Sharon Wang joined the Law Library in 2006 as a Reference Librarian and became an adjunct faculty of the law school since 2008.

Prior to joining Osgoode, she worked at McGill University libraries’ Government Document Department, spent one summer at the Library of Parliament, and held various part-time positions at McGill Law Library.

Research Interests

Foreign, comparative, and international legal research methodology, copyright, Chinese law and legal research, artificial intelligence and legal education

Publications

• “Dutch Gateway to International Law and My Gateway to International Law Librarianship” forthcoming, International Journal of Legal Information.
• “Book review: Freedom of Information: The Law, the Practice and the Ideal”37 Canadian Law Library Review (2012) 29.
• “Book review: Peace and Justice at the International Criminal Court” 36Canadian Law Library Review (2011) 82.
• “Book review: the Idea of Authorship in Copyright”, 33 Canadian Law Library Review (2008) 462.
• “Book review: Halsbury’s Laws of Canada: Access to information and privacy”, 32 Can. Law Library Rev., (2007) 84.
•  “From Law Student to Law Librarian: Here I Am!” in 31 Can. Law Library Rev., (2006) 72.
• International Copyright and Developing Countries: the Impact of the TRIPs Agreement, LL.M thesis, Institute of Comparative Law, Faculty of Law, McGill University.

Courses

• Legal Research and Writing for International Graduate Students
• Foreign, comparative and international legal research

Research Guides

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Daniel Perlin B.A. (Hons), LL.B, MLIS
Reference Librarian

Daniel Perlin joined the Osgoode Hall Law School Library in June 2006 as a full time Reference Librarian, having worked as a casual Reference Librarian since July 2005.

He worked as Interim Reference Librarian at the Paul Martin Law Library, University of Windsor, also at the law firm of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP and at the University of Western Ontario Libraries. Daniel is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada and he articled at McTague LLP Windsor. His areas of interest include Canadian legal research, labour law, employment law and human rights law.

Publications

• Perlin, Daniel. “Law Students and Legal Research: What’s the problem?”. (2007) 32(1) Can. L. L. Rev. 18-21.
• Daniel Perlin, Book Review of Constitutionalism and the Role of Parliaments by Denis Baranger, Anthony W. Bradley and Katja S. Ziegler, eds., (2008) 33(3) Can. L. L. Rev. 360-361.