# LexUM

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'''Lexum''' is a Canadian [legal technology](/source/legal_technology) firm, publishing legal information. Lexum is a member of the [Free Access to Law Movement](/source/Free_Access_to_Law_Movement).

==Background==
The firm is a spin-off from the [Université de Montréal](/source/Universit%C3%A9_de_Montr%C3%A9al) LexUM Laboratory. The forerunner of Lexum was founded in 1993<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Company |url=https://lexum.com/en/about-lexum/our-company/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Lexum |language=en-US}}</ref> as the Law [Gopher](/source/Gopher_(protocol)) server at the Université de Montréal. This site was both, respectively, the first available legal resources site in [Canada](/source/Canada) and in [French](/source/French_language). 

The Canadian Legal Information Institute ([CanLII](/source/CanLII)) is a not-for-profit organization created by the [Federation of Law Societies of Canada](/source/Federation_of_Law_Societies_of_Canada) in 2001 with Lexum technology backing-up the site ever since. In 2018 CanLII acquired Lexum.

==Services==
Lexum offers online services designed for producers and managers of legal information, as well as digitization, conversion and publishing services for legislation, case law, secondary material, and other legal materials.

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