Law Society of Saskatchewan Archives for Practice of Law
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July 25, 2019
National Self-Represented Litigants Project Report Now on CanLII
By Melanie Hodges Neufeld, Director of Legal Resources Our friends at CanLII recently announced that 22 reports from the National Self- Represented Litigants Project (NSRLP) are now available on CanLII. The NSRLP builds on the National Self-Represented Litigants Research study conducted by Dr. Julie Macfarlane from 2011-2013 and is committed to advancing understanding of the challenges and hard choices facing...
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March 20, 2019
Calling all Practitioners
Christine Muldoon, Resource Coordinator As you may have noticed if you have visited them lately, the Law Society’s Saskatchewan Practice Checklists need work. While much of the guidance therein is still relevant, there have been legislative changes and new court directives since the checklists were last revised. Some of the authorities and the case law we cite are somewhat dated,...
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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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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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January 31, 2018
Innovating Regulation: An Update on the Prairie Law Societies’ Law Firm Practice Management Pilot Project
By Barbra Bailey, Policy Counsel, & Brenda Hildebrandt, QC, Bencher Law Society of Saskatchewan The Legal Profession Act, 1990 was amended in 2014 to include firms as members of the Law Society. Under the Act, one of the duties of the Law Society is to protect the public by assuring the integrity, knowledge, skill, proficiency and competence of members. As...
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May 12, 2017
Signing the Law Society Roll Book
[caption id="attachment_609" align="alignleft" width="705"] John Diefenbaker's signature in the Law Society Roll Book, signed June 30, 1919[/caption] [caption id="attachment_619" align="alignright" width="245"] Roll Book Spine with Embossed Title[/caption] It is that time of the year again! The students who have completed the Bar Admissions Program will be eligible for admission as lawyers. Those admitted will be required to sign the roll at the...
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