Tips Tuesday

Here are excerpts from the most recent tips on SlawTips, the site that each week offers up useful advice, short and to the point, on research, writing, and practice.

Research & Writing

Should That Be –Able or –Ible?
Neil Guthrie

Or even –uble? Perhaps not one of the burning questions of the day, but I bet you’ve hesitated over this at least once. I did recently, when trying to Google an antiques dealer who had a well-priced early 20th-century silver snuffbox. The dealer used the form collectibles in its business name, it turned out. …

Technology

Irwin Law’s Canadian Online Legal Dictionary
Alan Kilpatrick

Are you familiar with Irwin Law’s Canadian Online Legal Dictionary (COLD)? COLD is a free online legal dictionary and is composed of all the terms featured in the legal textbooks published by Irwin Law. COLD is described in more detail on Irwin Law’s website …