LexUM

Lexum is a Canadian

legal technology Legal technology, also known as Legal Tech, refers to the use of technology and software to provide legal services and support the legal industry. Legal Tech companies are often startups founded with the purpose of disrupting the traditionally co ...

firm, publishing legal information. Lexum offers online services designed for producers and managers of legal information, as well as digitization, conversion and publishing services for legislation, case law, secondary material, and other legal materials. The firm is a spin-off from the

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (UdeM; ; translates to University of Montreal) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte- ...

LexUM Laboratory. The forerunner of Lexum was founded in 1993 as the Law

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server at the Université de Montréal. This site was both, respectively, the first available legal resources site in

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and in French. The Canadian Legal Information Institute (

CanLII The Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII; french: Institut canadien d'information juridique) is a non-profit organization created and funded by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada in 2001 on behalf of its 14 member societies. CanLI ...

) is a not-for-profit organization created by the

Federation of Law Societies of Canada The Federation of Law Societies of Canada (french: Fédération des ordres professionnels de juristes du Canada) is the national coordinating body of Canada's 14 law societies. History The Conference of Governing Bodies of the Legal Profession ...

in 2001 with Lexum technology backing-up the site ever since. In 2018 CanLII acquired Lexum. Lexum is a member of the

Free Access to Law Movement The Free Access to Law Movement (FALM) is the international movement and organization devoted to providing free online access to legal information such as case law, legislation, treaties, law reform proposals and legal scholarship. The movement b ...

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