Spread the Word: Free PBLS Legal Clinic Sessions across the Province during Access to Justice Week

Pro Bono Law Saskatchewan provides free legal services to low income Saskatchewan residents. We serve people who would not otherwise have access to a lawyer. We partner with and manage 14 free legal clinics across the province. We have clinics in Regina, Moose Jaw, North Battleford, Yorkton, Prince Albert, Meadow Lake, La Ronge, Estevan, Weyburn, Swift Current and Lloydminster. If...

Canada’s Justice Development Goals: Spotlight

Reposted with the permission of the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, Access to Justice & Law Reform Institute of Nova Scotia JDG Goal 3: Make Courts Work Better While many access to justice efforts focus on preventative approaches or alternatives to court processes, courthouses remain critical in the continuum of legal services. Courts are where...

Law Librarian On Site

By Alan Kilpatrick Need help with your legal research? Law Society of Saskatchewan librarian, Alan Kilpatrick, will be on-site at RPL’s Central Branch to help guide you through the many legal resources available. Please contact our libraries for further information. Evenings:Monday, September 23: 5:00-8:00 pmMonday, October 28: 5:00-8:00 pmMonday, November 25: 5:00-8:00 pm Afternoons:Thursday, September 12: 1:00-4:00 pm Thursday, October 10: 1:00-4:00 pmThursday, November...

Clinique Pro Bono à Saskatoon le 17 août

National Self-Represented Litigants Project Report Now on CanLII

By Melanie Hodges Neufeld, Director of Legal Resources Our friends at CanLII recently announced that 22 reports from the National Self- Represented Litigants Project (NSRLP) are now available on CanLII. The NSRLP builds on the National Self-Represented Litigants Research study conducted by Dr. Julie Macfarlane from 2011-2013 and is committed to advancing understanding of the challenges and hard choices facing...

Canadian Association of Law Libraries Podcasts

By Melanie Hodges Neufeld, Director of Legal Resources The Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) partnered with vLex for an exclusive podcast series in which Colin Lachance, interim General Manager of North America for vLex, carried out brief interviews with CALL / ACBD 2019 conference speakers, exhibitors, sponsors and organizers about their experience at the May 2019 conference, what’s hot...