Category: Legal Research

Posts dealing specifically with legal research, for example, legal research instruction sessions and resources and news about legal research tools

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Quickscribe Workshop

Join Mike Pasta, owner of Quickscribe, for a virtual training session on Tuesday November 21st at 12:30.  Quickscribe is considered the go-to-source for legislation in BC and includes access to laws that are routinely updated weeks, often months before any other source, including BCLaws/CanLII. QS Online makes it easier for legal professionals to navigate, research, interpret and track annotated legislation.

You will learn to:

  • Access this resource from on and off campus
  • View Hansard snippets that provide clarity on statutory intent – directly from the section level
  • Access laws that are updated weeks before any other source
  • Print, sections, parts, or entire annotated laws with ease – ideal for study purposes
  • Receive timely notification of new Bills, Orders or Hansard based on key words or subject matter of your choosing
  • Benefit from Supplemental Notes that provide insight on the “how” and “why” a section came to be
  • View annotations contributed by some of the most respected legal professionals in BC

To register visit: https://libcal.uvic.ca/calendar/lawlibrary/quickscribe

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Westlaw Edge Training

Westlaw Edge is a powerful product gives you access to regularly updated case law and statutes, complete with the exclusive KeyCite citation service, and includes secondary sources, expertly written forms, legal memos, newsletters, journals, and practice tools.

Join Allison Bale for a virtual training session over Zoom, on Wednesday, October 4th at 12:30pm to highlight what Westlaw Edge has to offer and to share tips and tricks for effective searching.

For more information and to register, go to: https://libcal.uvic.ca/event/3753871

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Lexis+ Training

Enhance your law school studies with Lexis+ Canada, a leading online legal research service for cases, legislation, secondary materials, and more.  Angeline Han, a former UVic law grad, will be coming to campus on Monday, Sept. 25, 12:30pm to highlight what Lexis+ has to offer and to share tips and tricks for effective searching.

For more information and to register visit: https://libcal.uvic.ca/calendar/lawlibrary/lexis

 

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Online Research Supports

Working on your research paper? Don’t forget that the Law Library has many online resources to support your research.

The A-Z Subject List: Key Legal Treatises and Textbooks Research Guide provides the leading treatises and textbooks on many different topics in law.   This Research Guide is an excellent starting point for finding key secondary sources on many of the main subjects of law, as textbooks offer a broad overview of a subject, while treatises offer an in-depth analysis including detailed footnotes on leading cases and scholarly sources.

The Law Library also has over 30 subject specific research guides.  Research Guides provide lists of books, databases, articles and websites related to a particular subject.

Working on your citations? Check out our citation help page.  This page provides links to useful online citation guides as well as other important citation information such as how to cite Indigenous sources.

The Law Library also has Legal Research Videos.  These short video tutorials provide steps and tips that will help you conduct legal research including noting-up cases, using secondary sources and locating Canadian federal and provincial (BC) legislation.

If you have any questions… remember, we’re here to help you.  To book an appointment with a law librarian visit: https://libcal.uvic.ca/appointments/ResearchHelp?g=5279

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What is “Noting up” and why should I do it?

“Noting up” means verifying that a particular case is still relevant and has not been reversed on appeal or overruled or criticized by subsequent cases.

“Noting up” is beneficial because it facilitates the discovery of more recent cases dealing with similar facts, that you can use in your legal argument.

Watch our video for a refresher on why and how to note up cases:

See more of our legal research video or ask a law librarian for help.

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Westlaw Edge Canada Training Session

On November 3rd from 12:30pm – 1:30pm the Library will be hosting a Westlaw Edge Canada Training Session. The training session will be held virtually over Zoom.

Come learn about Westlaw Edge Canada.  This powerful product gives you access to regularly updated case law and statutes, complete with the exclusive KeyCite citation service. Includes secondary sources, expertly written forms, legal memos, newsletters, journals, and practice tools.

During this session we will cover:

      • Client ID – Tracking Research & Chargeback
      • Efficiency tools: History & Folders
      • Browsing, Finding & Searching (Natural Language, Boolean)
      • Delivery Options: Printing, Emailing, Downloading, Kindle
      • Annotating Options: Highlighting, Adding Notes & Copy with Reference
      • Getting to know the features and enhancements in Westlaw Edge

Register Here

Can’t make the live session? No worries, register for the event to receive a recording.

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Lexis+ Canada is launching September 1st

Lexis+ Canada is the new integrated platform from LexisNexis.  It integrates multiple tools in one interface.

Already have a Lexis Advance Quicklaw login?  Don’t worry this login will work for Lexis+. All of your folders, alerts and links will also remain the same.

View this 13-minute video to find out about new features as well as what stayed the same.

Visit the Lexis+ Canada Academic page for the latest updates around public training sessions, videos, tip sheets, and more.

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2022 ELC Research-a-thon: Greenwashing

Stop by the library (or zoom in) this Friday to participate in the all day Greenwashing Research-a-thon event!

ELC poster on greenwashing

This year the Environmental Law Club will be partnering with the Environmental Law Centre to research  business that may be making misleading claims about their products being “green,” “recyclable,” “sustainable,” “biodegradable, “eco-friendly” etc.

This topic was inspired by the $3 Million fine that the Environmental Law Center helped bring against Keurig.

It will be a hybrid event with both in-person (law library classroom 265) and Zoom options from 9am to 4pm on March 4. There will be lunch provided from 12-1, and a keynote presentation from Andhra Azevedo of EcoJustice during the lunch period.

The law librarians will be on hand throughout the day to assist with research strategies and sources.

Sign-up here: https://bit.ly/ELC2022Research

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Citation management with Zotero workshop

Join us for a workshop on citation management with Zotero!

When: Thursday March 3, 2022 from 12:30-1:20

Where: FRA 192/Computer Lab in the Law Library

Who:  Anyone who wants to save time in the research and writing process.

This workshop provides a hands-on introduction to citation management with Zotero, a powerful open-source tool to simplify your research and writing. Using Zotero you can collect, organize, and annotate citations from online and print sources, collaborate with research groups, and automatically format bibliographies in the McGill Guide and others styles.

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Refugee Law Research-a-Thon

Stop by the library tomorrow to participate in the Refugee Law Research-a-Thon hosted by the UVic Law Chapter of the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers (CARL). The purpose of this event is to gather information to address research questions provided by the Immigration and Refugee Legal Clinic (IRLC). The IRLC provides free immigration and refugee legal services for low-income individuals in British Columbia.

The law librarians have created a website to help students identify research strategies and sources for each question, and will also be on hand throughout the afternoon to help students research.

The event runs Friday November 19, 2021 from 12pm-4pm in room 265 of the law library — see you there!