The Osgoode Hall Law School Library is committed to the principles of open access in scholarly publishing visibly represented by its open access institutional repository, the Osgoode Digital Commons (ODC). Established in 2014, the ODC is the only faculty-specific repository in Canada. The Digital Commons captures, preserves, and advances the intellectual output of Osgoode Hall Law School. […]
The Law Library is pleased to release a new research guide on the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) and the law. The guide will introduce visitors to the basics of AI, AI governance, AI tools, and legal research using AI. It will also provide some recommended resources where you can learn more about AI in the legal […]
The Law Library is pleased to release a suite of short videos that provide guidance on legal research. The short videos cover how to conduct secondary source research, legislation research, case law research, and legal citation. They are designed to provide quick reference help on common legal research questions. The video series can be found […]
While studying, it can be useful to review the previous exams from your courses. You can access these both online and in-print in the library. To find past exams online, login to your MyOsgoode account and select "Exams & Assignments" under Student Services. From here, you can review the Exam Archive and search for your […]
The Law Library is excited to announce our schedule for the Fall 2022 series of legal research workshops. If you need a refresher for finding legal information within and outside of the library, these sessions are for you! This series will include virtual sessions held on Zoom every Wednesday from 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm. […]
The Osgoode reference librarians wish to extend our thanks to all who attended our legal research workshop series over the past six weeks! If you weren't able to make it to the workshop(s) of your choice, however, not to worry: we now have recordings of each presentation available for you to watch online via the […]
As we move into another year of remote reference service, the Law Library’s team of reference librarians are offering you more ways to connect with us for help with your research. We are available to help with navigating library resources, citations, and more. We can also share our screen with you on Zoom to demo […]
Since in March 2020, the Covid 19 and the Law research guide has been documenting regulatory responses to the pandemic. While placing special emphasis on the Canadian federal government, the Government of Ontario and the City of Toronto, the guide also provides links to other provinces and territories, the U.S, other countries and regions as […]
In December 2020, Canadian Human Rights Reporter (CHRR), a valued resource for human rights law in Canada, ceased publication after 40 years. While this was a loss to the Canadian legal research community, it was followed with the news that the contents of the publication would soon be made available on CanLii. As of this […]
JustisOne is a huge caselaw database that includes Canadian cases and has a feature similar to CanLII for finding cases that cite a specific paragraph of a case. You can access JustisOne from the Quick Links section on the library's home page. Click on the settings icon and select Canada as your jurisdiction. Search for […]