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January 18, 2019
Discover the New Law Society Website – About Us
The About Us section of the website contains foundational information about the Law Society, including: Mission, Vision, Values and Direction – See our 2019 – 2021 Strategic Plan for more information. Executive – The Executive Committee provides direction and oversight for the strategic and operational planning of the Law Society and develops agendas for Benchers meetings to ensure that the...
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January 17, 2019
Discover the New Law Society Website – Quicklinks Overview
As we mentioned in our post yesterday, three categories of Quicklinks have been added to the main page of the new Law Society website: Public, Lawyers & Students, and Resources and Support. We believe that these Quicklinks should eliminate approximately 80% of the site searches that occurred on the old site. In today’s post, we’d like to highlight specifically what...
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January 16, 2019
NewLi: Legal Information for Saskatchewan’s Newcomers
By Alan Kilpatrick The rate of newcomers and immigrants settling in Saskatchewan has skyrocketed in recent years. The past decade saw more than 100,000 immigrants arrive in the province. Over ten percent of Saskatchewan’s population, according to the 2016 census, are immigrants. Newcomers face a variety of unique challenges accessing legal information, understanding their rights, and making sense of Canadian...
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November 28, 2018
Academic Authors Sharing their Writing on CanLII
By Sarah Sutherland; reposted with permission from the CanLii Blog CanLIIDocs was created as a platform to share legal commentary, and we now have many types of resources available on CanLIIDocs written by authors from various backgrounds. Here is a page where you can browse what’s currently available on the site. One group that has been enthusiastic in endorsing CanLII as...
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November 16, 2018
The First Wave of CanLII Authors Program Content
By Sarah Sutherland; reposted with permission from the CanLII blog Since the launch of the CanLII Authors Program, we are pleased to announce we have received some impressive submissions. We are grateful to the first contributors of this program who have shared their work, which helps promote free access to legal information and spread new ideas. Here is a list of...
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November 14, 2018
Primer on Saskatchewan’s Legalization of Cannabis
By Alan Kilpatrick Do you need to get up speed on legal cannabis? The Law Society Library’s team of information professionals have put together this brief primer for you. You can find a variety of posts about Saskatchewan’s legalization of cannabis on Legal Sourcery, the Law Society of Saskatchewan Library blog: Towards Cannabis Legalization in Canada Cannabis Legislation in Saskatchewan...
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