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June 22, 2021
Addressing Changes to Family Law and Pandemic Needs
From Public Legal Education Association of Saskatchewan With funding from the Department of Justice, Canada PLEA has developed two resources to directly address legal information needs during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond. The first is a series of “how to” videos for users of Family Law Saskatchewan’s online interactive tools (Form Wizard and Agreement Maker). Family Law Saskatchewan has a...
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June 17, 2021
New AI generated subject classification for Saskatchewan case law is live!
From CanLii We are happy to report that a new artificial intelligence generated classification has been rolled out for Saskatchewan case law. You can see the new classification terms here under the italicized keywords that continue to be available for all cases on CanLII. This project used state-of-the-industry machine learning techniques to automatically generate case law classification by practice area for...
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June 15, 2021
Family Law Resources from the Department of Justice Canada
The Department of Justice Canada continues to develop online training courses, professional training materials and Public Legal Education and Information resources on the recent amendments to federal family law legislation. We encourage you to share the following information. Online Training Courses The Department is developing a series of free online courses about the recent amendments to federal family laws....
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June 14, 2021
Legal Information Access: Helping Libraries Help the Public
By Alan Kilpatrick, Librarian The Law Society team will be presenting later this week at the joint 2021 Saskatchewan/Manitoba Libraries Association (SLA/MLA) Virtual Conference: Legal Information Access: Helping Libraries Help the Public Wednesday, June 16th @ 10:30am -11:30am How can we help you help your patrons? The Law Society of Saskatchewan legal information experts are on hand and ready to...
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June 9, 2021
Nisitohtamowin ᓂᓯᑐᐦᑕᒧᐃᐧᐣ An Introduction to Understanding Indigenous Perspectives in Canada
From the First Nations University in Canada In partnership with BMO and Reconciliation Education, the First Nations University of Canada is bringing this introductory eLearning opportunity to organizations & communities across Canada. The eLearning course is a free public resource for all Canadians and is available June 1st to July 15th, 2021 in recognition of National Indigenous History Month in Canada. This course qualifies...
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May 25, 2021
Reviewable Transactions Act: Final Report
The Law Reform Commission of Saskatchewan has submitted its Reviewable Transactions Act: Final Report to the Minister of Justice. The report, authored by Professor Ronald Cuming, recommends Saskatchewan enact The Saskatchewan Reviewable Transactions Act that would replace outdated law dealing with situations in which debtors seek to protect their assets from judgments obtained by their creditors or give preferential rights...
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