Law Society of Saskatchewan Archives for Access to Justice
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October 6, 2021
Strategic Initiative for Access to Justice Coordinator
From The Law Foundation of Saskatchewan After four years of granted support from the Law Foundation of Saskatchewan (LFS), the College of Law at the University of Saskatchewan applied for a second 5-year LFS grant. This major strategic initiative is one which LFS was proud to support again by funding the role of its Access to Justice Coordinator, currently held...
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June 22, 2021
Addressing Changes to Family Law and Pandemic Needs
From Public Legal Education Association of Saskatchewan With funding from the Department of Justice, Canada PLEA has developed two resources to directly address legal information needs during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond. The first is a series of “how to” videos for users of Family Law Saskatchewan’s online interactive tools (Form Wizard and Agreement Maker). Family Law Saskatchewan has a...
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June 14, 2021
Legal Information Access: Helping Libraries Help the Public
By Alan Kilpatrick, Librarian The Law Society team will be presenting later this week at the joint 2021 Saskatchewan/Manitoba Libraries Association (SLA/MLA) Virtual Conference: Legal Information Access: Helping Libraries Help the Public Wednesday, June 16th @ 10:30am -11:30am How can we help you help your patrons? The Law Society of Saskatchewan legal information experts are on hand and ready to...
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May 28, 2021
Family Law Help at the Saskatoon Public Library
By Alan Kilpatrick, Librarian A virtual family law help session will be taking place at the Saskatoon Public Library (SPL). SPLs Summer 2021 Guide, page 16 advertises the session: Do you have questions about parenting, child support or divorce, court forms and processes? Join experts who can help answer your questions related to family law matters in a question and...
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May 20, 2021
Legal Research Help at the Saskatoon Public Library
By Alan Kilpatrick, Librarian The Law Society of Saskatchewan is pleased to partner with the Saskatoon Public Library (SPL) to offer virtual legal research assistance to members of the public. Plan on representing yourself or need legal research help? Book a 30-minute Zoom appointment with legal information professional Ken Fox from who will help guide you through the many legal...
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May 19, 2021
SALI 2021 Virtual Conference Series: Navigating Government Publications, Legislation, and Information with Publications Saskatchewan
By Alan Kilpatrick, Librarian The second session in the Saskatchewan Access to Legal Information (SALI) project’s 2021 Virtual Conference Series took place on Wednesday, May 5th: Navigating Government Publications, Legislation, and Information with Publications Saskatchewan. The session brought together a unique mix of information workers, practicing lawyers, and justice stakeholders to discuss legal information access. Marilyn, Shelley, and Allie from...
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