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August 11, 2020
Online Parenting Coordination Training from ADR Institute of SK
On July 16, 2019, changes to the Children’s Law Act to regulate the practice of parenting coordination came into effect. Regulations setting out the training and experience required in order to be recognized by the Minister as a Parenting Coordinator also came into effect on July 16, 2019. The Act and Regulations are available here: https://publications.saskatchewan.ca/#/products/462 ADR SK will be...
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August 10, 2020
McCall MacBain Scholarships and McGill Faculty of Law Information Session
August 19, 2020 at 12 PM EDT – via Zoom Interested in continuing your legal education? Motivated to make a positive impact? Register for an information session about the McCall MacBain Scholarship, a full scholarship for your future LLM studies at McGill's Faculty of Law. Find out more about the McCall MacBain Scholarship eligibility criteria and RSVP here: https://www.mcgill.ca/law/mccall-macbain-law.
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August 7, 2020
Remote Executing of Certain Documents and Remote Witnessing of Wills by Electronic Means Legislation Now Permanent
We are happy to announce that today, the Government of Saskatchewan repealed the temporary emergency regulations related to remote execution of certain documents and wills and replaced those regulations with permanent regulations allowing for remote execution of documents via electronic means (i.e. video calls) to continue long-term beyond the end of the public emergency period. This is a significant development in terms of...
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August 5, 2020
There’s a Grant for That?
From the Law Foundation of Saskatchewan You may be surprised to hear the Law Foundation of Saskatchewan (LFS) exists in great part to manage a fund destined to assist not for profit organizations striving to improve access to justice. LFS does that by awarding grants four times a year through an application and review process. Established in 1973 under The Legal...
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August 4, 2020
Trauma-Informed Lawyering: A Critical Competency 2020
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July 31, 2020
Embedded Law Librarians in the Public Library: Saskatchewan’s Law Librarian On-site Initiative
By Alan Kilpatrick, Reference Librarian This talk was recently presented at the 2020 Canadian Association of Law Libraries Virtual Conference. You can watch the recording here: [embed]http://vimeo.com/442784391[/embed] Legal information professionals can play a crucial role in helping the public locate, access, and connect with reliable sources of legal information. Our competitive set of skills, our intimate knowledge of the...
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