Paul Martin Law Library Your Legal Information Gateway http://www.uwindsor.ca/law/library

Learning Legal Research Formal Opportunities: -LRW First Year Course -Research For Law School Essays -Advanced Legal Research  

Learning Legal Research Informal Opportunities: -Working at a Legal Clinic -Joining a Moot Team -Working for a Law Journal

Upcoming Training Sessions What the Law Library Offers Session Time and Location Legislation with Annette Demers Monday September 11 12 noon – 1:00 pm Law Library Lab B Lexis Advance Quicklaw with Michael Singzon, Training Specialist, LexisNexis Monday September 18 Introduction to WestlawNext Canada with Jeremy Dunn, Customer Learning Consultant, Thomson Reuters (LUNCH!) Monday September 25 TBA

Upcoming Training Sessions What the Law Library Offers Session Time and Location HeinOnline with Ben Boron, Creative Marketing & HeinOnline Support Specialist. Monday October 2 12 noon – 1:00 pm Law Library Lab B Secondary Legal Sources / Google for Legal Research? With Vicki Jay Leung Wednesday October 11 Zotero for Citations Management with Mita Williams, Leddy Librarian Monday October 16

Upcoming Training Sessions What the Law Library Offers Session Time and Location Legal Citations with Vicki Jay Leung Monday October 23 12 noon – 1pm Law Library Lab B JustisOne with Zenaira Khan, Community Manager at Justis. Monday October 30 International Law Research with Annette Demers Monday November 13

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Upcoming Training Sessions What the Law Library Offers Services Website with dozens of research products to choose from. Live chat help available through our website. One on one appointments with reference librarians. Help planning research for a law school essay. Refreshers about legal research sources and strategies. Advice on: law school projects, research, citations, password help, using online databases, conducting historical research. Advice on: answers to commonly-asked research questions during job interviews; working for a journal; research for a moot team; research for a professor.

Legal Research 101: You Can’t Just Google It! “Counsel – have you checked the Interpretation Act on that point?”

Legal Research 101: You Can’t Just Google It! “Yikes! Interpretation Act?”

Legal Research 101: You Can’t Just Google It! MOST legal information is NOT FREE ONLINE – (SO GOOGLE CAN’T SEE IT) (many books, law journals, specialized research tools) Some legal information is NOT ONLINE: (many books, historical statutes and government documents) “Yikes! Interpretation Act?”

Legal Research 101: You Can’t Just Google It! Statutory research has many questions: For what jurisdiction? Federal? Ontario? Alberta? For what time frame? Current version? Prior version? What section(s) do I need? Do the section(s) tell us to look at a regulation for further details? What does the case law tell us about how this section is to be applied? Are there any textbooks or journal articles that can help us understand the statute? “Yikes! Interpretation Act?”

Legal Research 101: You Can’t Just Google It! Many Jurisdictions Canada, federal UK Canada, provincial and territorial Australia Canada, municipal other foreign jurisdictions Canada, military legal system US, federal US, state Public International Law Private International Law (conflicts of laws)

Legal Research 101: You Can’t Just Google It! Many Types of Legal Materials PRIMARY SOURCES Constitution Supreme Court of Canada decisions Statutes and bills Judicial decisions (case law) Regulations and Forms Decisions of administrative tribunals Rules of Court Treaties SECONDARY SOURCES Textbooks and Loose-leaf Services Precedents Law Journals and lawyer magazines Encyclopedias Continuing Legal Education Materials Dictionaries Legislative materials (debates/committee) Public Records

Legal Research 101: You Can’t Just Google It! Many Formats of Legal Materials Official v Unofficial Online – from free providers (ie. Libraries, Government or NGO) Online – from commercial providers (with subscription, ie Quicklaw or Westlaw) Print – in a library, for most historical materials and current books

Legal Research 101: You Can’t Just Google It! Legal Matters and Materials Also Have a Time Component Examples: Current consolidation of a statute or regulation. Prior version of a statute or regulation. Commencement date of a statute, regulation or treaty. Updating a case. Backdating a statute. Retroactive statutes. Limitations periods.

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YOUR PASSWORDS RETURN YOUR FIPPA FORM TO THE LAW LIBRARY. Westlaw Registration Key arrives by email – it MUST BE REGISTERED with your name – follow the instructions provided. Quicklaw information arrives by email from Connie Beaudoin. Follow the instruction to create your own userid and password. DUAL JD – USE A SEPARATE BROWSER FOR Westlaw US and Westlaw Canada or you will get locked out.

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Upcoming Training Sessions Law Library Databases http://www.uwindsor.ca/law/library To access most databases from off campus, visit the law library website, click on the link and enter your UWIN UserID and password.

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Essential Library Services Photocopiers Scanner Laser Printer Colour Printer Group Meeting Spaces ADD MONEY TO YOUR STUDENT CARD: http://www.uwindsor.ca/uwincard Essential Library Services

Essential Library Services Computer Labs Until mid-September: Username: law1 Password: law 1 After mid-September Username: UWINID Password: student number Essential Library Services

SIGN UP SHEETS ARE POSTED Upcoming Events Library Tours Training Sessions SIGN UP SHEETS ARE POSTED BY THE CIRC DESK!

Next Steps - Summary Return FIPPA form to law library front desk. Watch for your Westlaw Canada registration key in your email box, then REGISTER it. Set up your Quicklaw password – instructions provided in a separate email. Sign up for a tour this afternoon or next week. Sign up for our training sessions. Add money to your student card for photocopying and printing http://www.uwindsor.ca/uwincard 7. Dual JD need to do this too! Bookmark the law library website. Visit our service desks for any help you may need!

THANK YOU! Any QUestionS? Presented by: Annette Demers, BA LLB MLIS Law Librarian ademers@uwindsor.ca 519-253-3000 ext 2976 @Annette_Demers