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November 13, 2018
Foundations of the Common Law Library (1215-1914)
By Ken Fox Let’s talk about Legal Information Institutes (LIIs). Every Canadian legal researcher knows about CanLII (I least we hope you do). But there is also LII (that’s the USA one), BaiLII (Britain and Ireland), AustLII (Australasia), AsianLII, HKLII (Hong Kong), PacLII (Pacific Islands), SAFLII (Southern Africa), WorldLII, and many others, all of which are part of the larger...
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November 1, 2018
The Canadian Legal Research and Writing Guide on CanLII
By Sarah Sutherland; This post is re-posted with permission from the CanLII Blog We are happy to announce that the Canadian Legal Research and Writing Guide has been added to CanLII’s Commentary section. The Best Guide to Canadian Legal Research, as it was previously known, has been freely available online since 1998. Catherine Best created the website version of the...
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October 26, 2018
Convention Refugees and Protected Persons: Access to LARC Services
Joint Media Release by CLASSIC and International Women of Saskatoon (IWS) International Women of Saskatoon (IWS), the organization that manages and operates the Language Assessment and Referral Centre (LARC) Saskatchewan Program, would like to announce that the Canadian Language Benchmarks Placement Test (CLB-PT) and Canadian Language Benchmarks Literacy Placement Test (CLB-LPT) are now available to Convention Refugees and Protected Persons residing...
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October 25, 2018
Child Support Recalculation Service
The Saskatchewan Child Support Recalculation Service is a pilot project that helps families with child support orders ensure a fair level of support for their children. The service will recalculate child support, based on information reported on the most recent income tax return and current income of a support payor, in accordance with the Federal Child Support Guidelines. The benefits...
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September 27, 2018
Saskatchewan Annual Statutes Added to CanLII
Repost with Permission from The CanLII Blog We are happy to be able to announce that we have completed a project to add the annual statutes for the Province of Saskatchewan to CanLII back to 1978. This project was made possible by a grant from the Law Foundation of Saskatchewan, and we are grateful to the board and staff of...
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May 30, 2018
New TRC Resource Added to the Law Society Website
By Sarah Rider Continuing Professional Development, Law Society of Saskatchewan We’re please to be able to share a great new resource in response to the TRC Calls to Action with our members. Our colleagues at The Advocates’ Society have graciously agreed to share a guide they have produced for lawyers working with Indigenous Peoples. Details related to the document were...
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