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The Future (of Legal Citation in Canada) is Now

If you’re a member of, or work anywhere adjacent to, the Canadian legal information community, you’ll have heard by now that there is a new citation guide on the scene: the Canadian Open Access Legal (COAL) Citation Guide. Published in early June 2024, the COAL Citation Guide represents 2 years’ worth of energy and effort by a collective of law librarians and legal professionals across the country, and encompasses input from students, educators, and practitioners throughout the field of Canadian law. Read on if you, like me, might benefit from more context about how and why to use the COAL Guide in your legal research and writing.

vLex Irwin Digital Library is Here!

When onsite at the Great Library, Law Society of Ontario licensees, licensing candidates and articling students now have access to the digital Irwin Law Collection (available through vLex). The entire collection of Irwin Law books, including archived editions, is available on this digital library. Visiting the library soon? You can find a link to this digital collection on our eResources page. If you need help logging in, please email refstaff@lso.ca or see a staff member in library for details.

A selection of books from the Irwin Law Collection (print)

Canadiana-ana-ana-ana! Finding pre-1867 materials

The Law Society of Ontario started building their library collection in 1827 [1], so the Great Library is home to various historical and pre-confederation materials. However, you can find even more historical Canadian documents online through a source called Canadiana.