourself: ask your questions in plain language, trust that your results will be real cases as verified by actual humans, and receive results that highlight the most relevant sections. For syntax nerds like us, the Boolean search string is clearly visible in the results – you can actually see how the query is built, which will help you refine your search more effectively, if you’re so inclined.
   
   
3. A Host of New Publications
   
   Recently added resources include but are not limited to: The Fundamentals of the Law of Evidence: Cases and Commentaries by Nikos Harris; Artificial Intelligence & Criminal Justice: Cases and Commentary (2026 ed.) by Benjamin Perrin; and  five open-access career preparation ebooks from Emond Publishing, aimed at supporting law students, licensing candidates, and internationally trained professionals at key stages of their careers. And the French edition of the Canadian Open Access Legal (COAL) Citation Guide, Guide canadien de la référence juridique en accès libre (RJAL), which has been customized to focus on Quebec civil law, was published on CanLII this past February. 
   
   Go explore the new features and functionality today!