Information provided on LexisNexis' website:

Thoughtfully edited by four of the nation’s leading subject matter experts, Canadian Anthology on Mental Health and the Law brings together the voices of multidisciplinary experts from coast to coast. It explores complex dynamics at the intersection of mental health and the law and explains more sophisticated concepts in detail. It is a reference to consult when confronted with difficult problems in mental health and the law.

This special collection contains contributions by 70 extraordinary authors – judges, academics, lawyers, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals – in conversation with family members, victims, and people living with mental health challenges. It contains 50 unique chapters and is organized into seven main themes:

For more information about this resource, click here.

This item is available to PLA Members in good standing for sign-out. PLA Members can sign-out up to three items for overnight use for a seven day period. Overdue charges may be applicable to items that are not returned by their due date.

Not a member, but looking to become one? Please follow the link for the Membership Form and Fees. You may also contact the PLA Library Staff by email, and they will be happy to assist you. It only takes moments to join, and the PLA Library Staff can process memberships on the spot. Once payment is received, you can take advantage of all your PLA Membership Benefits, including discounts on CPD programs and social events.

As a friendly reminder, the Peel Law Association Library, Lawyers' Lounge and related services are open to all lawyers who are in good standing with the LSO, articling students, and LPP/NCA candidates.

Information provided on Emond's website:

In Detention, Arrest, and the Right to Counsel, Justice Davin Michael Garg (Ontario Court of Justice) and defence counsel Anil Kapoor provide a practical examination of early “street level” interactions between law enforcement and members of the public through the lens of sections 9 and 10 in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.  

National in scope, this resource focuses on three major areas: detention, arrest and the right to counsel. The first major area covers the power to detain a person, addressing law enforcement’s statutory and common law powers, including investigative detention and traffic stops. This area also addresses the issue of racial profiling. The second area covers the power to arrest, including the mechanism of an arrest, reasonable grounds, arrest with and without warrant, and more. Unlike other texts in this area, this handbook includes a third area with comprehensive coverage of the right to counsel, discussing law enforcement’s informational and implementational obligations under sections 10(a) and 10(b). 

For more information about this resource, click here.

This item is available to PLA Members in good standing for sign-out. PLA Members can sign-out up to three items for overnight use for a seven day period. Overdue charges may be applicable to items that are not returned by their due date.

Not a member, but looking to become one? Please follow the link for the Membership Form and Fees. You may also contact the PLA Library Staff by email, and they will be happy to assist you. It only takes moments to join, and the PLA Library Staff can process memberships on the spot. Once payment is received, you can take advantage of all your PLA Membership Benefits, including discounts on CPD programs and social events.

As a friendly reminder, the Peel Law Association Library, Lawyers' Lounge and related services are open to all lawyers who are in good standing with the LSO, articling students, and LPP/NCA candidates.

The PLA Library has added new titles and updated existing titles in our collection.

Check out our New Books page for a full list of books added to the PLA Library collection this year. Recent additions are marked with NEW at the beginning of the title.

PLA Members can borrow up to 3 books at a time, each for a 7 day period for use outside of the PLA facilities.

NOTE: Looseleaf items are reference resources and are only available for use in the PLA Library.

The PLA Library will be closing early on September 26, 2024 at 2:00 PM as staff will be off-site for Judges' Night.

Kindly note that staff will not be available to provide access to PLA facilities or any remote services.

The PLA Library has updated the following texts in our collection.

These books are available for use in the PLA Library.

PLA Members can sign them out for use outside of the PLA facilities. Members can sign out up to 3 books at a time, each for a 7 day period.

Check out our New Books page for a full list of books added to the PLA Library collection so far this year.

Three new opportunities for legal support staff have been added to our Jobsite page.

Have a Job Opportunity Available?

Complete our Jobsite posting form linked on our Jobsite page to have it posted on our website. This service is provided for free to current PLA members.

Information provided on the Wilfrid Laurier University Press' website:

“It’s a girl!” the Ontario press announced, as Canada’s first woman lawyer was called to the Ontario bar in February 1897.  Quiet Rebels explores experiences of exclusion among the few women lawyers for the next six decades, and how their experiences continue to shape gender issues in the contemporary legal profession.

Mary Jane Mossman tells the stories of all 187 Ontario women lawyers called to the bar from 1897 to 1957, revealing the legal profession’s gendered patterns. Comprising a small handful of students—or even a single student—at the Law School, women were often ignored, and they faced discrimination in obtaining articling positions and legal employment. Most were Protestant, white, and middle-class, and a minority of Jewish, Catholic, Black, and immigrant women lawyers faced even greater challenges. The book also explores some changes, as well as continuities, for the much larger numbers of Ontario women lawyers in recent decades.

For more information about this resource, click here.

This item is available to PLA Members in good standing for sign-out. PLA Members can sign-out up to three items for overnight use for a seven day period. Overdue charges may be applicable to items that are not returned by their due date.

Not a member, but looking to become one? Please follow the link for the Membership Form and Fees. You may also contact the PLA Library Staff by email, and they will be happy to assist you. It only takes moments to join, and the PLA Library Staff can process memberships on the spot. Once payment is received, you can take advantage of all your PLA Membership Benefits, including discounts on CPD programs and social events.

As a friendly reminder, the Peel Law Association Library, Lawyers' Lounge and related services are open to all lawyers who are in good standing with the LSO, articling students, and LPP/NCA candidates.

The PLA Library has added the following texts to our collection.

These books are available for use in the PLA Library.

PLA Members can sign them out for use outside of the PLA facilities. Members can sign out up to 3 books at a time, each for a 7 day period.

The PLA has also made some updates to our looseleaf collection.

The following are new additions to our collection:

The following looseleafs have been updated in our collection:

Looseleaf items are reference items that are available for use only in the PLA Library.

Check out our New Books page for a full list of books added to the PLA Library collection so far this year.

The PLA Library will be closed on Monday, September 2, 2024, for Labour Day.

We will return to our regular business hours of 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM on Tuesday, September 3, 2024.

Have a safe and enjoyable long weekend.