Law Society of Saskatchewan Archives for Legal Ethics
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November 29, 2018
Family Law: Through the Eyes of the Child
By Jakaeden Frizzell, CPD Program Coordinator The Law Society was delighted to present the informative family law seminar Through the Eyes of the Child with The Honorable Justice Turcotte as host. We held the event at TCU Place in Saskatoon on Tuesday, November 20th and in Regina on Wednesday, November 21st at the Delta. The morning sessions featured our main...
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November 6, 2018
Referral Fees – What you should know
[Reprinted with permission from the October 2018 edition of Communiqué, by Darcia Senft, General Counsel , Director of Policy and Ethics at the Law Society of Manitoba.] From time to time, we receive questions about fee referral “pitches” and whether such fees can be paid and received without causing a lawyer to act in breach of the rules set out...
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October 24, 2018
This Week in Legal Ethics – New Ethics Ruling
The Law Society’s Ethics Committee recently released the following Ethics Ruling as guidance for the profession. For your convenience, we’ve listed the ruling below but it can also be found in our Ethics Rulings Database. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this post, please contact the Law Society at (306) 569-8242 or 1-833-733-0133. Date: ...
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October 17, 2018
This Week in Legal Ethics – New Ethics Ruling
The Law Society’s Ethics Committee recently released the following Ethics Ruling as guidance for the profession. For your convenience, we’ve listed the ruling below but it can also be found in our Ethics Rulings Database. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this post, please contact the Law Society at (306) 569-8242 or 1-833-733-0133. Date: ...
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October 2, 2018
Indigenous Canada Course
Indigenous Canada is a 12-lesson Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) that explores Indigenous histories and contemporary issues in Canada. From an Indigenous perspective, this course explores key issues facing Indigenous peoples today from a historical and critical perspective highlighting national and local Indigenous-settler relations. Topics for the 12 lessons include the fur trade and other exchange relationships, land claims and...
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May 9, 2018
This Week in Legal Ethics – New Conduct Review Ruling
By Melanie Hodges Neufeld As I mentioned in a previous post, the fact situation and outcome of Conduct Reviews are published anonymously on the Law Society website in our Conduct Review Database. A Conduct Review is a face to face meeting with a member who is the subject of a complaint that raises conduct issues ‘close to the line’ of conduct unbecoming. The...
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