The Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII; French: Institut canadien d'information juridique) is a non-profit organization created and funded by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada in 2001 on behalf of its 14 member societies. CanLII is a member of the Free Access to Law Movement, which includes the primary stakeholders involved in free, open publication of law throughout the world.[1]
CanLII offers free public access to over 2.4 million documents[2] across more than 300 case law and legislative databases.[3] It is used by lawyers, legal professionals and the general public, with usage averaging over 30,000 visits per day.[4] 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.[5]
Historical Developmentsedit
In April 2014, CanLII launched CanLII Connects, a legal community sourced publication and discussion platform for case law summaries and commentaries.[6][7]
In March 2018, CanLII launched a commentary program including law reviews, e-books, articles, public legal education materials, and reports.[8]
In June 2020, CanLII started actively promoting the CanLII guest writer program.[9]
Other websites will often use CanLII as their primary source when referring to Canadian case law.[10]
Referencesedit
^"Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) acquires Lexum, a Montreal technology firm". canlii.org. 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
^"CanLII - Search all CanLII Databases". Canlii.ca. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
^"CanLII - Scope of CanLII's Databases". Canlii.ca. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
^"CanLII's Top Ten Accessed Cases from 2018 – Slaw". www.slaw.ca. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-17.
^"Un million de décisions..." droit-inc.com. 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
^. National Magazine. Canadian Bar Association. Archived from the original on 2014-10-19. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
^Kowalski, Mitch (4 April 2014). "CanLII Connects website connects accessible law to Canadians". Financial Post. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
^"More commentary!". The CanLII Blog. 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
^"CanLII | Common Law Marriage in British Columbia". commentary.canlii.org. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
^"Caselaw.ninja, retrieved 2021-06-17". Retrieved Dec 30, 2022.
External linksedit
Official website
Case commentary website
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