Lexum and the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) have been working together for the last 20 years to improve access to Canadian law. Various projects have been undertaken to complete the Supreme Court decisions database including all of the historical judgments. Multiple partners have participated in this goal including the Law Foundation of Ontario, the Law Foundation of British Columbia, the Alberta Law... Read more
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Lexum Helps the CAIJ to Double the Number of Titles Published
For many years Lexum has been supporting the Centre d'accès à l'information juridique (CAIJ) with digital publishing services for the online dissemination of its doctrine. In March 54 additional titles from Éditions Wilson & Lafleur published between 1999 and 2013 will be added to the JuriBistro eDOCTRINE collection made available on the CAIJ website. This will bring to over 100 the total number... Read more
Pierre-Paul
Lemyre
Supporting Accessibility with WCAG 2.0 Level AA Compatibility
This fifth blog post in a series of five is the sequel to “Creating mobile friendly website”. Facilitating the publishing process is not the only benefit resulting from an optimal usage of Microsoft Word. Surprisingly enough, it can also contribute to generating more accessible files, in other words, files readable online by persons with disabilities. […] Read more
Pierre-Paul
Lemyre
Extracting Metadata From the Body of Documents
This third blog post in a series of five is the sequel to “Converting Word files for the Web”. Getting usable HTML and PDF files out of original Word documents is one of the first steps to take in the operation of a legal information website, but it is not enough in itself. In addition […] Read more
Pierre-Paul
Lemyre
Converting Word Files for the Web
This second blog post in a series of five is the natural sequel to “Making the Most Out of Word Templates and Styles”. Generating cleaner, more structured Word files is one thing. Converting them into file formats adapted for the web is another. Legal information websites require HTML and PDF versions that need to be […] Read more
Pierre-Paul
Lemyre
Making the Most Out of Word Templates and Styles
This blog post is the first of a series of five addressing the question: how far can legal information providers go by building upon Word files? This content is part of a paper to be presented at the 2014 Law via the Internet Conference to be held in Cape Town from September 30th to October […] Read more
Frédéric
Pelletier
Use of Personal Information in Judgments and Recommended Protocol
The JTAC Open Courts and E-Access to Court Records and Privacy Subcommittee was asked in February, 2004 to consider developing and implementing a standardized national protocol to de-identify family judgments which would allow all of them to be posted on court websites. Read more