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CPD-Accredited Legislative Research – Virtual Fall Sessions

Understanding the history of a statute can provide insight into its drafting and the way courts may interpret it.

For those looking to refresh their skills or meet their CPD requirements, the Great Library’s Legislative and Regulations Research Refreshers can help! These are 2 free sessions which each contain 1 professionalism hour, making them a practical and accessible way to strengthen your research skills while earning credit.

CPD-Accredited Legislative Research – Virtual Summer Sessions

Need a refresher on legislative or regulatory research? Join our law librarians for a series of free, 1-hour online group tutorials that cover the fundamentals, provide practical research strategies, and demonstrate time-saving tools to help you navigate complex legal sources. Each session qualifies for 1 Professionalism Hour.

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.