LEGAL WEBSITES
BC Courthouse Library – What’s New
The BC Courthouse Library posts “What’s New” info on its homepage every weekday. In addition, you can also search for past news using BCCLS’ More News link.
CLE of BC – Stay Current
CLE posts headlines and short clips from its articles re current legal news. Each item links to the fulltext of the particular legal news item. You can register for CLE’s Comprehensive email updates to have Stay Current sent to you.
LLRX
LLRX is a free, US webzine for legal professionals which spots new trends & key developments, and is often first to report important news. LLRX is updated monthly with feature articles and regular columns covering legal research, technology and management. LLRX has a rich archive of past issues and specialized Resource Centres — including international law, comparative & foreign law and state & federal legislation make LLRX an excellent resource.
A Guide to the U.S. Federal Legal System is a good overview. Contributors include law librarians, attorneys & legal technology consultants.
LIBRARY JOURNALS
Legal Reference Services Quarterly
LRSQ is practical with broad coverage of topics pertinent to reference in academic libraries.
LRSQ‘s Table of Contents (complete with abstracts) are available in PDF, HTML, or plain text.
Law Library Journal [AALL]
Law Library Journal, is the “official” publication of the American Association of Law Libraries.
LLJ is published quarterly. Selected editions of LLJ are available online.
The Library Quarterly
The Library Quarterly is committed “to informed research in all areas of librarianship — historical, sociological, statistical, bibliographical, managerial, and educational. Combining traditional patterns of investigation with newer, interdisciplinary approaches, the Quarterly seeks to interpret relevant issues and current research for the librarian, educator, administrator, and others involved with the collection and history of books.”
Information Outlook [SLA]
Information Outlook is the Special Library Association’s journal.
Only the current month’s issue is available online.
LIBRARY WEBSITES
Connie Crosby
Connie Crosby is a member of CALL and TALL who started her own blog in March 2004. Connie posts lots of interesting & useful news for Canadian law librarians.
Wired West [SLA - WCC]
Wired West is the Web journal of SLA Western Canada Chapter.
LibrarianActivist.org
LibrarianActivist.org was created by Danielle Dennie, a McGill University library school student. The site’s mandate is to create a network of librarians that will mobilize around the political issues that affect libraries.
Law Librarian Blog – A Member of the Law Professor Blogs Network
LEGAL MAGAZINES
Canadian Bar Review [CBA]
The Canadian Bar Review is the official, bilingual learned legal journal of the Canadian Bar Association. Can Bar Rev is published online three times a year.
National [CBA]
National magazine is the official periodical of the Canadian Bar Association.
National’s function is to provide CBA members with the latest trends and developments affecting the legal profession and the practice of law, as well as the latest news regarding the association and its activities.
American Lawyer
American Lawyer is a leading US monthly magazine for lawyers. Its mission is to cover the business– profits, losses, mergers, strategies, and spectacular failures–of the most successful law firms in the US as well as their practices–the biggest deals and cases, the inside story of who won, who lost and why.
created by Anna Holeton
Last updated: June 17, 2004
