Category: Law Library

Posts about the UVic Law Library: hours updates, library news, events, etc.

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Work-study positions at the Law Library

Work-study positions are available at the Law Library!

Three work-study opportunities for law students at the Law Library are now posted on the UVic Student Awards and Financial Aid site. Although three positions are posted, hours may be shared among multiple successful applicants—so we can hire more than three students! Hours can also be flexibly scheduled.

See the SAFA site for the three postings.

Some guidelines:

1. Applicants must be eligible for the Work Study Program. See here for details: https://www.uvic.ca/registrar/safa/work-study/index.php

2. We’d love to have successful applicants join us in the first week of October. We’ll interview on a rolling basis, so please submit your application per the instructions on the posting as soon as you can.

3. If you apply to one particular posting, please indicate whether you would also or alternatively be interested in either of the other two. There is much overlap among the positions.

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Welcome 2015-16 students

To new UVic Law students, welcome, and to returning students, welcome back!

We’re excited to work with you to support your learning and research in 2015-2016.

Her are the law library’s fall term regular hours:

  • Mon-Thu: 08:00 AM – 10:00 PM
  • Friday: 08:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Sat-Sun: 10:00 AM – 05:30 PM

Our hours change at exams and between terms. Full details are available here.

For information on Law’s orientations for new students, visit this page (netlinkID required).

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WestlawNext Canada required password change

At your first WestlawNext Canada signon after May 21st, you may see a pop-up screen asking you to change your password. This is a periodic refreshing required by WestlawNext Canada. The process is simple and takes only a couple of minutes, but it must result in a completely different password.

When you open WestlawNext Canada

  • Go to the Forgot Password screen and select “forgot password”
  • Enter username and email address
  • Answer 3 security questions
  • Enter the username and the temporary password sent to you via email. Enter new password.
  • Sign back into OnePass with your new password!

If you have questions about the process, Thomson Reuters has a dedicated line to support this effort: 1-800-934-9378.

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Magna Carta at 800

As the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta is marked, the UVic Law Library and Special Collections present a selection of resources to illustrate its influence and mythology in the early development of concepts of individual rights and freedoms.
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Dates: June 15 to August 31

Location: Special Collections, McPherson Library—Mearns Centre for Learning

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May 25: New titles in the law library

Watch this space alternate Mondays for regular updates of new print and electronic titles received for the law library. We’ll supply the author, title, and call number information, as well as a link to the catalogue record where you can find out more about each title. Once again, this week’s list includes a number of titles that arrived over the last several weeks.

  • Plant divestitures and acquisitions in the Canadian manufacturing sector / by John R. Baldwin, Robert Gibson and Yanling Wang: Call Number: HC115 E258 no. 056
  • Corruption : economic analysis and international law / the late Marco Arnone, former director, Centre for Macroeconomics and Finance Research, Italy; Leonardo S. Borlino, Bocconi University, Italy: Call Number: JF1081 A76 2014
  • International handbook on whistleblowing research / edited by A.J. Brown, David Lewis, Robert Moberly, Wim Vanderkeckhove: Call Number: JF1525 W45 I67 2014
  • Célébration du Centenaire de la Conférence de La Haye de droit international privé 19 mai 1993 = Celebration of the Centenary of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, 19 May 1993: Call Number: K7054 A35C45 1993
  • Index to Canadian legal literature, 1985-2014 : an index and bibliography of Canadian legal literature classified according to Library of Congress subject headings and the Répertoire de vedettes-matière: Call Number: KE132 I64 2014
  • Open justice = La transparence dans le système judiciaire / edited by/sous la direction de Yves-Marie Morissette, Wade MacLauchlan, Monique Ouellette: Call Number: KE8200 A66 1994
  • The law of evidence / David M. Paciocco, Lee Stuesser: Call Number: KE8440 P32 2015
  • The successes and failures of whistleblower laws / Robert G. Vaughn: Call Number: KF3471 V38 2012
  • The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in a new era / Mike Koehler, founder and editor of FCPA Professor and law professor, Southern Illinois University School of Law, USA: Call Number: KF9351 K64 2014
  • The economic and legal effectiveness of the European Union’s anti-money laundering policy / Brigitte Unger et al.: Call Number: KJE2189 U54 2014
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Intersession and Summer Research Help

Congratulations, students, on completing your final term exams.

For continuing students, please note the library’s reduced hours during intersession, and our summer hours:

Intersession Thurs. Apr. 23-Sun. May 3
Mon-Fri 8:30 am to 4:00 pm
Sat-Sun Closed
Summer Mon. May 4 -Mon. July 27
Mon-Fri 8:00-6:00
Sat-Sun 10:00-5:30

And check or bookmark the UVic Libraries’ hours and location page for ongoing details of our hours of operation.

Our intersession and summer research help will be held in-office. Ask at the circulation desk for directions, or contact us for online and in-person help at lawref@uvic.ca, or 250 472-5023. Full contact details are available at our Contact Us page.

And remember, UVic law students, you need not be away from the law library even if you are away from campus during the break. If you find yourself longing for a look at one of our licensed databases, off-campus access is available to you throughout this time, as always. Simply access the libraries’ database list, and enter your netlink ID and password when prompted to do so.

Enjoy your summer and we’ll see you back in September.

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Extended study period for Exams; hours of operation Easter Monday

Law students, please take note of the following extended hours for the exam period:

  • As of Monday March 23, all law library group and individual study rooms were removed from the libraries-wide booking system, to allow all study rooms to be booked by law students only during the extended study period for exams. (As you may remember, during the regular term, some group study rooms can be booked online by students who are not in Law.) This will be in effect until Monday April 20.
  • As in previous years, our extended hours of operation will begin the last day of classes, Thursday April 2 and they will continue until the end of the exam period. Intersession hours will begin Wednesday April 22.
  • This year, unlike previous years, we will also be open on the statutory holiday, Easter Monday (April 6) from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm. To open that day was essential to us, as exams begin the next day. This earlier opening time allows for a longer overall period of study time for students, when combined with McPherson library hours which are 10:00 am to 6 pm. We will be closed Good Friday, April 3. (McPherson Library is open 10 am to 6 pm Good Friday.)