The Osgoode Hall Law School Library is very pleased to be currently hosting the exhibit Lawyers Without Rights Jewish Lawyers in Germany under the Third Reich, which can be viewed in the library until Sunday, November 22. This exhibit deals with the experiences of Jewish lawyers in Germany before, during and after the Nazi era. It […]
Brush up on your online legal research skills. Join us for a refresher WestlawNext Canada training session this Monday, October 26 from 12:30 to 1:30 PM in room 2011. If you would like to attend please email library@osgoode.yorku.ca.
As previously mentioned, the legal and business content of CCH Online has been acquired by LexisNexis and they are currently in the process of migrating the content to the LexisNexis Quicklaw platform. These products contain expert commentary, case law, statutes, regulations, forms, topical newsletters, and more. We are happy to report that for the 2015/2016 […]
This is a wonderful gift from our neighbours to the south. On June 21, in celebration of our National Aboriginal Day, the Law Library of Congress opened the Canadian portion of their Indigenous Law Portal, expanding the portal’s coverage for the first time beyond the United States. The Canadian portion of the Indigenous Law Portal is divided into three […]
The expiration of the York University Libraries license for RefWorks comes to an end on June 30th, 2015. Now is a good time to migrate your materials from RefWorks to Zotero or Mendeley. Migrating is straightforward, you won’t loose any of your information and you don’t have to be a techie to do it. Here […]
The Law Library is pleased to offer a research workshop on May 13. While the session is geared primarily to Research Assistants, graduating students and graduate students who want to improve their research skills are also welcome to attend. The workshop will cover the following areas: – Legislation & case law – Journal indexes & […]
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) announced today that, working in co-operation with Lexum, all decisions published in the Supreme Court Reports dating back to 1876 are now available on the SCC Judgments website. Over the past 20 years, the SCC and Lexum have been working collaboratively, together with partners such as the Law Foundation […]
Due to the labour disruption at York University, the Legal Citation Workshop scheduled for Wednesday March 4 has been postponed. Thank you.
The new Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law (CJCCL) was launched in 2013 at Thompson Rivers University, Faculty of Law (TRU Law). The inaugural issue was published just last month (January 2015). This issue has for its theme “Health Law and Human Rights”, focusing on the interrelationship between health law and human rights and featuring contributions from […]
Brush up on your online searching skills! The library is pleased to offer the following training sessions for upper year and graduate students: Westlaw: Wednesday, Feb. 25, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Quicklaw/LexisNexis: Monday, March 2, 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. CCH Online Wednesday March 18, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. All sessions will take place Room 2011. […]