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May 29, 2024
Law Society of Saskatchewan 2023 Annual Report and Financial Statements
The Law Society of Saskatchewan’s 2023 Annual Report and Financial Statements are now available. The report highlights work related to the first year of the Law Society’s Strategic Plan (2023-2026): Goal 1: Strengthen Regulation Goal 2: Enhance Competency Goal 3: Increase Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Goal 4: Advance Truth and Reconciliation Goal 5: Increase Access to Legal Services and Justice...
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December 7, 2023
Announcing the New President and Vice-President of the Law Society of Saskatchewan
At its December meeting, the Board of the Law Society of Saskatchewan elected Suzanne Lalonde as President and Adam Touet as Vice-President for 2024. Suzanne Lalonde Suzanne Lalonde graduated with distinction from the University of Saskatchewan College of Law in 2000. She began her law practice at Neil & Jeanson in Unity and then joined the Moose Jaw Legal Aid office...
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October 3, 2023
Save the Date: Saskatchewan Access to Justice Week (October 23-27)
The eighth annual Saskatchewan Access to Justice Week is October 23-27, 2023. Please plan to join us for an empowering week of awareness, education, and action as we celebrate ten years of actively promoting access to justice! Access to Justice Week is a nationwide initiative that promotes equal access to legal services, fosters a fair and inclusive legal system, and...
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August 30, 2023
Launch of Succession Planning Tool
Having a succession plan in place is mandatory and the Law Society is aware that it can be challenging for practitioners to find a successor for their law practice. The Law Society has launched a new tool to assist in connecting practitioners who are in need of a successor with those willing to be considered as a successor. What is succession...
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May 30, 2023
Law Society 2022 Annual Report and Financial Statements
The Law Society of Saskatchewan’s 2022 Annual Report and Financial Statements are now available. The report highlights our work related to the 2019-2022 Strategic Plan: Expanded Approach to Competency; Trusted and Transparent Regulation; Innovative and Flexible Leadership; Increased Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI); Increased Access to Legal Services; and Increased Focus on Member Wellness. Read the report online here.
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March 8, 2023
Mandatory Principal Training
At February 2023 Convocation, the Benchers approved amendments to the Law Society Rules to implement a mandatory principal training course. Amendment to Rule 704 requires that all lawyers who wish to act as principal to an articling student, regardless of previous experience, complete the course. Amendment to Rule 709 exempts lawyers who are acting as principal solely for the purpose...
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