Category: Lexum

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

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

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

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

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

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

This summer, request a free trial of OyezOyez and get the opportunity to win an iPad! To participate: register, try OyezOyez for a period of 30 days and add at least 30 documents during the period. On August 13, 2013 Lexum will draw a winner from all participants. The contest is free and without obligation. The contest is open to municipalities in Quebec and Ontario and participation is limited to 2 participants per municipality. Read more

Lexum is proud to announce the launch of CIDCOM a website bridging the gap between regulatory material on economic integration from regional organizations which Côte d'Ivoire is a member of (WAEMU, ECOWAS, and others), as well as the corresponding Ivorian texts of application. Built on the OyezOyez platform from Lexum, CIDCOM aims to assist the quick identification of how regional standards are implemented... Read more

The deadline to meet the requirements of the Common Look and Feel (CLF) of the Government of Canada is July 31st, 2013 . With Decisia Lexum already offers an ideal platform for courts and tribunals that must comply with high standards of Web accessiblity. But compliance with the new federal standard requires that each document posted on a website belonging to the Government of Canada meets the requirements... Read more