Practice Management – Know How, the blog of the Great Library

New Year, New Resource

The Law Society’s Practice Management Resources page has been overhauled! The renovated page features a new look, clearer navigation, and easier access to its valuable content. Brought to you by the great minds of the Law Society of Ontario’s Practice Management Resources team, lawyers and paralegals can find and access everything from templates and tools to essential information and guidelines. Whether you’re starting a new practice, managing client relationships, navigating conflicts of interest, or organizing your files, the updated page has got you covered.

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.

Legal Research Survival Guide, Part 7 –Organizing Your Research

Being an effective organizer is just as important as being an effective researcher—identifying and locating the law and commentary relevant to your research problem is only as useful as your ability to a) find that information again at a later date when it is needed and b) effectively communicate those findings to your principal, your client, others working on the file and most importantly, yourself.