This page provides a curated list of key legal research tools and resources—organized by category—including Canadian and international legal websites, historical databases, legal blogs, professional associations, legal directories, and library collections across Canada and abroad.
Legal Sites
Topical
- Canadian Institute of Resources Law
- David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights – advocacy, research and education – hosted by the University of Toronto
- Environmental Law Centre (Alberta)
- National Association of Drug Court Professionals
- Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security – York University
- Restorative Justice Exchange
- Uniform Law Conference of Canada
International
- Droit francophone – Legal materials from Francophone countries
- The American Society of International Law
- Europa: Gateway to European Union
- Free Access to Law Movement – access to law from various jurisdictions
- GlobaLex – Hauser Global Law School, NYU
- NYU Law Research Guides – New York University
- International Labour Organization – United Nations
- Nations of the World – Law Library of Congress
- WorldLII – World Legal Information Institute
Canada
- LawCentral Canada – Canadian public legal organizations
- LawCentral Alberta – Access to Justice Network
- Our Legal Knowledge Base – Courthouse Libraries BC
- CanLII – Canadian Legal Information Institute
- Clicklaw – British Columbia
- CPLEA – Center for Public Legal Education – Alberta
- Department of Justice Canada
- Legaltree.ca – Canada’s Collaborative Legal Resource
- People’s Law School – British Columbia
- Steps to Justice – Ontario
- Centre d’access a la information juridique (CAIJ)
Australia
United States
Historical Sites
- Avalon Project – Yale University
- Early Canadiana Online
- Canadian Constitutional Documents: a Legal History
- English Crime and Execution Broadsides Crime Broadsheets collected by the Harvard Law School Library
- Famous Trials UMKC School of Law
- Gallop Portal – one-stop access point to government publications
- Law and Order – Provincial Archives
- Legal Archives Society of Alberta
- Library and Archives Canada
For historical legislation, see ALL’s Legislation Table
Legal Blogs
- Ablawg – University of Calgary Faculty of Law
- The Court – debate and data on the SCC
- Legal views
- Slaw.ca – Canadian weblog on legal research, info, technology, etc.
- CultureLibre.ca – Olivier Charbonneau leading Francophone law blogger in Canada
- NSRLP – Representing yourself Canada by the National Self Represented litigants project
Associations & Professional Organizations
- Alberta Civil Trial Lawyers Association
- Association des juristes d’expression francaise d’Alberta
- Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
- Canadian Association of Drug Treatment Court professionals
- Canadian Bar Association
- Canadian Bar Association Alberta Branch
- Canadian Centre for Professional Legal Education (CPLED)
- Centre for Constitutional Studies – U of A
- Health Law Institute – U of A
- Indigenous Bar Association
- LESA – Legal Education Society of Alberta
Legal Directories
- ADR Institute of Alberta – find a mediator/arbitrator
- Canadian Law List
- Canadian Legal Lexpert directory
- Government staff directory (Alberta)
- Lawyers directory (Canada)
- Law Society of Alberta Membership Directory
- HG.org Worldwide Legal Directories
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Canadian Process Serving
- Association of Translators and Interpreters of Alberta
Law Libraries
Canada
Alberta
- Alberta Legislature Library
- University of Alberta – John A. Weir Memorial Law Library
- University of Calgary – Bennett Jones Law Library
British Columbia
- Courthouse Libraries BC
University of British Columbia Law Library
University of Victoria – Diana M. Priestly Law Library
Manitoba
- University of Manitoba – E.K. Williams Law Library
New Brunswick
- University of New Brunswick – Gerard V. La Forest Law Library
Nunavut
Ontario
- Law Society of Ontario – Great Library
- University of Toronto – Bora Laskin Law Library
- University of Western Ontario – John & Dotsa Bitove Family Law Library
- York University – Osgoode Hall Law Library
Québec
- CAIJ – Centre D’Accès à l’Information Juridique – library network serving the Quebec Barreau & Judiciary
- McGill University – Nahum Gelber Law Library
Saskatchewan
Yukon
Other Libraries