Law Society of Saskatchewan Archives for Legal Research
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February 12, 2020
Updated Saskatchewan Limitations Manual
By Christine Muldoon, Resource Co-ordinator We are pleased to announce that we have recently updated the Saskatchewan Limitations Manual. Kim Bodnarchuk undertook a thorough review of the manual for us at the end of 2019. As a result, you may notice significant changes, including the following: New legislation added The Animal Health Act, SS 2019, c A-20.01 The Cannabis Control...
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February 7, 2020
Speech Balloons & Blue Jalapeños
By Ken Fox, Reference Librarian If you have used CanLII recently, you may have noticed a couple of new visual elements. First, pull up a case - Hryniak v. Mauldin, 2014 SCC 7 (CanLII), [2014] 1 SCR 87, http://canlii.ca/t/g2s18, for example. Notice the series of tabs across the top of the header, immediately below the case citation in large type. The fourth tab...
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February 3, 2020
DivorceMate software now available to law society members
Family Lawyers – your subscription begins Monday, February 3. DivorceMate, a cloud-based software for calculating child and spousal support, is now available free of charge to all members of the Law Society of Saskatchewan until February 1, 2021, based on a 1-year pilot project negotiated with DivorceMate. DivorceMate has been developing family law software for Canadian family law professionals for...
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January 24, 2020
Book Training with a Law Society Librarian
By Alan Kilpatrick, Reference Librarian (Regina) It’s no secret that Law Society of Saskatchewan members have access to the best collection of legal resources available to members of any law society in the country. Unfortunately, if your legal research and resource skills are lacking or less than stellar, you’re missing out. Can you afford to lose the competitive advantage in...
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January 22, 2020
CanLII Instructional Materials from the Canadian Association of Law Libraries
This time last year, the CanLII team asked Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) members to produce instructional materials to assist users on how to use CanLII. We were pleased to learn that there was immediate interest from CALL members when a call for volunteers was announced. Since then, a motivated working group was formed and we have received content...
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January 20, 2020
The Canadian Arbitration and Mediation Journal is now on CanLII
We are delighted to announce the addition of the Canadian Arbitration and Mediation Journal, published by the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Institute of Canada, to CanLII’s commentary section. The Canadian Arbitration and Mediation Journal is published twice annually in a digital format. With an editorial board comprising mediators and arbitrators across Canada, the journal provides insights and information on issues concerning professionals who practice...
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