Law Society of Saskatchewan Archives for Tip of the Week
Legal News (Legal Sourcery)
Legal Sourcery is the award winning, top legal news source in Saskatchewan. Find the latest Law Society updates and information from the Saskatchewan legal community.
November 27, 2020
Your Saskatchewan Legal Databases, Relaunched
By Alan Kilpatrick, Librarian The Law Society’s searchable legal databases (Bills, Cases, Conduct Review, Ethics Ruling, and Sentencing Digests) were officially relaunched on a modern, mobile-friendly, and cloud-based database platform on Friday, November 20th, concluding a year-long Legal Resources project. Congratulations to the @LawSocietySask for 40 years of providing access to legal info tools Saskatchewanians need, and for the launch...
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November 20, 2020
3… 2… 1… (Re)Launch Your Saskatchewan Legal Databases!
By Alan Kilpatrick, Librarian I am very excited to announce that today we are officially relaunching our searchable in-house Saskatchewan legal databases on a modern, mobile-friendly, cloud-based platform: Law Society of Saskatchewan Conduct Review Database Law Society of Saskatchewan Ethics Rulings Database Saskatchewan Bills database Saskatchewan Cases database Saskatchewan Court of Appeal Sentencing Digest Saskatchewan legal practitioners, the judiciary, and...
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June 5, 2020
Online Legal Resources in the Age of Covid-19 (CPD 282)
By Alan Kilpatrick, Reference Librarian Online Legal Resources in the Age of Covid-19 (CPD 282) Thu, Jun 18, 2020 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST Registration Fees: $90.00 +5% GST = $94.50 While your physical Law Society library locations might be closed due to coronavirus, rest assured you still have access to one of Canada’s leading online legal resource collections. ...
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May 21, 2020
Research Tip – Accessing Emond Ebooks … & How to Enable Your Flash Player
By Ken Fox, Research Librarian Over the past couple of weeks, I told you how to find and search within Irwin law books online. Now let’s talk about Emond ebooks. Our Emond collection currently includes two series of ebooks: Criminal Law and Working with the Law. Both can be accessed from the Member Resource section – look for the Emond...
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May 13, 2020
Updated: Cross-referencing footnotes in Word
By Reché McKeague Most of our research usually ends up in a written document. As good researchers and writers, we always indicate the source of our research. (Right? Right.) As a result, knowing how to efficiently footnote our research can be as helpful as knowing where to go to find the research in the first place. So, I present to...
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May 8, 2020
New Video Series: Remote Legal Resources with Alan Kilpatrick and Ken Fox
By Alan Kilpatrick, Reference Librarian Today, we’re launching a new video series, Remote Resources for Law Society Members, to highlight the key legal resources Saskatchewan members can access remotely, right on their computer's desktop, simply by logging into the Members' Resource Section! Produced by Alan Kilpatrick and written by Ken Fox, this five-video series is freely available on Vimeo. New...
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