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.

Where Is Your Content Going

You spend good time and brain power creating a beautiful research work product. Then what happens?

Today’s Tip: think about where your words go.

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Delegating Legal Research

Today’s Tip was inspired by John DiGilio who edits the Pinhawk Librarian News Digest. John noted a post at RIPS Law Librarian Blog titled The Art of Delegating. The …

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Print Legislation Remains Valuable

During a dinner table discussion of paper less practices recently, a friend praised the value of print legislation.  He practices tax litigation, and I was questioning him about the various …

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English Translation of Cases

Lyonette Louis-Jacques posted some great strategies for finding an English translation of case law at Slaw. Today’s short legal research tip: Read Lyo’s Slaw post “How to Find …

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RSS Feeds and Links for Alberta Court Decisions

There is some rumbling from Alberta this week. The Alberta Courts are no longer publishing decisions on their website, but rather redirecting visitors to CanLII.  The rumbling comes from the …

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Plan Your Research

I have been reading in the area of Lean Six Sigma lately and have come to the conclusion that good legal research practices and good project management skills have wide …

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Critical Characteristic 1 – Integrity

For the last 3 legal research tips of 2014 I decided to give my opinion of the 3 most critical personal characteristics for being a successful legal researcher. I think …

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Critical Characteristic 2 – Persistence

For the last 3 legal research tips of 2014 I decided to give my opinion of the 3 most critical personal characteristics for being a successful legal researcher. I think …

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Critical Characteristic 3 – Engagement

For the last 3 legal research tips of 2014 I have decided to give my opinion of the 3 most critical personal characteristics for being a successful legal researcher. I …

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International Human Rights Day

December 10 has been celebrated as International Human Rights Day since a United Nations declaration in 1950.  Today’s Tip is to remember that International Conventions may apply to domestic affairs.…

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