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.
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Lucky 21: Part Three
In Part III of our Lucky 21 for 2021 series, we’ve gathered a selection of blogs, twitter accounts and podcasts that we feel will keep you up-to-date with what’s going on in the legal world, and maybe even entertained!
Legal Research Survival Guide, Part 9 – Legal Writing Resources
This post focuses on the final stage of the research process – writing. The importance of this stage is self-evident – all of the hard work you’ve put into researching your client’s legal problem will be wasted if you can’t effectively communicate your findings and analysis.
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Know How, the blog of the Great Library 