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August 30, 2019
Using Resources Differently
By Karen Sawatzky, Director of Legal Resources, Manitoba Law Library Inc., Law Society of Manitoba Reblogged with permission from Great LEXpectations Legal literature studies show that lawyers usually read texts in chunks, finding the specific section that is relevant to the issue they are researching, and ignoring the rest. The finding aids (Table of Contents and Index) are invaluable in...
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August 21, 2019
Historical Table of Public Statutes 1909–1978 Now on CanLII
We proudly announced at the end of July the launch of the Historical Table of Public Statutes 1909–1978. This resource was painstakingly compiled and donated to the Law Society by Merrilee Rasmussen, Q.C. with the intention of reducing the time needed to conduct legislative research. Please see our previous blog post describing the process and project in more detail. Now...
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August 15, 2019
Law Grad Receives Scholarship
The 2019 E.M. Culliton Scholarship has been awarded to Ellen Bolger, currently in Vancouver, in the amount of $7,000. Ellen Bolger graduated from the College of Law, University of Saskatchewan, in June 2017. She has completed her articles and has been offered admission to the graduate studies program at the University of British Columbia. Ms. Bolger’s thesis will focus on...
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July 24, 2019
Introducing the Historical Table of Public Statutes 1909-1978
By Christine Muldoon, Resource Coordinator We are pleased to announce – at long last – the publication of the Historical Table of Public Statutes 1909-1978. This resource was painstakingly compiled and donated to the Law Society by Merrilee Rasmussen, Q.C. As outlined in the Winter 2017 issue of Benchers’ Digest (at pp. 5-7), Merrilee began this project during her time...
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May 9, 2019
New Journal Issues- March 2019
By Sara Stanley, Library Technician National Insolvency Review Volume 36, Number 1 (February 2019) Concordia: Novel Features in a CBCA Restructuring / Kevin J. Zych, Sean Zweig, and Preet K. Bell New Judgement Clarifies When Bankruptcy Debt May Be Declared Non-Releasable / Oussim Tadlaoui Canadian Journal of Family Law Volume 31, Number 2 (2018) Married Couple, Single Recipient: Understanding the...
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April 12, 2019
Employment Lawyers – Check This Out!
By Ken Fox, Reference Librarian The Law Society Library is pleased to announce that, in cooperation with Thomson Reuters, we have added EmploymentSource to our WestlawNext platform, which now includes: Criminal Source Employment Source Estates & Trusts Source Family Source Labour Source Law Source Canadian Encyclopedic Digest Canadian Abridgment Index to Canadian Legal Literature All Saskatchewan lawyers can access these...
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