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Measuring the Performance of Law Firm Libraries 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
It is challenging for law firm libraries to measure the performance of their libraries. Traditional library metrics are less helpful for law firm libraries compared to public or academic libraries; fo...
Tips Tuesday 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Here are excerpts from the most recent tips on SlawTips, the site that each week offers up useful advice, short and to the point, on technology, research and practice. Technology Use PC Decrapifier ...
What They Don't Teach You in Law School 27 Aug 2013 | 03:59 pm
I stumbled across this post by Marc Luber yesterday that I thought I would share. Marc identifies five different things that are not taught in law school: How to be a Lawyer Career Planning Legal ...
Ontario Bar Association Relaunches Website With a Splash 26 Aug 2013 | 09:56 pm
Is it still news when an organization relaunches its website? The Ontario Bar Association has just relaunched its website with a more social, interactive focus: When we set out on this journey, we wa...
An Annual Legal Health Check-Up From LAWPRO 26 Aug 2013 | 08:15 pm
Clients don’t always appreciate how lawyers can help on other legal issues they may encounter as they go through life. Just as booking an appointment with a doctor or financial advisor offers an oppo...
Why Wreck-It Ralph Went to Law School 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
“I'm bad, and that's good. I will never be good, and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be than me.” – Wreck-It Ralph The Ontario Bar Association’s marketing campaign, Why I went to Law School...
Monday's Mix 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada's award-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from forty-one recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work...
Cronut May Have IP Issues as Well 26 Aug 2013 | 04:21 am
In the wake of the 150 illnesses at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) recently, you'd think the Cronut is a name that vendors would avoid like the staphylococcus aureus toxin plague. From the ou...
Summaries Sunday: OnPoint Legal Research 25 Aug 2013 | 11:14 pm
One Sunday each month OnPoint Legal Research provides Slaw with an extended summary of, and counsel’s commentary on, an important case from the British Columbia, Alberta, or Ontario court of appeal. ...
MOOC, Distance Education, and CLE 23 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
You can’t turn around these days without bumping into discussion of MOOC—massive open online courses. At the latest ACLEA (the Association for Continuing Legal Education) meeting, MOOC were the subje...
