Category: Law Library

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

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March 7: UVic Law Community Conference 2014

The annual UVic Law Community Conference, 2014 edition, is this Friday, March 7. The free event welcomes students from all faculties and communities, and all who are interested are also welcomed.

This year’s focus is to provide a venue to discuss solutions to the problem of access to justice in Canada.

Read about the 2014 Community Conference, and see the Program for the lineup of top-notch speakers and sessions.

Research help service in the law library will be available by appointment on March 7th. Please contact lawref@uvic.ca to schedule an appointment.

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Attn 1Ls: Legal research resource refreshers

CED, Abridgment, Halsbury’s—sound vaguely familiar but could equally be Doctor Who characters as Canadian legal research tools?

Then try to make it to one of the library’s is offering legal research refreshers, presented by Michael Lines of the law library.

All refresher sessions will be in the law library computer lab. Here’s the schedule:

Mon Jan 13: 12:00-12:30 and 12:30-1:00
Thu Jan 16: 12:30-1:00
Mon Jan 20: 12:00-12:30 and 12:30-1:00
Wed Jan 22: 12:00-12:30 and 12:30-1:00

No preregistration required.

Also keep in mind the library’s legal research and writing guide: http://libguides.uvic.ca/lrw. There you can find a research strategy overview, links to sample research plans and journals, and primary and secondary legal research starting points.

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Exam Time

We wish all students the very best for end-of-term exams and papers. We’re pleased to provide what we hope is a pleasant and welcoming space to study and work.

The law library may become busier at this time of year, as more students from other faculties seek study space here.

The law library is a shared space in the university, and everyone is welcome. The second floor of the law library is a quiet study area, and law library staff work to ensure it remains this way.

At this time of year students are able to book group study rooms up to a week in advance, via the front desk, and we encourage law students to take advantage of this opportunity to ensure study space in the law library. This will continue until the end of December exams and, we hope, will help to ensure you have space when you need it.