Lexum is pleased to announce its latest version of Lexbox: Lexbox 3.1. Here’s what’s new: Improved Visibility of Action Buttons Adding a new folder or bookmark in the My Lexbox tab is now even easier thanks to these actions buttons being more visibly displayed at the top of the page. The same is true: for […] Read more
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Register for the Virtual Law via the Internet Conference, September 22-23, 2020
Lexum is proud to sponsor the 2020 virtual edition of the 2020 Law via the Internet Conference. The LVI is the foremost international conference aimed at bringing together communities involved in all aspects of free access to law. Since its inception, the LVI Conference has been organized by members of the Free Access to Law […] Read more
Decisia 6.1 – Various Improvements to the Administrative Interface
Lexum is pleased to announce its latest version of Decisia: Decisia 6.1. Here’s what’s new: Various improvements have been made to the back office administrative management interface of Decisia, including: Easier Access to the Audit Trail The “View history” button is now accessible from the “Edit Decision” form, saving you time when you want to […] Read more
Connecting Public and Private Legal Information Part II: Linking your Legal Citations to CanLII Material
A month ago, I introduced Lexum’s first step in providing Knowledge Management as a Service (KMaaS) via Lexbox. This development has made it possible for Lexbox users to start searching their own documents alongside the public legal information made available on the CanLII website. This post covers the upcoming release of the second feature tied […] Read more
How to Semi-Automate Typesetting to Save Time and Money
Typesetting is the operation consisting in setting the text onto a page so that it looks good. It originates from the printing world in which typographers initially had to arrange physical types (letters and symbols) to imprint them on paper. Obviously, this work is now completed digitally with the help of dedicated software such as […] Read more
The First Nations Gazette Now Powered by Decisia and Qweri
The First Nations Gazette (FNG) recently released a modernized website leveraging Lexum’s solutions for providing online access to its various components. The FNG database is composed of the following data: Part I: First Nation public notices and notices relating to Aboriginal matters by other governments and organizations made available via Decisia. Part II: Enacted First […] Read more
Connecting Public and Private Legal Information
In a recent post Ivan Mokanov presented Lexum’s vision of providing Knowledge Management as a Service to the legal community. It is true that until now KM in the legal sector has been closely associated with expensive enterprise software only at the reach of law firms of a certain size. However, it is our belief […] Read more
KM-as-a-Service
Knowledge management (KM) professionals know that there are several elements that will make or break the success of a KM initiative. One such element is mostly humans: Will the lawyers in your organization actually adopt the industry leading enterprise search system that you are spending big bucks on? At the same time, anyone who has […] Read more
Working on An Online System for your Court or Adjudicative Body? Connect it to Decisia for Easy Online Publishing
In the context of the current sanitary crisis, many courts, tribunals, and agencies are looking at solutions to quickly move a portion of their traditional activities to the online world. If you are working on or simply thinking about such a project, you are probably considering off-the-shelve options involving the least possible coding. So, when […] Read more
Need to Provide Open Access to Key Documents and Materials? Lexum Will Help at No Cost
Note: This offer ended on June 30, 2020. Today, providing efficient remote access to some key documents and materials may have become more important than ever for many organizations. In the context of the current COVID-19 crisis, Lexum is waiving the fees of its Qweri product for organizations in need of quickly providing public access […] Read more