The 2013 edition of the Law via the Internet Conference will be held in Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands on 26 and 27 September. The conference theme this year is "Free Access to Law in a Changing World." Read more
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Attend the Decisia Showcase at the Court Technology Conference!
There is only a few days left before the Court Technology Conference (CTC) opens in Baltimore. For those planning to attend, make sure to put the Decisia Showcase on your schedule: Decisia by Lexum: Self-Publish and Provide Efficient Access to Your Court Opinions Ivan Mokanov, Executive Director Showcase #3, Wednesday, September 18 th , at 1:30 PM This is a great opportunity to view a live demo of Decisia and ask all of your questions to one of its core designer. The presentation will cover Decisia's most powerful features including its full-text search engine, document converter, awareness... Read more
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Decisia Now Powers the Federal Courts Decision Websites
Starting today the decisions of the top 3 Canadian federal jurisdictions are even easier to search and access online thanks to Decisia. The new decision websites of the Federal Court, Tax Court and Federal Court of Appeal implement new standards on web accessibility and can be viewed at the following web addresses: decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca decision.tcc-cci.gc.ca decisions.fca-caf.gc.ca Decisia is Lexum... Read more
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Lexum Designs the Rwanda Law Reports
Lexum was selected by the Judiciary of Rwanda for designing the Rwanda Law Reports (RLR) composed of judicial opinions from case law decided mostly by the Rwanda higher courts. Pierre-Paul Lemyre, Director of Business Development of Lexum is currently in Kigali to lead the design and development of the RLR, drafting the editorial policies and training of judicial officers. Ultimately the project should... Read more
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Congratulations to Ms. Edith Girard from Thetford Mines
Congratulations to Ms. Edith Girard from Thetford Mines, QC who was drawn at random to be the lucky winner of the iPad. Congratulations for being the 2013 winner of our OyezOyez "Win an iPad" summer contest. We wish to thank everyone who signed up and tried the new and improved OyezOyez. Read more
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Join Lexum at the CanLII Hackathon
On September 13 th and 14 th CanLII organizes a hackathon and a conference on the theme of law, government and open data at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law Centre for Law, Technology and Society (CLTS). Ivan Mokanov, executive director of Lexum, is a guest speaker and will discuss the importance of opening legal and judicial data directly from the source. The event will also provide an opportunity... Read more
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Lexum Trains Federal Courts Staff on Accessibility
Lexum is currently training the personnel of the federal courts of Canada on how to produce accessible decisions and other documents by using word processing software such as Microsoft Word. The training involves the review of the federal courts templates and reports, the provision of an accessible decision preparation guide, as well as the delivery of sessions focusing on the best practices regarding... Read more
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The Supreme Court of Canada and Lexum enter into a long-term partnership
Lexum operates the official decision website of the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) since 1993. Since 2012, the SCC decisions are managed and disseminated by Decisia, Lexum's online tool for decision-making bodies wishing to provide easy and professional access to their decisions from their own website, intranet and extranet. The new partnership agreement ensures the continuity of this service for the... Read more
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The Decisions of the Nova Scotia Courts Now on Decisia
The website of the Courts of Nova Scotia now integrates Decisia for the dissemination of judicial decisions. The decisions of the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, Provincial Court, Family Court, Small Claims Court, and Probate Court has been migrated to Decisia to improve accessibility directly on the courts website. Read more
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Alberta Insurance Council Decisions now accessible through Decisia
Lexum is proud to announce that decisions from the The Alberta Insurance Council (AIC) are now made available to the public with Decisia. Decisions of the AIC from April 1 st , 2013, are available on the AIC website at http://decisions.abcouncil.ab.ca/site/abic/en/nav.do . The AIC provides investigation and administrative services to the four Insurance Councils of Alberta: The Alberta Insurance Council... Read more