The Legal Information and Resource Network (LiRN) is pleased to announce that The Law Foundation of Ontario has accepted our proposal to fund a special two-year project. The $1.4 million project grant will help foster innovation and promote equity of access to legal resources. “This project was developed by LiRN’s Board and staff over several … Read more
Research that would normally take hours now takes a minutes using Vlex’s Vincent AI – AI that is in your local court house library FREE for all Ontario lawyers to use. Training session registration information is below. Also: Remote Access to vlex for lawyers in Northern Ontario. From an award-winning, AI-powered research assistant, to connecting … Read more
LiRN provides access to the E-LiRN Suite of Resources that all lawyers can access in any county or district courthouse library in Ontario. Individually these resources would cost a solo or small firm over $ 40,000 a year! That is not a typo: $ 40,000 a year if a lawyer wanted to access LiRN’s entire … Read more
Recently, the Durham Region Law Association received this glowing endorsement from Mara Clarke, Family Law practitioner: I just wanted to take a moment and thank you for the services you provide. While I’ve often benefited from the CPD offered, I recently “discovered” (aka read an email Jennie sent) the research assistance services. Can you say “game … Read more
LiRN hosted a dynamic, collaborative session on Cool Tips & Innovations within our network as part of our Learn with LiRN Curriculum. Library staff from across Ontario presented a lightning round of some of their innovations such as privacy booths aka People Pods, online ways patrons can ask for research assistance, creating an electronic library resources … Read more