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October 27, 2022
The First Comprehensive National Study on Wellness in the Legal Profession is Published
From Federation of Law Societies of Canada Findings from the first comprehensive national study of its kind paint an alarming picture of the wellness of Canadian legal professionals. Legal professionals in all areas of practice and in all jurisdictions suffer from significantly high levels of psychological distress, depression, anxiety, burnout and suicidal ideation, with those in the early years of...
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February 9, 2022
Law Reform Commission: Consultation Report on Reform of The Class Actions Act – Webinar (Feb 15)
The Law Reform Commission is currently consulting on Reform of The Class Actions Act and is seeking input from the bar, including: Is The Class Actions Act furthering the three objectives of class actions: (1) access to justice, (2) judicial economy, and (3) behaviour modification? Is The Class Actions Act in need of reform to better reflect current class actions...
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November 15, 2021
Discipline Decision
A decision has been released in relation to the matter of Law Society of Saskatchewan v Sterling McLean. The following allegations against the Member were proven: 3. did fail to, within a reasonable time, fulfill an undertaking given to fellow member, D.F., to discharge a Builder’s lien registered against property being sold by his client, B.N. to clients of...
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July 14, 2021
Decision on Application for Reinstatement
A decision has been released concerning the Application for Reinstatement of Bonnie Marwood to the Law Society of Saskatchewan. A Notice of Appeal has also been filed in relation to this matter and will be heard by a panel of Benchers in due course. For more information on the Law Society of Saskatchewan proceeding, please visit the Admissions and...
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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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July 2, 2020
COVID-19 Legal News Roundup: July 2nd Edition
By Alan Kilpatrick, Reference Librarian The COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on the practice of law, is changing rapidly. We want to help you stay up to date with the latest news. Each week I aggregate the leading legal headlines on COVID-19 on the topics that matter to you: Access to Justice National pro bono initiative responds to Canadians hit...
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October 2, 2019
Indigenous lawyer from Sask. honoured by Law Society of Ontario
Canoe Lake Cree Nation member Delia Opekokew awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree Reposted from the September 26, 2019 CBC News article with the permission of Kelly Provost Canoe Lake Cree Nation member Delia Opekokew received an honorary doctor of laws from the Law Society of Ontario on Sept. 25 at the call to the bar ceremony in Toronto. (Supplied...
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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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August 14, 2018
Legal Services Task Team Final Report Released
By Barbra Bailey, Policy Counsel Law Society of Saskatchewan The Legal Services Task Team was appointed in 2017 as a joint initiative of the Ministry of Justice and the Law Society of Saskatchewan to examine whether service providers other than lawyers should be permitted to provide some legal services in Saskatchewan. The Task Team has completed its work and released...
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July 30, 2018
Supporting Women in Private Practice
By Barbra Bailey, Policy Counsel Law Society of Saskatchewan The cover story for the summer 2018 issue of the CBA National magazine is entitled “Why women leave,” and examines what they describe as a “perennial problem” for the legal profession – women lawyers aren’t staying in private practice. Saskatchewan’s demographics are not unlike those of the rest of Canada: although...
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