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October 3, 2018
CREATE Justice Bulletin – September 2018
From Centre for Research, Evaluation, and Action Towards Equal Justice (CREATE Justice) Announcing the Third Annual Saskatchewan Access to Justice Week, October 20 to 26: Pre-week events - Conference on Medical-Legal Partnerships in Saskatchewan (registration FULL); and Law Student Small Urban and Rural Law Firm Trip (registration required). Week-long events - Reconciliation, Decolonization, Indigenization - What Do These Words Mean...
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September 21, 2018
One month away from Saskatchewan’s third annual Access to Justice Week
By Brea Lowenberger, Director of CREATE Justice and Access to Justice Coordinator, University of Saskatchewan, College of Law Please "save the date" for the third annual Saskatchewan Access to Justice Week, taking place October 20-26, 2018. The week will provide opportunities to: Engage new and diverse voices in the access to justice conversation; and Highlight initiatives that aim to improve access to...
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May 29, 2018
Justice for Inmates: Pro Bono Law Saskatchewan Launches New Panel
By Pierre Hawkins Pro Bono Law Saskatchewan PBLS is proud to announce the successful launch of our Inmates Legal Assistance Panel Program. This program, launched in late 2017 and inspired by similar work done at CLASSIC, provides legal advice and representation to inmates facing institutional legal issues. The administration of justice within correctional institutions has recently proven to be a hot button topic. While media reports often focus on the use of segregation in prisons,...
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May 3, 2018
Access to Justice Bulletin, April 2018
From the Saskatchewan Access to Justice Working Group CPD Lunch & Learn on "The Big Shift: Responding to Increasing Self-Representation in Family Law" held in Saskatoon and Regina: . Measuring Legal Service Value, Part 1: . Canada moving forward on implementing the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including goal 16 which promotes the provision of access to justice for all:...
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April 27, 2018
The Listen Project – Helping Survivors of Sexual Violence Find their Voice
By Joel Janow Public Legal Education Association of Saskatchewan (PLEA) With funding support from Justice Canada, Saskatchewan Justice has partnered with the Public Legal Education Association (PLEA) to pilot a program to provide free legal information/advice to survivors of sexual violence. Under the program survivors of sexual violence that took place in Saskatchewan can receive up to 2 hours of...
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April 12, 2018
Congratulations PBLS – 10th Anniversary
From Pro Bono Law Saskatchewan PBLS is celebrating our 10th Anniversary! We have been providing free legal services in Saskatchewan for the last 10 years. PBLS formed in 2008 and now 10 years later, we are busier then ever and still expanding! Over the course of a few months, we will be posting some fun facts about the history and...
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