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About Ted Tjaden

I am a lawyer currently working as the National Director of Knowledge Management at McMillan LLP, a leading business law firm with offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Hong Kong. Although my firm strongly values legal research and also encourages my scholarship in writing books and presenting papers at conferences, I alone am responsible for the content of this website.

Law-related publications

Books / Chapters / Major Works (most recent first)

• Legal Research and Writing, 3d ed (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2010)

Reviews:

• By Eve Leung: (2011) 36 Can L Libr Rev 80-82 (available here on HeinOnline by subscription)

• By Catherine Best: "New Editions of Three Canadian Legal Research and Writing Guides - a Review" (10 August 2010) Available here on SLAW.ca

• “Researching Construction Law” in the Appendix to Construction Law in Canada (Markham, ON: LexisNexis Canada, 2010)

• University of Toronto, Faculty of Law (Fall 2005) Thesis: Access to Law-Related Information in Canada in the Digital Age. Available online:

• Entire Thesis

• Abstract and Introduction

• Chapter 1: Access to Law-Related Information as a Fundamental Right

• Chapter 2: Complexity as a Factor Inhibiting Access to the Law in Canada

• Chapter 3: The Market for Law-Related Information in Canada: The History of Legal Publishing in Canada

• Chapter 4: The Impact of Crown Copyright on Access to Law-Related Information

• Chapter 5: The Shrinking Information Commons and Private Control of Public Goods: The Commercialization of the Internet

• Chapter 6: Thirty Years Later: The 1975 Access to the Law Study and the Role of Major Players in Providing Access to the Law

• Conclusions and Recommendations

• Bibliography

• The Law of Independent Legal Advice (Toronto: Carswell, 2000)

Articles (most recent first)

• Regular contributor to SLAW (law and technology blog): http://www.slaw.ca (see an archive of my posts here)

• October 13, 2011: “International and Foreign Legal Research” in Advanced Legal Research (Legal Education Society of Alberta, Calgary, AB)

• October 5, 2011: “International and Foreign Legal Research” in Advanced Legal Research (Legal Education Society of Alberta, Edmonton, AB) 

• May 16, 2011: Speaker: “Project Management in Law Firms: A New Role for Librarians?" (Canadian Association of Law Libraries, Calgary, AB)

• May 10 & 11, 2010: Speaker: (i) “How to Plead: Essential Elements”, (ii) ““Free” versus “Fee” Online Legal Research in the United States and Canada” (co-author), (iii) “The Evolution of Law-Related Knowledge Management in North America – Opportunities for Law Librarians” (Canadian Association of Law Libraries, Windsor, ON)

• November 16, 2009: “The 7 Faces of Legal Knowledge Management” in LawTech Canada: Exploring New Frontiers in Technology Solutions (Toronto, Insight)

• February 25, 2009: “Risk & Innovation: Aligning Technology with Explicit Business Goals” in Best Practices & Management Strategies for Law Firm Library & Information Service Centers (Ark Group, New York)

• November 18, 2008: “Effective Litigation Knowledge Management” in Canadian Law & Technology Forum (Insight ALM, Toronto).

• May 17, 2007: “Moving Beyond Technology: Assessing Your Firm’s Focus on a KM Culture” in KM Legal 201: Moving Beyond KM Technology (Ark Group Conference, Toronto)

• April 26-27, 2007: “Innovator, Fool, I Dream: Deploying Effective Knowledge Management Principles to Combat Information Overload in Law Firms” (Knowledge Leadership Forum, New York).

• March 2, 2007: “Computer Research: Getting the Most Bang for your Buck: The Top Twenty Tips for Ontario Solo and Small firm Lawyers” (with Jeanette Bosschart) in LSUC 2nd Annual Solo and Small Firm Conference and Expo.

• May 12, 2006: “Top Twenty Internet and Technology Tips for Ontario Solo and Small Firm Lawyers (in Twenty Minutes)” in LSUC Solo and Small Firm Conference and Expo.

• “Canadian Top 40: What You Need to Know About Canada’s Legal System” (March 2005) 9 AALL Spectrum 10.

• November 12, 2004: “Top Tools for Research and Fact Finding on the Internet” in OBA/LSUC Technology for Lawyers 2004 (Toronto: Ontario Bar Association, 2004).

• May 26, 2004: Presented paper: “The Best Online Sources for International and Foreign Law” in You’ve Got the Whole World in Your Hands: Using the Internet to Expand the Boundaries of Legal Research (Toronto: Ontario Bar Association, 2004).

• Case Comment: “Fair Dealing Clarified: A Case Comment on the Supreme Court of Canada decision in CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society of Upper Canada" (15 April 2004) [Version française]

• November 28, 2003: “Effective Use of Online Resources for Legal Research” in OBA/ LSUC Technology for Lawyers 2003 Conference - "Electronic Research: Get Caught in the Web.

• May 23, 2002: “Finding Case Law and Legislation on the Internet” at OBA Conference, Where do I Find That? Internet Legal Research 2002 (Toronto).

• Book Review: Bennett on Receiverships (Carswell, 2nd ed). (2001) 26 Can. L. Libraries 66.

• Book Review: Visions of Privacy: Policy Choices in a Digital Age (2001) 26 Can. L. Libraries 24.

• December 7, 2000: “How Real is Virtual? Authentication and Reliability of Information on the Internet” at The Web – The Future of Legal Research? (Lorman: Toronto).

• “Researching Canadian Law” (2000) 5 Spectrum 14.

• “How to Overcome your Online Research Fears,” The Lawyers Weekly (4 February 2000).

• “Legal Issues in Using the Internet for Law-Related Work and Research” (1996) 21 Can. L. Libraries 180.

Hobbies

I am the owner of Classic Ragtime Piano where I have tried to improve access to public domain ragtime sheet music, including music from my own collection.

I have recently started to play the Brazilian tango or choro music of Ernesto Nazareth. Alexandre Dias has an amazing online list of recordings of Nazareth's music. You can get PDF's of his sheet music here (click on the title; it is not obvious at first).

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Legal Research and Writing:
Third Edition

by Ted Tjaden

Softcover 422 pgs.
Published: June 2010
ISBN-13: 9781552211762

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