Law Society of Saskatchewan Archives for Legal Research
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March 6, 2019
CanLII has Reached 5000 Pieces of Commentary!
Reposted with permission from the CanLII Blog. CanLII has reached 5000 pieces of commentary! You can read them here.
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January 8, 2019
Reminder: Check Us Out on SlawTips
For the last two years, some of the best legal research and technology tips from our Legal Sourcery team have also been featured on SlawTips. Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, SlawTips features advice you can use on technology, practice and research. If you want to receive these tips directly, you can sign up with email or RSS, and you can follow...
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December 19, 2018
Public Access to Legal Information
By Alan Kilpatrick The Law Society Library is open to the public. We are a strong supporter of access to justice and improved access to legal information in Saskatchewan. We encourage you to visit our library and take advantage of our print resources and expertise. Members of the public are welcome to use our print resources during regular business hours. ...
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November 13, 2018
Foundations of the Common Law Library (1215-1914)
By Ken Fox Let’s talk about Legal Information Institutes (LIIs). Every Canadian legal researcher knows about CanLII (I least we hope you do). But there is also LII (that’s the USA one), BaiLII (Britain and Ireland), AustLII (Australasia), AsianLII, HKLII (Hong Kong), PacLII (Pacific Islands), SAFLII (Southern Africa), WorldLII, and many others, all of which are part of the larger...
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November 2, 2018
Using Abridgment Topics to Refine Citing References in WestlawNext – Tip of the Week
By Ken Fox WestlawNext Canada, which is presently available to all Saskatchewan lawyers through The Law Society’s Member’ Section, includes an excellent Citing References tool. Today’s tip will help you in situations where you are dealing with a long list of citing references for a major case. My example relates to evidence law, but the technique will work with any...
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November 1, 2018
The Canadian Legal Research and Writing Guide on CanLII
By Sarah Sutherland; This post is re-posted with permission from the CanLII Blog We are happy to announce that the Canadian Legal Research and Writing Guide has been added to CanLII’s Commentary section. The Best Guide to Canadian Legal Research, as it was previously known, has been freely available online since 1998. Catherine Best created the website version of the...
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