you will use the CanLII search engine to locate a case decision and then provide a two-to-three page memo about the case. CanLII The easiest (and free) way to find Canadian case law is by using a website called "CanLII" (https://www.canlii.org/en/). CanLII.org is a website funded by Canada's lawyers and notaries which provides the public free access to legal cases and information. CanLII's search works similar to Google in that it uses Boolean operators (" ", AND, +, OR., etc.) to connect words. If you would like a summary of how to search, there are two sample videos available at: https://tips.slaw.ca/2017/research/database-video-tutorials/ https://www.howtoseparate.ca/7-building-your-case/75-researching-cases-canlii Additional CanLII search resources are noted below. Finding An Appropriate Case Cases on CanLII are identified by a legal citation which tells you the type of case. In our class, we only cover "civil" law topics (i.e. torts, contract, employment law, etc.), however, CanLII reports on a wide variety of legal topics like criminal and administrative law. For your case report, you should be reporting on a civil decision. The following is an example of a civil case citation: Civil Case Citation: Malette v. Shulman (1990), 67 DLR (4th) 321 (Ont CA) You must not use any of the following types of cases: R. v. Person or Person v. R. o These are criminal law cases. For example: R. v Mathieu, [2008] 1 SCR 723. Do not use any decisions which are from the following tribunals or agencies: o Human Rights Tribunal o Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunals o Privacy Commissioners o Labour Relations Boards. Therefore, you are looking for a case with a citation like Professor v. Student from any of the following court levels: SCC BCCA Supreme Court of Canada Court of Appeal BCSC Supreme Court of British Columbia BCPC Provincial Court of British Columbia BCCRT Civil Resolution Tribunal of British Columbia The BCPC and BCCRT typically have the easiest to read cases and so you should try looking through those court levels first. Ultimately, you may need to read through quite a few cases before you find an appropriate case for each report. Completing a Case Report To report or brief a case, you must first carefully read the decision to gain an overall understanding of the facts of the case, the decision rendered by the court, and the reasoning behind the court's decision. You must summarize in your own words what the judge said in the case and not give your own analysis of the decision. This is not a cut and paste activity - you are to summarize the decision in your own words