Law Society of Saskatchewan Archives for Useful Resources
Legal News (Legal Sourcery)
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November 27, 2019
Legal Skies podcast episode 4 – Open Access Legal Resources
In our latest podcast, we discuss open access to legal information. The Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) is on a mission to provide free legal information. The non-profit organization is a founding member of the Free Access to Law Movement and dedicated to making legal resources more accessible to lawyers and the public. Alan Kilpatrick, Reference Librarian at the Law...
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November 22, 2019
The Right to Life in Armed Conflict
Photo by David Boca on Unsplash By Ken Fox This book review was originally published in Canadian Law Library Review, vol. 44, no. 2 (2019). The Right to Life in Armed Conflict. By Ian Park. Oxford: Oxford University Press (Great Clarendon Street), 2018. xxvi, 239p. Includes bibliographic references and index. ISBN 978-0-19-882138-0 (hardcover) $105.00. Thou Shalt Not Kill has now been turned into...
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November 20, 2019
Gladue Rights Research Database Free and Open
The Gladue Rights Research Database provides lawyers, researchers and others with instant access to the insights and conclusions of more than 500 academic works related to the history of settler colonialism in Saskatchewan. It also includes a large and growing body of oral history resources and key archival documents. Gladue reports are pre-sentencing or bail hearing reports stemming from a landmark 1999...
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November 12, 2019
Check out Legal Skies – The Law Society of Saskatchewan Podcast
In August 2019, the Law Society of Saskatchewan launched Legal Skies, a podcast intended to provide relevant news and events surrounding the legal profession. We are aiming to release a podcast each month and currently there are three episodes available: S1E1: Prof. Keith Carlson – Gladue Rights Database This is the inaugural podcast for the Law Society of Saskatchewan. Tim Brown,...
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October 1, 2019
The Next Generation of Legal Research is Here: Vincent
By Alan Kilpatrick Meet Vincent! The Next Generation of Legal Research (CPD 240)Wednesday, October 2, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CST Are you ready for the next generation of legal research technology and the biggest disruption Canada’s legal information landscape has ever seen: artificial intelligence? Don’t miss this Continuing Professional Development webinar with Ken Fox (Law Society Library, Saskatoon), Alan...
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September 3, 2019
Meet Vincent!
By Ken Fox, Research Librarian The Law Society Library is pleased to announce that we have added Vincent to our menu of online research services available to all Saskatchewan lawyers. Vincent is an intelligent research assistant by vLex. Vincent can analyze a judgment, brief, legal memorandum or any other legal document, and extract significant concepts to generate the most relevant...
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