Hours of Operation:
Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Location: 102 East Main Street, Welland, ON L3B 3W6
Staff:
Mary-Jo Petsche – Executive Director
Contact:
Phone: 905-734-3174
Toll-Free: 1-866-455-6489
Email: [email protected]
Website: wcla.ca
Who can access:
All Licensed Lawyers, Judges, Justice of the Peace, Articling Students, and Law Students
Circulation Policy:
Books may be signed out for a 2-week loan period. At the end of this period, they must be returned to the library, or replaced. Overdue books will be subject to fines and/or reduced Library and WCLA Member privileges. Items marked with a yellow “Library Use Only” sticker are non-circulating and cannot be removed from the library.
Collection:
E-LiRN suite of resources including QL, LN Practical Guidance, WL Criminal Source, WL Estates & Trusts Source, WL Family Source, vlex including Irwin Law’s Essentials in Canadian Law titles and Vincent AI – a reputable source of AI for lawyers.
– Westlaw Canada (CriminalSource FamilySource, Estates & TrustsSource)
– Lexis Advance Quicklaw (including Practical Guidance, Context, Pleadings, Motions and Facta, Law360)
– O’Brien’s Encyclopedia of Forms Online (Commercial & General, Corporations, Leases, Wills & Estates)
– Thomson Reuters ProView (select titles)
– Hein Online (password required through LSO)
– VLexJustis
– Wrongful Dismissal Database (ask Librarian for assistance)
Continuing Legal Education (CLE): Click here
Number of Computers for Lawyer use to search E-LIRN resources, etc: 4
Services Available:
- Photocopying
- Training
- Wireless Access
- Interlibrary Loans
- Research Services
Library Type: Local