Law Society of Saskatchewan Archives for Podcast
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July 19, 2022
Legal Skies S4E3 – Access Free Saskatchewan Legal Resources
Continuing professional development (CPD) content is an important research source for the practice of law. More than 800 documents focused on Saskatchewan law are now available on CanLii. Learn more about what's available on Canlii from our guests Sarah Sutherland, President and CEO of Canlii, and Alan Kilpatrick, Co-Director of Legal Resources at the Law Society of Saskatchewan. The Legal Skies...
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June 7, 2022
Download the Latest Legal Skies Episode – Canadian Legal Problems Survey
In the latest episode of Legal Skies, Susan McDonald, Principal Researcher at the Department of Justice Canada and Kathy AuCoin from the Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics at Statistics Canada discuss the 2021 Canadian Legal Problems Survey. The Legal Skies podcast is available on: sk.ca Spotify TuneIn Buzzsprout Google Podcasts This survey, conducted by Statistics Canada on...
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April 11, 2022
Welcome to Season 4 of Legal Skies
The Law Society kicks off season 4 of Legal Skies with an episode about limited scope (or unbundled) legal services. Limited scope (or unbundled) legal services is hiring a legal professional to handle only part of a case or to do a specific task. This episode covers why it's an affordable option for clients and tips for lawyers wanting to...
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November 17, 2021
Legal Skies Podcast S3E5 – The Future of Access to Justice with USask CREATE Justice
We discuss the past, present and future of the University of Saskatchewan's CREATE Justice, which celebrates its fifth anniversary and the upcoming Legal Needs Assessment. The centre, based in the College of Law, is focused on access to justice, innovation and research. Our guests include: Glen Gardner, Q.C., Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General of Saskatchewan Brea Lowenberger, Director...
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September 29, 2021
New Legal Skies Episode – Artificial Intelligence and Legal Information (S3E4)
In the latest episode of Legal Skies, we speak to guests Alan Kilpatrick, Co-Director of Legal Resources at the Law Society of Saskatchewan, and Sarah Sutherland, Director of Programs and Projects at CanLII, about artificial intelligence (AI) and legal information. Alan and Sarah discuss a recent project where forty years’ worth of Law Society case law subject headings were used...
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August 5, 2021
New Episode of Legal Skies – Learning About the Future of Law and Technology
The third episode of Legal Skies - Season 3 is now available. The legal profession is changing. To help future lawyers keep up, students at the College of Law at the University of Saskatchewan will have the opportunity to learn about technology and changes in the legal profession this fall. Meanwhile, the Law Society is launching a short series on...
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July 16, 2021
New Legal Skies Episode – Law Librarians and their Role in Access to Justice
In our latest episode of Legal Skies, we discuss the important role information professionals (i.e. law librarians) play in the justice system and how they are helping expand public access to legal information. Our guests are Alan Kilpatrick, Co-Director of Legal Resources at the Law Society of Saskatchewan, Shaunna Mireau, Past-President of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries, and Kim Nayyer, Associate Dean...
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June 3, 2021
Welcome to Season 3 of Legal Skies!
Welcome to Season 3 of Legal Skies! In our first episode of the season, Law Society President Fuloke Laosebikan, Q.C. and Past-President Gerald Tegart, Q.C. discuss how the Law Society responded to the pandemic, how the pandemic changed the legal profession and where we're headed in 2021. For more information about Law Society’s goals and initiatives, check out our 2020...
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November 6, 2020
Check Out The Latest Law Society of BC Podcast Episode!
Our podcast project keeps rolling on. Listen to our latest episode here: https://www.lawsociety.bc.ca/our-initiatives/rule-of-law-and-lawyer-independence/rule-of-law-matters-podcast/ In this episode, Catherine Dauvergne, formerly Dean of UBC Law and now VP Academics and Provost of SFU, takes listeners through a comparison of the “thin” and “thick” versions of the rule of law, how we only notice the rule of law when it is being undermined,...
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October 30, 2020
Coming soon… Legal Needs Assessment for Saskatchewan
To better understand the access to justice issues in Saskatchewan, the University of Saskatchewan and the Law Society of Saskatchewan are launching a Legal Needs Assessment. Our guests include Tim Brown, Q.C., Executive Director at the Law Society of Saskatchewan; Brea Lowenberger, Director of CREATE Justice and Access to Justice Coordinator at the University of Saskatchewan College of Law; and...
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