Author Archives: Shaunna Mireau

About Shaunna Mireau

Legal Information Specialist from Alberta. I am excited by the challenges of unearthing potential using Lean Six Sigma methodology in the legal environment. Advocate of law libraries, legal information, legal research, knowledge management and continuous improvement.

Add Current Awareness Reminders to Your Calendar

One of the really important aspects of lawyering is to have the right information at the right time for your clients.  Sometimes this means watching a resource that has a …

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Think About the Reader

I have had the benefit of working on a writing project with others from my firm recently.  One of the key things that I have learned from this is that …

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Watch for New Ways to View Information

Hat Tip to David Whelan via a tweet that led me to  LawAtlas:

LawAtlasSM is a gateway to key laws aimed at improving our health or access to health …

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Cheat for Remembering Research Passwords

I don’t know about you, but I have a zillion (only a slight exaggeration) passwords.  There have been some great tips on the technology side of this blog and at …

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Data From Published Survey Results

Survey results are converging in my world as useful sources of information. In looking at some information for an upcoming presentation, Google informed me about some published surveys that contained …

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Update Legislation on Your Mobile Device

A couple of years ago I shared a tip for putting the Rules of Court on a mobile device. A couple of days ago there was a notice about …

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Read About Clients

The best legal research output comments on how to apply the law to the facts and reaches a conclusion on how the client should be advised to move forward. Today’s …

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Make Connections

I had the pleasure of attending the American Association of Law Libraries conference this week. Despite having 20 years invested in my profession, I was a first time attendee. One …

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Acts Can Be Amended by Regulations

Oh legislation.  How I love the odd and interesting and esoteric nature of delving into your secrets! Today’s Tip is a reminder that legislation passed by elected members can be …

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Watch for See Also Notes

CanLII has added “See Also” references! No, I am not talking about references within CanLII to other things on CanLII, like the growing Commentary section on the site.  In this …

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