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Articles

  • The Advocate
    K1.D86
    This periodical is published six times per year and includes articles that follow the theme “of interest to the lawyer and in the lawyer’s interest”.
  • Advocates’ Quarterly: A Canadian Journal for Practitioners of Civil Litigation
    K1.D87
    This periodical covers diverse aspects of civil litigation including issues that arise in proceedings before administrative boards and tribunals. It includes practice and procedure notes; articles and; case comments of recent and significant judgments.
  • The Advocates’ Society Journal
    K1.D847
    This periodical is published quarterly and features articles that deal with substantive law and practice; comments on reform; book reviews; case reports and; advice on trial techniques and office management.
  • Index to Canadian Legal Literature

    KE173.C664
    The Index to Canadian Legal Literature is a bibliographic index to Canadian law journals and public legal education materials, books reviews, and cases cited in journal articles. The print set is kept in the law library and electronic versions are found in Quicklaw and in WestlaweCarswell.

  • Legaltrac
    LegalTrac provides indexing and selective full-text for major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals, and international legal journals.
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Databases

  • O'Brien's encyclopedia of forms.
    Collection of legal forms and precedents. Ten divisions: Commercial and General, Corporations, Conveyancing and Mortgages, Leases, Wills and Trusts, Family Law, Ontario Court Forms, Municipal Corporations, Computers and Information Technology.

    Only some divisions of O'Brien's Forms are available online from the Canada Law Book website. For those not available online, the law library has a collection of CDs kept on Reserve.

    Access on Campus HERE
    Access from home is via the UWO Proxy Server.

  • Quicklaw
    LexisNexis Canada launched its new version of the LexisNexis® QuicklawTM online legal research service in 2006. The database is now a combination of Quicklaw and Lexis.com. Second and Third-year students,as well as Faculty who still have a Lexis.com account will be able to continue using that service until all the Lexis features (Shepard's) have been moved over to the new platform.

    All Law students receive their own personal password for the LexisNexis Quicklaw service for use during the three years of law school. As part of first-year orientation, library staff arrange for lab sessions to take students through the steps of getting a LexisNexis Quicklaw password. Training is also provided as part of LRWA. If you do not have a password, please speak to a lab supervisor or Elizabeth Bruton (219-F).

    URL: http://www.lexisnexis.com/ca/legal
    ACCESS: Your personal password will give you access from home as well.
    • Civil Procedure Cases
    • Civil Evidence Cases
  • Westlaw Carswell

    All Law students receive their own personal password for the Westlaw Carswell service for use during the three years of law school. As part of first-year orientation, library staff arrange for lab sessions to take students through the steps of getting a Westlaw Carswell password. Training is also provided as part of LRWA. If you do not have a password, please speak to a lab supervisor or Elizabeth Bruton (219-F).

    URL: http://www.westlawecarswell.com/lawschool/
    ACCESS: Your personal password will give you access from home as well.
    • Canadian Civil Practice and Procedure caselaw (CANCIVPRO-CS)
    • Carswell’s Practice Cases (articles) (Canada) (CPC-ART)
    • Ontario Rules (ONT-RULES)
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Texts and Treatises

  • Civil Practice and Procedure Texts

    The law library has an extensive collection of Civil Practice and Procedure texts and treatises which are generally found in the KF 8816 and KF 8840 sections of the law library. The more heavily utilized resources are found in the law reserves collection, a listing of which can be found here.

  • O’Brien’s Encyclopedia of Forms: Ontario- Court Forms

    KE192.O274
    Includes forms, commentary and checklists.

  • Williston and Rolls Court Forms
    KF8816. ZB3W557
    Includes forms dealing with preliminary matters, pleadings, appeals as well as interim matters.
  • Advocacy Primer
    The book provides a complete, succinct and practical discussion of how to litigate effectively a civil or criminal matter through the trial process to appeal. With an emphasis on organization, the reader is given practical information on the preparation and litigation of a case, from the initial client interview, through the pre-trial process, to preparing and organizing for trial, conduct of the trial itself, and then the appeal process. At each stage, the author provides helpful tips and examples designed to build the kind of advocacy skills that lead to winning results.
  • Holmested and Watson: Ontario Civil Procedure
    KF 8816.ZB3H614
    A general treatise on civil procedure with section by section and rule by rule commentary and annotations. The case law includes all cases on civil procedure from Ontario, all common law provinces in Canada and the Federal Court of Canada reported since 1985. It also includes significant decisions from the United Kingdom.
  • Law of Costs
    KF8995.O71987
    This resource covers all costs issues in legal proceedings, with relevant decisions analyzed and rules of court and tariffs referenced for every jurisdiction. It includes information on party-and-party costs and between solicitor and client; costs in civil and criminal proceedings; cost awards in bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings and construction liens; costs at each level of the judicial system.
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Web Sites

  • CanLII
    CanLII is a non-profit organization managed by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. CanLII's goal is to make Canadian law accessible for free on the Internet.
  • Ontario e-Laws, Statutes and Regulations
    e-Laws is a database of Ontario's statutes and regulations, both consolidated and source law.
  • Ministry of the Attorney General (Ontario)
    This site provides access to a variety of resources and information pertaining to Court Services, Family Justice, Public Gardianship and more.
  • Judgements of the Supreme Court of Canada

    This service is provided through a collaborative effort of the Supreme Court of Canada and the LexUM laboratory in University of Montreal's Faculty of Law.

    This collection includes the decisions rendered by the Supreme Court of Canada since 1985. It also includes all decisions originating from Ontario back to 1876 and hundreds of the most cited decisions that were delivered before 1985. Decisions published in the Supreme Court Reports from 1970 to date are available in both English and French. Decisions published prior to 1970 are available in the language of publication only.
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