Continuing Professional Development

Upcoming LSS CPD Activities

CPD Activities Calendar (includes Saskatchewan Based CPD Activities)

• Mandatory Code of Professional Conduct Training
  Instructor:  W. Brent Cotter, Q.C., Professor
  College of Law, University of Saskatchewan
  (2) CPD Hours (both of which qualify as Ethics Hours)
  Brochure & Registration
  Note: Registrations for Thursday, May 24th in Regina and Monday, June 4th in Saskatoon are no longer being accepted as these sessions are full. 

• Webinar: Ethical Issues and the Media
  Speakers:
  Jody Martin, Jennifer Houser - Law Society of Saskatchewan
  Michael Tochor, Q.C., MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP
  John Gormley, Q.C., Rawlco Radio
  Wednesday, May 30, 2012:  1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
  (1.5) CPD Hours, which also qualifies for (1.5) Ethics Hours
  Details & Registration
  
   
• Contract Drafting Essentials
  Tuesday, June 12, 2012 (Saskatoon)
  Wednesday, June 13, 2012 (Regina)
  (6) CPD Hours, (1) of which qualifies for Ethics
  Brochure & Registration

• Webinar: Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing
  Speaker: Meghan McCreary, MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman, LLP
  Tuesday, June 26, 2012:  12:00 noon to 1:00 PM
  (1) CPD Hour
  Details & Registration

• The Knockout Examination for Discovery
  Speaker: Robert Musante, Alamo, CA
  Tuesday, September 18, 2012 (Regina)
  Wednesday, September 19, 2012 (Saskatoon)
  (6) CPD Hours
  Brochure & Registration

Resource Materials

The Law Society is pleased to offer recorded webinars, televised seminars, and seminar materials available for purchase.

Other CPD Activities
        

• Federation of Law Societies of Canada
  39th Annual National Criminal Law Program
  Evidence, Ethics, and the Administration of Justice
  July 9 to July 13, 2012 (Victoria, BC)
  More information

• Federation of Law Societies of Canada
  2012 National Family Law Program
  July 16 to 19, 2012 (Halifax, NS)
  More information

Announcements

CPD ACTIVITY APPLICATION FORM

To check if a CPD activity has already been accredited by the Law Society, go into the CPD Hours section of your Member Profile and click on "Browse Activities". If the CPD activity you are searching for is not listed then it has not been accredited. In that case, you will need to submit an application to have the activity accredited by the Law Society.

 REPORTING CPD HOURS

The Law Society of Saskatchewan has introduced a Continuing Professional Development Policy which took effect January 1, 2010. Under the CPD Policy, members are required to report their own CPD Hours online through their Member Profile. Just a reminder, when reporting your CPD hours you are only entitled to report the actual number of hours that you attended/participated in the CPD activity. This means that if you only attended a portion of a CPD activity (ie. you came late, left early, etc.), you report the actual hours you were there as opposed to the maximum hours the CPD activity is approved for. The Law Society is conducting random audits to monitor this issue. To report CPD Hours:

1. Click on the Member Profile button in the bar at the top of this page.

2. You will be prompted to enter your login information (which was provided to you by the Law Society in November of 2009).

3. After logging in, click on the CPD Hours button in the bar at the top of the page. This will take you to the CPD Hours section of your Member Profile. Click on the Help button in the upper right corner of the page for assistance in completing the reporting process.