The Henri Proulx Law Library
Services Available at the Law Library
Access & Services
Lawyers and paralegals who are members of the Law Society of Ontario have the right to access the collections of every courthouse library in Ontario, and inter-library loans are possible. Out-of-town Ontario lawyers have the right to use our library, and the access code may be obtained from court staff, the Crown Attorney’s office, or from a member of the Prescott and Russell Law Association.
At the library,lawyers and paralegals can access online the LiRN e-suite services: WestLaw Fam. Crim. Est.; Lexis+, LexisNexis QL, Practical Guidance; vLex, Irwin at all three library work stations.
Also, LSO members have both courthouse library and remote access to: HeinOnline and Rangefindr: use LSO number & obtain password from Great Library. InfoLocate provides access to the Law Society of Ontario’s Great Library including the courthouse and district law libraries in Ontario. AccessCle provides access online to all LSO CPD materials – this you can also access from home.
Document Delivery (Inter-Library Loans)
The Legal Information & Resource Network (LiRN) maintains free document delivery service within the courthouse library system. This allows us to borrow from libraries the materials listed in the online Great Library catalogue. Participating libraries will either make copies of the section you need, or lend the actual book to us for you to review for a week. LiRN covers the cost of the courier to acquire these items.
Additional Library Services
The PRLA library provides three desktop work stations, printers, wi-fi and fax. The library is staffed part-time with hours on Tuesday and Thursday; however, the library is open during regular courthouse hours. To borrow a book: take a photo of the book and email to prescott.law@bellnet.com.ca.
About the Henri Proulx Law Library
The Prescott and Russell Law Association has operated a law library in L’Orignal since its founding in 1926. The library is located in the courthouse at 1027 Queen Street, L’Orignal. This library is available to lawyers and paralegals who are members of the Law Society of Ontario, judges and court staff.
The library is named after longtime L’Orignal lawyer and Crown Attorney Mr. Henri Proulx who was called to the Bar in 1933. For over 50 years he practised law from his office in the red brick building at 28 Court Street, now the Provincial Offences Court office. Mr. Proulx died in 1986.
Barrister Mr. Edmond Proulx (1875-1956) was Henri’s father. In 1926, Edmond together with four lawyers: Fred William Thistlethwaite, William Robert Hall, Raoul Labrosse and Herbert William Lawlor (all four of the Town of Vankleek Hill) established the Prescott and Russell Law Association.
The purpose of the Association: “To establish and maintain a law library at the Court House in the County Town of the United Counties of Prescott and Russell for the use of the Judge and the members of the Bar of the said United Counties of Prescott and Russell.”
Across Ontario, there are 48 courthouse libraries, each with a library, that provide varying levels of service to counsel.
This is a current list of courthouse libraries in Ontario provided by the Ontario Courthouse Libraries Association (OCLA).
Please note their differing services and hours of operations.
Contact Information
Michelle Landriault
Library Manager
1027 Queen Street, P.O. Box 540
L’Orignal, Ontario K0B 1K0
Phone: (613) 675-2424
Fax: (613) 675-1003