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COVID-19: CAIJ is there for you!
CAIJ supports the practice of its members and adapts quickly to situations that may influence it. In the circumstances of the COVID-19 crisis, it has made it a priority to increase access to legal information for its members and to improve its services to optimize telework. The CAIJ is also making sure to lend a hand to those who are implementing initiatives to help the most vulnerable in our society.
TELEWORK PRACTICE OPTIMIZATION
EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO MEMBERS
Free videoconferencing service
In this era of confinement, the CAIJ now facilitates your meetings and exchanges with the addition of a free videoconferencing platform through secure and encrypted connections in Mon CAIJ.
EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO MEMBERS
Free document retrieval
Requests for document retrieval, by e-mail, are free of charge until June 30, 2020. Document tracking is also a means of utilizing expanded services offered by valuable partners during the pandemic.
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Content accessible free of charge via an exclusive CAIJ agreement
Thanks to our partner Edilex. Until May 31, you can obtain, free of charge, a form or template you need by making a request to the CAIJ’s document retrieval service, which is also offered to you free of charge.
Thanks to our partner Thomson Reuters. You have access to the entire content of La reference, without restriction and with all the bonus included in this highly appreciated tool, but also to other value-added content, until May 31, 2020. You will be able to access this content through your personal space Mon CAIJ.
Thank you to our partner SOQUIJ for allowing CAIJ to act as an intermediary for free access to the plumitifs through our document retrieval service, which is offered free of charge.
Thanks to our partners Juris Concept and Wilson & Lafleur. Obtain free of charge one of Me Payette’s 300 models and forms of civil procedure documents through our document retrieval service. Until May 31, 2020.
Thanks to our partner Wolters Kluwer. Obtain free of charge unlimited access to IntelliConnect until May 30, 2020.
Take advantage of the content presented in four parts:
- CCH Tax
- CCH Taxation
- CCH Municipal and public law
- Professional tools
Contents accessible free of charge
All members have free access to Jurifamille during the confinement period. All you have to do is register to access it remotely from your home via jurifamille.com.
LexisNexis Canada offers free of charge a selection of content available in Lexis Advance Quicklaw for 30 days. Offer available until April 30, 2020.
Tailor-made content related to COVID-19
Spécial file (French only) – COVID-19
Annotated statutes – Loi sur la santé publique
Documented research questions (French only) – COVID-19
- Quelles sont les sources utiles à consulter sur l’application des chartes des droits et libertés?
- Quelles sont les sources utiles à consulter sur les garanties des droits et libertés?
- En quoi consiste le critère de l’atteinte minimale?
- Que signifie l’expression »règle de droit » à l’article 1 de la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés?
- Quels sont les principes applicables à l’analyse sous l’article 1 de la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés?
EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO MEMBERS
Activating Mon CAIJ
If it is not already done, we invite you to activate your personal and secure space Mon CAIJ for quick access to several exclusive services such as videoconferencing and backup of your personalized research files, the 2019-2020 Law Collection, the CCQ annotated Baudouin Renaud 2019 and other exclusive databases.
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Customer service
An enlarged team of fifteen people is ready to assist you every day by phone and email.
Chat schedule
Monday to Thursday: 8:00 am to 8:00 pm, Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Accompaniment in legal research
- By chat or phone
Training
- Customized with researchers (video or phone)
- Available remotely
Paper tracking
- By chat, phone or email
Digital tracking
- By chat, phone or email
FLEXIBILITY MEASURES
Book loans
The loans from February 1 have all been renewed until May 20, 2020, thus avoiding any late fees on your file.
Wider community support
Legal assistance clinic COVID-19
Very active, CAIJ supports several initiatives of members or partner organizations that help our fellow citizens. Among these is the COVID-19 Legal Assistance Clinic, jointly orchestrated by the Department of Justice, the Commission des services juridiques, the Barreau du Québec and the CAIJ.
Family law helpline
CAIJ lends a hand to Juripop and its family law legal hotline in support of victims of domestic violence.
Partnership with the Quebec Bar Foundation
To encourage knowledge sharing and exchanges, the Fondation du Barreau is partnering with the CAIJ to bring together online, in a dedicated space available free of charge to students and members of the Bar, articles and books useful to lawyers in these times of crisis related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective is to centralize for members of the legal community publications related to the various legal aspects in times of crisis.
Do not hesitate to call on us. You can always reach the CAIJ team through the chat service from Monday to Thursday from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm and Friday from 8:00 am. to 5:00 pm. Our team is here to help you by providing research support and assistance to help you access the information you need more easily. You can also contact us at 1 844 596-CAIJ (2245) or by email.
