Law Society of Saskatchewan Archives for CanLII
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November 9, 2023
Artificial Intelligence – Powered Summaries for Saskatchewan Case Law Launched in Beta Mode on CanLII
Reposted from Lexum Lexum has announced the introduction of a limited volume of artificial intelligence powered case law summaries on CanLII for recent decisions from Saskatchewan. This advancement aims to provide quick access to crucial case points and enhance the accessibility of Saskatchewan case law. For more information, view the official announcement on Lexum's website.
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October 11, 2022
Free Webinar – Discover YOUR CanLII (CPD 340)
By Alan Kilpatrick, Co-Director, Legal Resources Discover (or rediscover) the Canadian Legal Information Institute website (CanLII.org) in this free webinar opportunity and earn one free CPD hour! Discover YOUR CanLII (CPD 340) October 24 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CST FREE, Qualifies for 1.0 CPD Hour Legal Resources Co-Directors Alan Kilpatrick and Ken Fox will go through CanLII’s most...
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July 19, 2022
Legal Skies S4E3 – Access Free Saskatchewan Legal Resources
Continuing professional development (CPD) content is an important research source for the practice of law. More than 800 documents focused on Saskatchewan law are now available on CanLii. Learn more about what's available on Canlii from our guests Sarah Sutherland, President and CEO of Canlii, and Alan Kilpatrick, Co-Director of Legal Resources at the Law Society of Saskatchewan. The Legal Skies...
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November 29, 2021
Over 800 Continuing Professional Development documents from the Law Society of Saskatchewan are now on CanLII
Following up on last year’s acquisition of conference proceedings from the County of Carleton Law Association (CCLA), we are pleased to announce that another selection of over 800 continuing professional development documents from the Law Society of Saskatchewan (LSS) are now available on CanLII. Continuing professional development (CPD) content is an important research source for the practice of law. It is often some of...
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June 17, 2021
New AI generated subject classification for Saskatchewan case law is live!
From CanLii We are happy to report that a new artificial intelligence generated classification has been rolled out for Saskatchewan case law. You can see the new classification terms here under the italicized keywords that continue to be available for all cases on CanLII. This project used state-of-the-industry machine learning techniques to automatically generate case law classification by practice area for...
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February 16, 2021
2020: CanLII’s Year in Review
By Xavier Beauchamp-Tremblay It is customary for most “year in review” type posts to be written before the end of the year. Unfortunately, our kids brought an unwelcome guest (a certain spiky virus that is) from school in early December. We had a rough time during that month and over the holidays. We’re all ok now, but this explains why...
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December 22, 2020
Top Ten Accessed Cases on CanLII from 2020
Reaching December means that it’s time to look at the year in review and share what most interested you in the preceding twelve months through the lens of what court decisions you were all reading. 2020 feels like it’s been a year like no other, but there are things that have been constant and Canadians accessing case law via CanLII...
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November 27, 2020
Your Saskatchewan Legal Databases, Relaunched
By Alan Kilpatrick, Librarian The Law Society’s searchable legal databases (Bills, Cases, Conduct Review, Ethics Ruling, and Sentencing Digests) were officially relaunched on a modern, mobile-friendly, and cloud-based database platform on Friday, November 20th, concluding a year-long Legal Resources project. Congratulations to the @LawSocietySask for 40 years of providing access to legal info tools Saskatchewanians need, and for the launch...
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October 16, 2020
The Canadian Journal of Family Law is Now on CanLII
The CanLII team is pleased to announce that the Canadian Journal of Family Law is the latest addition to our commentary section! Published biannually since 1978, the Canadian Journal of Family Law is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal containing academic articles in both English and French that cover a broad range of family law issues. Originally published by York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School, the...
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October 14, 2020
Saskatchewan statutes on CanLII now go back to 1906
We are happy to be able to announce that we have completed a project to add the annual and revised statutes for the Province of Saskatchewan to CanLII with coverage going back to 1906. This project was made possible by a grant from the Law Foundation of Saskatchewan, and we are grateful to the board and staff of the foundation for supporting...
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