For those that missed the webinar on September 28th, we now have the entire presentation available for viewing any time.
This webinar is a quick, but thorough overview of what the vLex platform has to offer and how it can assist you in your legal research. It covers all major features including customizing your personal news feed, available extensions and add-ons.
Learn how to browse through the large collection of case law, legislation, blog, articles, and books, including the complete Irwin Law collection. This collection includes the informative Essentials of Canadian Law series. Texts on vLex have been enhanced with integrated references, citations, and related documents to help you find similar information.
This video also covers how to search, organize, save, navigate, and create alerts for relevant decisions and commentary. It also touches on how to use helpful tools like the precedent map, and the intelligent assistant ‘Vincent’, vLex’s own A.I.
To watch the webinar, go to the Library Resources section behind the Member’s Portal and click the link. If you have any questions about this, or any of our online resources, email the library at library@lawsociety.mb.ca.
Manitoba Legislature Resumes To Complete Budget 2021 Process, Protect Manitobans – “The fall sitting of the third session of the 42nd legislature will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 6 with a condensed two-week sitting focused on completing the Budget 2021 financial process including the introduction and passage of the Budget Implementation and Tax Statutes Amendment Act (BITSA).”
Statement From Justice Minister Cameron Friesen On Proclamation Of Bill 50, The Legal Aid Amendment Act – “… government is acting to remove the tariff from the regulation and allow Legal Aid to manage its budget independently. Legal Aid will create internal policies to ensure the tariff and financial commitments are accounted for. These changes support Manitoba’s Criminal Justice System Modernization Strategy by improving the timeliness of the justice system. These regulations come into effect Oct. 7.”
Bill 74 The Budget Implementation and Tax Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 – This Bill implements various tax and other measures announced in the 2021 Manitoba Budget. Additional amendments implement and support the summary budget and make various amendments to tax legislation.
In-person sittings returning to select locations as part of incremental easing of Provincial Court restrictions. See the full notice below for details and dates.
The Great Library will be open our regular hours on September 30th , the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Staff will be available in person as well as by phone and email.
CanLII has recently added two new open access eBooks to their commentary database. To stay up to date with CanLII new releases or to see what is popular, be sure to visit their blog at blog.canlii.org.
“Professor Beswick’s course readings are a collection of edited decisions, legislation, and articles designed to support Tort Law courses in (common law) Canada. They are complemented by a series of multiple-choice quizzes and questions that students can complete in their own time. “
Written by a team of 124 leading litigators and legal experts, Civil Procedure and Practice in Ontario is an annotated guide to the Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure, the Courts of Justice Act, and the Limitations Act. It contains helpful commentary that contextualizes and explains the language of the legislation and regulations, along with examples of case law interpreting them.
The Manitoba Law Library would like to acknowledge with gratitude that we are situated on Treaty One Territory, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota peoples, and the homeland of the Métis Nation.
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