Law Library Blog

The Law Library Blog provides up-to-date information regarding services, events, resources, and news relevant to the Law Library at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver.

Grade of ‘A’ for UBC Library

The Globe and Mail University Report Card ranks UBC Library as one of the two top-ranked libraries of the ten universities in the large-sized category. For further details, see: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/reportcard/

Dean Emeritus George F. Curtis

From http://www.law.ubc.ca/news/2005/oct/10_24_2005_curtis.html It is with great sorrow that the Faculty of Law announces the passing of our founding dean, Dean Emeritus George F. Curtis. To many, Dean Curtis is the Faculty of Law. He started the UBC Faculty of Law in 1948 and remained dean until his retirement in 1971. He saw the school through […]

Canada’s First Library Robot Serves Phase One of Irving K. Barber Learning Centre

For the UBC Media Release dated Oct. 3, 2005, see http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/media/releases/2005/mr-05-118.html For more information about the ASRS (Automated Storage and Retrieval System), see http://www.library.ubc.ca/home/asrs/whatis.html To find out how to retrieve materials from the ASRS, see http://www.library.ubc.ca/home/asrs/how-to/

New E-book Collection – Making of Modern Law

The Making of Modern Law, also known as “MOML” is the latest collection of e-book records loaded into our catalogue. Representing over 21,000 works, the collection covers American and British legal history of the 19th and early 20th centuries (1800-1926). Titles include casebooks, local practice manuals, form books, works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, speeches […]

The GREGORY K. STEELE, Q.C. Prize

The Canadian Centre for Elder Law Studies is pleased to offer the First Annual Gregory K. Steele, Q.C. Prize awarded for best paper on an Elder Law Topic by a graduate or undergraduate student in law. Presentation of the award will be made at the conference. The award includes an honorarium of $500, conference registration […]

Agnes Huang in UBC Reports

Agnes Huang, one of UBC Law School’s 2005 Ray Herbert Award winners, is profiled in the current issue of UBC Reports. UBC Reports – Law School Equips Community Advocate HTML Version: http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/ubcreports/2005/05may05/advocate.html PDF Version: http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/ubcreports/2005/05may05/05may05.pdf

Construction & Shifting Project in the Law Library

Construction in the Law Library Library renovations will begin on Tuesday, May 3rd. The wooden Ph.D carrels on the top floor will be dismantled, a new meeting/training room will be constructed in the NE area of the top floor, new Ph.D carrels will be located along the west side of the top floor, and an […]

Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective: 1918-1981

The UBC Library has a new subscription to Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective: 1918-1981 from WilsonWeb. This index is a bibliographic database that cumulates citations from print editions of Index to Legal Periodicals published between 1918-1981. Periodical coverage includes law reviews, bar association journals, university publications, yearbooks, institutes, and government publications. Index to Legal Periodicals […]

New Court Reforms in British Columbia

Changes to court rules to improve access to court for British Columbians was announced by Attorney General Geoff Plant on March 30th, 2005, to be effective September 1st, 2005. This includes raising the financial limit for disputes in small claims court from the previous limit of $10,000 to $25,000. News Release Backgrounder

New Electronic Services

The UBC Library has new subscriptions to 3 online resources from Thompson Gale. Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises 1800-1926: http://resources.library.ubc.ca/969/ Provides digital images for all pages of 22,000 American and British legal treatises published between 1800 through 1926. Using full-text searching, researchers can access over 10 million pages from casebooks, local practice manuals, form […]