DR Updates
December 20, 2024
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Deadline
All Active members are required to accumulate and report a minimum of 12 CPD hours annually (two of which must qualify as ethics). The current CPD term is ending, and there continues to be a long list of members who have not reported their hours. Members must meet CPD requirements by December 31, 2024, to avoid the consequences of non-compliance, which...
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September 26, 2023
Anti-money Laundering Education Program for the Legal Profession
The Federation of Law Societies of Canada is pleased to announce the launch of its online learning program, “Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in the Canadian Legal Profession”. Developed as part of the long-standing commitment of the Federation and its members, Canada’s legal regulators, to the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism, the program is designed to...
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March 23, 2023
Mandatory Principal Training
At February 2023 Convocation, the Benchers approved amendments to the Law Society Rules to implement a mandatory principal training course. Amendment to Rule 704 requires that all lawyers who wish to act as principal to an articling student, regardless of previous experience, complete the course. Amendment to Rule 709 exempts lawyers who are acting as principal solely for the purpose...
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January 18, 2023
Your Firm’s Access to DivorceMate Is Changing Soon
In 2020, as part of our ongoing efforts to diversify our legal resources, we negotiated free online access for all members to DivorceMate, a cloud-based software for calculating child and spousal support. Unavoidably, a recent business decision made by DivorceMate is ending your firm’s free access to this product. To support firms, DivorceMate has offered a fifty-percent discount to all members. The reduced price...
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February 22, 2022
CPLED Launches Accelerated PREP
The Canadian Centre for Professional Legal Education (CPLED) received feedback from students of the challenges they experienced balancing competing priorities between their Bar admission program and their articles. To address this concern and offer students and firms greater flexibility in selecting the program delivery style that best suits their needs, CPLED is adding a full-time version of the Practice Readiness Education Program (PREP),...
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April 7, 2021
Training Opportunity for Your Firm’s Associates
We all know that upskilling junior lawyers adds value to your firm, so encourage your articling students and associates to attend the Law Society of Saskatchewan’s Boot Camp for Junior Lawyers. This virtual seminar was designed with junior lawyers in mind and provides an opportunity for students and associates to: learn valuable skills for communicating with senior lawyers, meeting expectations,...
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March 30, 2021
Flexibility in Articling Requirements And PREP
We are now one year into the COVID-19 pandemic and we cannot know the full impact of the lingering pandemic on firms. Therefore, we are highlighting the following changes and informational items that will provide additional flexibility to students and firms throughout this difficult time. Topics covered: Reduction in minimum articling term – Extended to Sept 30, 2021 Note that...
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May 25, 2020
Announcing the Launch of Our New CPD OnDemand Platform
The Law Society is offering a unique solution to continue supporting member competency during the COVID-19 pandemic. After 10 years of hosting various CPD Activities, the CPD Department is piloting a new platform offering all recorded content in one easy place for an affordable price. A lawyer can purchase a one-year subscription to the CPD OnDemand platform for only $349....
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May 8, 2020
Flexibility in Articling Requirements and PREP
In light of COVID-19, the following changes and informational items will allow flexibility to students and firms: Changes to duration of articling term for current and incoming students The Law Society of Saskatchewan has temporarily reduced the minimum length of articles from twelve months to eight months for students completing or commencing their articles in 2020. For more information, please...
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March 27, 2020
New Resources About Business and Economic Supports
We understand that law firms are in the midst of accommodating significant changes to their workforce and how everyday business is conducted. We recognize that the potential impact on law firms is significant. Over the last several days, all levels of government have announced measures to assist individuals and businesses in an effort of offset some of the financial impacts...
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