• FYI: Liberals urged to scrap 19th century rule that requires laws be printed in books

    Posted on March 20, 2017 by in Blog

    Liberals urged to scrap 19th century rule that requires laws be printed in books Government yet to decide on proposal to wean Parliament from costly paper-based publishing By Dean Beeby, CBC News Posted: Mar 20, 2017 5:00 AM ET Last Updated: Mar 20, 2017 5:10 AM ET An obscure statute dating from Confederation has Parliament […]

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  • Seminar American Court Structures, Case Law and Commentary

    Posted on March 2, 2017 by in VALL Archived Events

      Please e-mail Brenda Alm (balm@wt.ca) for registration availability Please join VALL for our March lunchtime seminar, “American Court Structures, Case Law and Commentary” with guest speaker Sarah Richmond. Sarah Richmond is the Library Manager/ Research Lawyer at Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP. She is also currently president of VALL and co-chair of the […]

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  • December Seminar Speaker’s Notes

    Posted on February 28, 2017 by in Blog

    On Thursday, December 1st, Dom Bautista presented “Access to Justice: How law librarians can give back”. Dom covered how law librarians could use their expertise to help self-represented litigants as a part of the Amici Curiae pro-bono volunteer program. Dom has agreed to share his speakers notes with VALL Members.

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  • CALL webinar: US Legislation for Canadian Legal Researchers (Part One)

    Posted on February 15, 2017 by in Blog, Calendar

    March 2, 2017 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Summary: This webinar will cover the legislative branch of government in the US –  its structure, its law-making powers, and its legal publications.  Emphasizing the differences between Canadian and US legislative publications, this session will focus primarily on free websites which provide access to federal legislative work. Bio: Professor […]

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  • Job Posting Policy

    Posted on January 31, 2017 by in Job Postings

    Any VALL member is welcome to post a job on the VALL website. To post a job, you need to be logged in to the website. Once logged in, click on the “New” link in the black bar at the top of the screen to start a new post. Make sure that you have selected […]

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