Today is a day to celebrate for LawNow staff, the Legal Resource Centre and the Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta. Today we launch the new, totally re-designed LawNow website. It is a day to share with you how very far we have come. In 1975, LawNow began as a short, small, black and white newsletter called Resource News with content entirely generated by Legal Resource Centre staff. It was targeted for law librarians and lawyers and it featured news of interest to the legal and library communities. By 1980 Resource News had evolved into a 24-page magazine and it began to feature articles about the law from contributors from outside the Centre, a major development. In 1989 a complete revamp of the magazine saw it re-christened LawNow. This new magazine featured lots of material from volunteer contributors, the use of photos and illustrations on the cover and inside, and even the use of colour. Only one colour, but still, colour!
Now, in 2012, LawNow is once again undergoing a transformation. We made the move to a digital-only format in 2010. At the time, it was due to budget constraints, but more and more we are feeling that digital publishing will be the way of the future and we are capturing that evolution at just the right time. And, just this year, we were able to offer LawNow free of charge. We are so excited about the possibilities that this opens up: the tremendous potential to raise our profile across the country, the schools, law firms, not-for-profit organizations and libraries we will be able to reach, and the thousands of new readers we can attract.
To help us celebrate, check out our latest issue; it’s all about sex and taxes! Our Feature examines the Canadian tax system and where to turn when you have a tax issue. Our Special Report looks at where sex and the law meet: prostitution, sex tourism, gender identity. Our regular columns provide practical information on a variety of topics, including human rights law, not-for-profit law, employment law, family law, and more!
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Visit www.lawnow.org to see what all the excitement is about!
Thanks for your support,
Teresa Mitchell and Kristy Rhyason
New and Improved FREE LawNow!
Good news, everyone!
Our much cherished publication, LawNow Magazine, is going to be completely free as of September 2012.
We are very excited about this new phase in the continual development of LawNow. We believe this change will allow greater access to LawNow’s valuable content and will help us reach new audiences.
In addition, based on feedback we received from many of our subscribers, the LawNow website is being completely redesigned. You can look forward to easier to read articles, greater searching capabilities, and no login! LawNow will continue to include all of the features and articles that showcase the best in practical public legal information and education.
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We are confident that you will enjoy the new LawNow, and encourage you to visit the new and improved website at www.lawnow.org in the fall.