Law Society of Saskatchewan Archives for Access to Justice
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October 21, 2020
Legal Skies Podcast S2E7 – Unbundling Legal Services and Upcoming Webinar
Cost is a significant factor for people trying to access legal services. This episode focuses on how unbundling legal services can be a cost effective and efficient alternative for people looking for legal help. Our guests include John-Paul Boyd, an accredited family law arbitrator based in Alberta, Sonali Sharma founder of Athena Law in British Columbia and Lisa Eisen, founder...
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October 20, 2020
Saskatchewan Access to Justice Week
Registration is now open for the 5th Annual Saskatchewan Access to Justice Week! View the full program here. To view full coverage of the fifth annual Access to Justice Week, subscribe the Law Society of Saskatchewan’s award winning blog, Legal Sourcery.
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October 19, 2020
Global Week for Justice from Oct 19 to 24
The Global Dialogue of Justice Leaders will launch the Global Week for Justice, held from 19-24 October 2020. The global community working for justice will come together virtually for a series of dialogues, brainstorms, and round tables to advance SDG 16’s call to ensure equal access to justice for all during the Decade of Action to Deliver the Global Goals....
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September 1, 2020
Trusted Intermediary-Legal Information Network (TI-LI) Meeting – The Impact of COVID-19 on Funding & Program Development
Last summer, the Saskatchewan Access to Legal Information Project (SALI) joined forces with the BC LawMatters Program and the National Self Represented Litigants Project’s Family Law in the Library Project to establish the National Trusted Intermediaries – Legal Information Network (TI-LI Network). The goal of the network is to facilitate knowledge and resource exchange between similar programs, and to provide an opportunity...
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August 6, 2020
In response to COVID-19, University of Saskatchewan College of Law students volunteer for National Canadian Lawyers’ Initiative (NLCI)
By Tim Haggstrom, University of Saskatchewan law student The National Canadian Lawyers’ Initiative (NLCI) was founded in April 2020 in response to COVID-19 closures and disruptions. It has now transformed into a Canada-wide access to justice initiative involving lawyers and law students from across the country. I found out about NCLI in May through a family connection and became involved...
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August 5, 2020
There’s a Grant for That?
From the Law Foundation of Saskatchewan You may be surprised to hear the Law Foundation of Saskatchewan (LFS) exists in great part to manage a fund destined to assist not for profit organizations striving to improve access to justice. LFS does that by awarding grants four times a year through an application and review process. Established in 1973 under The Legal...
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