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Law Society of Saskatchewan DR UpdatesArchives for DR Updates

DR Updates

June 16, 2025
Practice Management Assessment Tool Update

As the initial three-year roll-out of the online Practice Management Assessment Tool (Assessment Tool) has concluded, and the completion requirement has transitioned to every three years for firms, the Law Society is sharing results and outcomes from the assessment process. The Purpose and Process of the Assessment Tool The Assessment Tool is part of the proactive approach to firm regulation...

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March 17, 2025
Access to DivorceMate Has Been Renewed to 2028

As part of ongoing efforts to provide legal resources, the Law Society negotiated access for all members to DivorceMate, a cloud-based software for calculating child and spousal support, in 2020. Access has been renewed for three additional years to 2028. Saskatchewan members will enjoy a fifty percent discount on DivorceMate software, representing an annual savings of nearly $450 per year...

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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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December 3, 2024
Member Assistance Program Reminder

As outlined in the November 7, 2024 communication in ReSource, the Saskatchewan Lawyers’ Insurance Association (SLIA) has recently engaged Manitoba Blue Cross to provide members with enhanced support for mental health and counselling services through a Member Assistance Program (MAP). As your firm's Designated Representative, please share information on the new MAP with all Law Society members in your firm.  Over...

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November 29, 2023
Update on Amendments to the Income Tax Act: Permanent Injunction Granted

The Supreme Court of British Columbia has granted an injunction suspending the application of recently expanded mandatory reporting obligations in the Income Tax Act to members of the legal profession pending the outcome of litigation challenging the constitutionality of the provisions. This legal challenge was initiated by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada in a lawsuit filed on September 11, 2023....

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October 25, 2023
Update on Amendments to the Income Tax Act

The temporary injunction order obtained by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada in conjunction with a petition challenging the constitutionality of amended mandatory reporting obligations under the Income Tax Act has been extended to December 1, 2023. The hearing on the application for an injunction was held in the Supreme Court of British Columbia on October 20, 2023. The judge hearing...

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