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December 10, 2020
News Release – Announcing The New President & Vice-President of the Law Society
News Release The Law Society of Saskatchewan, at its December 2020 Convocation, elected Foluke Laosebikan, Ph.D as President and James Korpan, Q.C. as Vice-President for 2021. Foluke Laosebikan, Ph.D Dr. Laosebikan has been a lawyer for twenty-five years and currently carries on a sole general practice in Melfort, Saskatchewan, specializing in family law and dispute resolution. She was first elected...
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September 24, 2020
Remote Executing Of Certain Documents And Remote Witnessing Of Wills By Electronic Means Legislation Now Permanent
We are happy to announce that today, the Government of Saskatchewan repealed the temporary emergency regulations related to remote execution of certain documents and wills and replaced those regulations with permanent regulations allowing for remote execution of documents via electronic means (i.e. video calls) to continue long-term beyond the end of the public emergency period. This is a significant development in terms of...
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September 18, 2020
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The Law Society of Saskatchewan has integrated our award winning Legal Sourcey blog into our new, user friendly website. To get up-to-date Saskatchewan legal news, subscribe to our blog where you can get our news items in your inbox. For our current subscribers, you will need to re-subscribe. Following the blog is easy and this article will walk you through...
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September 10, 2020
Psssst … You Can Borrow Books Again!
Yes, While the libraries remain closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, members of the Law Society can now borrow books from our locations at the Regina and Saskatoon QB courthouses. How do you borrow books when the library is closed? First, use our online catalogue to find relevant titles, and contact us with the information. Then, we will sign out...
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September 3, 2020
New Law Society Online Complaint Form
As mentioned in June, the Law Society updated our complaint form to assist and encourage complainants to provide clear and concise descriptions of their concerns, and reduce confusion by removing technical terms that may not be fully understood by members of the general public (i.e.: “conflict of interest”). Now our new complaint form is available as an easy-to-use online form....
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August 28, 2020
Live Chat with Your Law Society Librarian!
By Alan Kilpatrick, Reference Librarian Starting Monday, August 31st, it’s going to be even easier to connect with us for information and research assistance. We’re launching our brand-new live chat feature! Just head to the Legal Resources page and enter your question in the chatbox on the bottom right of the screen. And that’s it! Either Ken Fox or I,...
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