Resources
A curated library of primary sources, guidance, and tools – organised by the areas I research and write about.
Canadian Legal
Canadian legal research sources and public-interest legal technology.
CanLII
Canadian Legal Information InstituteFree access to Canadian legislation, decisions and legal commentary.
Open →The Criminal Law Notebook
Criminal Law NotebookA Canadian criminal law reference and case-law resource.
Open →Lawblogs.ca – Internet Law
Lawblogs.caCanadian legal blog posts on internet and technology law.
Open →My Legal Research Assistant
Gareth SpanglettA custom GPT for structured legal research; see the post for scope and source-verification caveats.
Open →Canada Access to Information Requests Research AI
Gareth SpanglettA custom GPT described as using Canada’s Open Government API to explore access-to-information requests.
Open →AI Regulation
How artificial intelligence is being governed – the statutes, frameworks and standards that set the rules.
EU AI Act Regulatory Framework
European CommissionThe EU's risk-based legal framework for artificial intelligence, with the Commission's implementation guidance.
Open →Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA)
ISED CanadaCanada's proposed federal law setting safety and accountability duties for AI systems.
Open →AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0)
NISTA voluntary framework for managing risks to people and organisations from AI.
Open →Privacy & Cybersecurity
Data protection law and the security standards that underpin it.
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
OPCGuidance, decisions and resources on Canadian privacy law, including PIPEDA.
Open →UK GDPR Guidance and Resources
ICOThe UK regulator's practical guidance on data protection compliance.
Open →Cybersecurity Framework (CSF 2.0)
NISTA widely adopted framework for managing and reducing cybersecurity risk.
Open →PIPEDA
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of CanadaCanada's federal private-sector privacy statute.
Open →ENISA
EU Agency for CybersecurityThe EU's cybersecurity agency.
Open →OWASP Foundation
OWASPOpen community for application security.
Open →OWASP Top 10
OWASPThe reference list of the most critical web application security risks.
Open →IAPP
International Association of Privacy ProfessionalsThe privacy profession's global association.
Open →OIPC British Columbia
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for BCBritish Columbia's privacy regulator.
Open →Legal Research & Writing
Primary sources and guidance for finding, reading and drafting the law.
Legal Information Institute
Cornell Law SchoolFree, open access to US codes, court opinions and legal encyclopedias.
Open →Justice Laws Website
Department of Justice CanadaThe official, consolidated source of Canadian federal legislation and regulations.
Open →Plain Language Guidelines
Plain Language Action and Information NetworkFederal guidelines for writing clear, accessible legal and public-facing text.
Open →Enterprise Agreements
Standard terms, templates and practice resources for commercial contracts.
Common Paper
Common PaperOpen, standardised commercial contract templates for technology and services.
Open →Bonterms
BontermsStandard cloud and professional-services terms and NDAs, maintained in the open.
Open →OneNDA
OneNDAA single, freely adoptable non-disclosure agreement used across the market.
Open →Legal Tech & Engineering
Tools, data and engineering efforts changing how legal work gets done.
Free Law Project
Free Law ProjectOpen data and open-source software making legal information freely accessible.
Open →Stanford CodeX
Stanford Law SchoolThe Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, bridging law, computer science and design.
Open →Laws.Africa
Laws.AfricaOpen legal data and editing tools for African legislation.
Open →AI – General
Research, models and reporting on artificial intelligence more broadly.
Stanford AI Index
Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AIAn annual, data-driven report tracking the state of AI across the world.
Open →arXiv cs.AI
arXivThe open preprint server where most new AI research appears first.
Open →Google DeepMind
Google DeepMindResearch and publications from one of the leading AI laboratories.
Open →Technical
Research, productivity and legal-technology tools from the original resource list.
Zotero
Corporation for Digital ScholarshipFree reference-management software for collecting, organizing, citing and sharing research.
Open →Zoho One
ZohoZoho’s suite of business applications.
Open →iDissent browser extension
iDissentBrowser extension for navigation and formatting features on CanLII decisions.
Open →Spangleson’s GPT Builders
Gareth SpanglettCustom GPT builder profile and prompt-engineering resources.
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