LiRN (the Legal Information and Resource Network) is an incorporated organization funded by the Law Society of Ontario to support the Ontario county law library system’s services and programs, to help meet the evolving needs of law library users.

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LiRN is tasked with modernizing the delivery of legal information and library services by the Ontario county law library system in an efficient and cost-effective manner through the management and allocation of grant funding, ongoing assessment of the system and strategic development of appropriate service offerings.

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LiRN was established by the Law Society of Ontario under the LSO’s By-Law 13, which requires that it create a corporation to establish and administer a system for the provision of law library services and programs by county law libraries.

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LIRN is governed by an externally recruited, skills-based Board of Directors. Each Director provides specific knowledge and skills. Learn more about their Board here.

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The Board currently has three standing committees: the Audit and Finance Committee, the Governance Committee, and the Network Policy Committee.

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There are  48 courthouse libraries across Ontario, and they are the main source of legal information and law library services for most of the practicing lawyers in Ontario.

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LiRN administers grants and provides strategic leadership to the courthouse libraries, allowing them to provide up-to-date resources and services that meet the evolving needs of library patrons (our lawyers), working with their shareholders, the Law Society of Ontario (LSO), the Federation of Ontario Law Associations (FOLA), and the Toronto Lawyers Association (TLA)

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