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October 21, 2020
Legal Skies Podcast S2E7 – Unbundling Legal Services and Upcoming Webinar
Cost is a significant factor for people trying to access legal services. This episode focuses on how unbundling legal services can be a cost effective and efficient alternative for people looking for legal help. Our guests include John-Paul Boyd, an accredited family law arbitrator based in Alberta, Sonali Sharma founder of Athena Law in British Columbia and Lisa Eisen, founder...
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October 20, 2020
Saskatchewan Access to Justice Week
Registration is now open for the 5th Annual Saskatchewan Access to Justice Week! View the full program here. To view full coverage of the fifth annual Access to Justice Week, subscribe the Law Society of Saskatchewan’s award winning blog, Legal Sourcery.
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October 8, 2020
Contributory Fault and Apportionment Among Wrongdoers Consultation Report
Reposted with permission from Law Reform Commission of Saskatchewan The Law Reform Commission of Saskatchewan is currently undergoing consultation on contributory fault and apportionment among wrongdoers. The Consultation Report and the survey can both be found on the Commission's website. The consultation periods runs until Dec. 31, 2020. Read the report here. Take the survey here. Past Law Reform Commission reports can...
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October 5, 2020
Reminder – Traffic Ticket Survey
The Public Legal Education Association of Saskatchewan (PLEA) and Pro Bono Law Saskatchewan (PBLS) are looking for public feedback on the Traffic Ticket process and legal information. Please complete this short survey to assist in the development of additional public information in this area of law. We greatly appreciate your assistance and thank you in advance.
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September 23, 2020
Law Society of B.C. launches the Rule of Law Matters podcast
The Law Society has launched Rule of Law Matters, a podcast series that draws from real-life, current events that explain the concept of the rule of law, how the rule of law is threatened or undermined, and what it all means to the public. In the pilot episode “Introduction to the rule of law,” host Jon Festinger, QC and Law...
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August 14, 2020
COVID-19 Legal News Roundup: August 13th Edition
By Alan Kilpatrick, Reference Librarian The COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on the practice of law, is changing rapidly. We want to help you stay up to date with the latest news. Each week we aggregate the leading legal headlines on COVID-19 on the topics that matter to you: Access to Justice Equal access to justice the big worry as...
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