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About Ted Tjaden
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About Ted Tjaden
I am a lawyer and law librarian
with experience in legal research and knowledge
management.
Law-related publications
Books / Chapters / Major
Works (most recent first)
- Causes of Action, Defences and Remedies in
Canada (2019 to current) (WestlawNext Canada)
(overview here from Thomson Reuters)
(login here for subscribers).
This is an "online only" database I created on WestlawNext Canada that
provides detailed commentary and model precedent and
factum language for all of the major contract, tort
and equitable causes of action, defences, and
remedies. Loosely modeled on Causes of Action, 2d
(also available here by subscription on
Westlaw USA), this is licensed as a separate paid
module on LawSource on WestlawNext Canada that
I will regularly update, with each topic or
"article" containing 4 major sections:
- Commentary: Section 1 of each article
includes an overview of the cause of action,
defence or remedy, along with commentary on
leading jurisprudence, applicable federal and
common-law provincial and territorial
legislation (including applicable rules of
court), limitation periods, burdens of proof,
remedies, availability of summary judgment and
relevant summary judgment jurisprudence, costs,
practice tips, and a list of related topics.
- Model pleading and factum language:
Section 2 of each article contains model
language to plead the particular cause of
action, defence or remedy along with model
factum language to argue issues relating to that
topic.
- Practice checklists: Section 3 of each
article includes practice checklists and model
examination for discovery questions and
strategies when litigating issues involving the
particular article topic.
- Research references: Section 4 of each
article contains a list of all relevant
Canadian, British, and American treatises for
the topic, along with a list of all relevant
academic and CLE journal articles, links to the
relevant commentary from the Canadian
Encyclopedic Digest and the major American
encyclopedias on Westlaw USA, links to
applicable WestlawNext Canada Legal
Memoranda, and references to all
applicable Canadian Abridgment case
digests and American West Digest case digests.
Also included are separate articles on:
- Pleadings more generally (including statements
of claim, statements of defence and
counterclaims, third party claims, applications
and motions, factums, orders and judgments, and
costs).
- A separate list of leading Canadian legal
treatises organized into 48 topics.
- A short guide to legal research useful for
training articling students and new lawyers.
Reviews of 2nd edition:
- By Eve Leung: (2011) 36 Can
L Libr Rev 80 (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
- University of Toronto,
Faculty of Law (Fall 2005), LL.M. Thesis: Access
to Law-Related Information in Canada in the
Digital Age. Available online:
Articles / Presentations
(most recent first)
- Substantive Law Webinar
Series for the Canadian Association of Law
Libraries (CALL): I conducted six webinars
(1.5 hours each) covering the substantive law
courses from the typical Canadian first-year law
school curriculum, being the following subjects:
- Civil Procedure (20 March
2014)
- Tort Law (30 October 2014)
- Contract Law (9 December
2014)
- Constitutional Law (12
February 2015)
- Real/Personal Property Law
(21 April 2015)
- Criminal Law (18 June 2015)
Archived versions of these six webinars
are available here on
the CALL website (for members of CALL, password
required).
- "The Impact of Hryniak v
Maudlin on Summary Judgments in Canada One
Year Later" (2015) 44 Adv Q 85 (with Matthew
Karabus).
- 24 January 2013: "Leveraging
Your Document Management System for Precedents" in
Leveraging Technology to Reach New Heights:
E-Discovery, Smart Phones & Tablets, and
Document Management Systems (DMS) (Toronto:
Toronto Lawyers Association, 2013).
- Regular contributor to SLAW
(law and technology blog) (www.slaw.ca)
(see an archive of my posts here,
2005-2012).
- March 2011: "Legal Project Management for Law
Librarians: Are You on Board?" (March 2011) 16:5 AALL Spectrum 14.
- 13 October 2011:
"International and Foreign Legal Research" in Advanced
Legal Research (LESA: Calgary).
- 5 October 2011:
"International and Foreign Legal Research" in Advanced
Legal Research (LESA:
Edmonton).
- 25 February 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).
- 2 March 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 (LSUC,
Toronto).
- 12 May 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 (LSUC,
Toronto).
- "Canadian Top 40: What You
Need to Know About Canada’s Legal System" (March
2005) 9:5 AALL Spectrum 10.
- 12 November 2004: "Top Tools
for Research and Fact Finding on the Internet" in
OBA/LSUC Technology for Lawyers 2004
(Toronto: Ontario Bar Association, 2004).
- 26 May 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).
- 28 November 2003: "Effective
Use of Online Resources for Legal Research" in OBA/
LSUC Technology for Lawyers 2003 Conference –
Electronic Research: Get Caught in the Web
(Toronto).
- 23 May 2002: "Finding Case
Law and Legislation on the Internet" at OBA
Conference, Where do I Find That? Internet Legal
Research 2002 (Toronto).
- 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).
- "How to Overcome Your Online
Research Fears" (The Lawyers Weekly) (4
February 2000).
Hobbies
I am the owner of Classic
Ragtime Piano where I have tried to improve
access to public domain, pre-1923 ragtime sheet music,
including sheet music from my own collection.
I have recently started to play
the Brazilian tango or choro music of
Ernesto Nazareth.
You can get PDF copies of Nazareth's sheet music
here, for free (click on the title of the
individual song title; it is not obvious at first).
Last updated:
January 2021
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Legal
Research and Writing:
4th Edition
by
Ted Tjaden
Softcover 512
pgs.
Published: January 2016
ISBNs:
Paperback: 978-1-55221-414-5
e-book: 978-1-55221-415-2
Purchase
here
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