14th

Save the Date for HeadStart Ottawa!

If you will be taking on any articling students this summer, mark August 17th, 2012 in your calendar! The CCLA Library is presenting a half-day session on legal research, geared exclusively to new articling students.  We’ve adopted the name HeadStart from the excellent, long-running program of the same name in Edmonton!*  Our program will cover [...]

Posted on May 14th

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11th

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

Keeping on top of recently published cases can be a challenge, especially if you’re just looking for cases from Ottawa.  To help, we’re starting a new feature here on the blog.  Twice monthly, we will post a list of some of the newly released cases from Ottawa that you can view free of charge and [...]

Posted on May 11th

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04th

New Titles: March & April 2012

After compiling the list for these last two months, I was quite surprised and pleased to see the wide breadth of materials we acquired for the CCLA Library.  There’s so much interesting reading in the list below – certainly something for just about everyone – so stop by sometime and check out the new titles.  The usual reminder: [...]

Posted on May 04th

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27th

CCLA Fiction Library

Need a break from research?  Have a long wait until court?  Love to read? If you have answered yes to any of the above questions, then we have just the solution for you.  We are very excited to announce the launch of the CCLA Fiction Library! Come on by and grab a book!  We have a [...]

Posted on Apr 27th

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17th

Free Training Sessions at the CCLA Library!

As summer approaches we are offering some new training here at the CCLA Library. Take a break and join us over lunch hour for any or all of the upcoming snapper sessions on legal research. Students and paralegals are welcome!  Please RSVP by popping me a quick email at blauritzen@ccla-abcc.ca. Bring your questions! Researching Legislation Online; [...]

Posted on Apr 17th

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12th

Renovations: Site Plans

We’ve recently added a new page to the CCLA Website that focuses exclusively on the renovations project.  You may click here to go directly to that page, or find it from the homepage of the CCLA website through About CCLA > Site Renovations.  On this page, you can see a slide show of the concept [...]

Posted on Mar 12th

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    Upcoming Training Dates

    Finding the Perfect Precedent
    Friday, June 8th, 12:00 to 1:00 PM
    CCLA Library

    HeadStart: Legal Research for Articling Students
    Friday, August 17th, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
    CCLA Library

    The Best of the Web: Useful (and Free!) Tools for Your Profession
    Friday, September 7th, 12:00 to 1:00 PM
    CCLA Library

    For more information about upcoming training sessions, please contact us.