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CanLII
TypeNon-profit
PurposeLegal education
Parent organization
Federation of Law Societies of Canada
Websitewww.canlii.org/en/ Edit this at Wikidata

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]

Background

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CanLII offers free public access to over 2.4 million documents[2] across more than 300 case law and legislative databases.[3] The official websites of provincial governments, which provide access to primary legislative documents, are linked to CANLII online.[4] The CANLII database is one of the most comprehensive collections of Canadian federal, provincial and territorial legislation.[5] It is used by lawyers, legal professionals and the general public, with usage averaging over 30,000 visits per day.[6] 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.[7]

History

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In April 2014, CanLII launched CanLII Connects, a legal community sourced publication and discussion platform for case law summaries and commentaries.[8][9]

In March 2018, CanLII launched a commentary program including law reviews, e-books, articles, public legal education materials, and reports.[10]

In June 2020, CanLII started actively promoting the CanLII guest writer program.[11] As of February 2024, CanLII is piloting the use of a large language model to generate artificial intelligence case summaries.[12]

Other websites will often use CanLII as their primary source when referring to Canadian case law,[13] and as of the 10th Edition of the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation, is the designated preferred citation, in the absence of official court-issued neutral citations.[14][15]

In November 2024, CanLII filed a lawsuit against Caseway, alleging that Caseway violated its terms of service by scraping content from CanLII's website. [16] [17] [18]

References

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  1. ^ "Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) acquires Lexum, a Montreal technology firm". canlii.org. 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  2. ^ "CanLII - Search all CanLII Databases". Canlii.ca. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  3. ^ "CanLII - Scope of CanLII's Databases". Canlii.ca. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  4. ^ Dina, Yemisi (2015-04-10). Law Librarianship in Academic Libraries: Best Practices. Chandos Publishing. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-08-100179-0.
  5. ^ Siu, Bobby (2020-04-21). "Appendix 2". Developing Public Policy, Second Edition: A Practical Guide. Canadian Scholars’ Press. ISBN 978-1-77338-175-6.
  6. ^ "CanLII's Top Ten Accessed Cases from 2018 – Slaw". www.slaw.ca. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-17.
  7. ^ "Un million de décisions..." droit-inc.com. 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
  8. ^ "CanLII Connects!". National Magazine. Canadian Bar Association. Archived from the original on 2014-10-19. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
  9. ^ Kowalski, Mitch (4 April 2014). "CanLII Connects website connects accessible law to Canadians". Financial Post. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  10. ^ "More commentary!". The CanLII Blog. 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  11. ^ "CanLII | Common Law Marriage in British Columbia". commentary.canlii.org. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  12. ^ CanLII, Steinlauf v. Deol (AI Case Analysis), accessed 17 February 2024
  13. ^ "Caselaw.ninja, retrieved 2021-06-17". Retrieved Dec 30, 2022.
  14. ^ Rosborough, Hannah (2023-10-17). "McGill Guide 10th Edition: Hierarchy of Sources". Slaw. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  15. ^ "On CanLII's new place in the McGill Guide's hierarchy of sources". The CanLII Blog. 2023-11-15. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  16. ^ "Online legal database CanLII sues Caseway AI for copyright infringement | BetaKit". 2024-11-08. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
  17. ^ "CanLII sues AI legal assistant Caseway AI for copyright infringement". www.canadianlawyermag.com. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
  18. ^ hughstephensblog, Author (2024-11-25). "AI-Scraping Copyright Litigation Comes to Canada (CANLII v Caseway AI)". Hugh Stephens Blog. Retrieved 2024-11-30. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
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