CanLII

The Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) is a non-profit organization created and funded by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, on behalf of its 14 member law societies. CanLII is also a member of the Free Access to Law Movement, which includes the primary stakeholders involved in free, open publication of law throughout the world.

CanLII offers free public access to approximately 1 million documents[1] across nearly 200 case law and legislative databases.[2] It is used by lawyers, legal professionals and the general public, with usage averaging over 20,000 visits per day.[3] The case law database is reportedly growing at a rate of approximately 120,000 new cases each year, 20% of which are historic cases which are included to enrich existing databases.[4]

In April 2014, CanLII launched CanLII Connects, a legal community sourced publication and discussion platform for case law summaries and commentaries.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "CanLII - Search all CanLII Databases". Canlii.ca. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
  2. ↑ "CanLII - Scope of CanLII's Databases". Canlii.ca. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
  3. ↑ Guest Blogger (2011-07-28). "Colin Lachance: $34 Well Spent — Slaw". Slaw.ca. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
  4. ↑ "Un million de décisions...". droit-inc.com. 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
  5. ↑ "CanLII Connects!". National Magazine. Canadian Bar Association.
  6. ↑ "CanLII Connects website connects accessible law to Canadians". Financial Post. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

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